Test Driving the Park

One of the larger parks in town tore down their older "toys" last year. Ben was noticeably upset when his favorite slide vanished and in it's place sat a vacant pile of sand for months and months. Late this summer I noticed the city finally replaced the equipment, and have had a visit to the park on the to-play list for some time now. Last month we finally got out to the park to test-ride the new stuff. The boys love the park, and were delighted!

They race to the new slide:

Obviously the new slide is a hit with the kids.

While we were at the park we also needed to roll in the sand, too.

Gotta love autumn.

Ben's not a fan of the swings, but Hunter loves em'.

When Ben wears his hat he pulls it on/off, and his ears get tucked down like this... he looks so silly.

Hunter's a big guy, pushing Ben on the Merry Go Round.

Love this hat.

Old school rides.

One of the new pieces of park equipment is a teeter-totter, and Hunter pretty much hated it. Being smaller means tons of time up in the air with brother at the helm. Cracked me up!!

Hope you enjoyed our trip to the park!

Great Outdoors!

Yesterday we had the most wonderful weather! I believe our high made it to 84F! We were outside on/off most of the day, soaking up the sun and dirt...

I watered a few things and the boys took advantage of the hole in the house playing with watering cans and buckets of water, soaking their sand, and splashing just enough. They were just muddy & sandy enough. Some of these pics are from morning time when Joey was here, and some are from the afternoon. Hunter caked his adorable overall in mud, so he's in shorts in the afternoon.

Aw... brother love. I can't help but smile when they touch and don't wind up pushing each other.

In the afternoon Ben and Hunter played together really well. They like to goof off in the clubhouse, on the slide, and on the swings.

Hunter's bliss is this swing.

This is what Hunter does when I take him off the swing. He LOVES to "wee!" I've pushed him for a half hour before. I just can't stand still that long! So, when it's time to go inside, he tantrums. In this shot it was dinner time. Oh, was he PISSED!

Ben is getting so strong; he's constantly suspending himself from various things.

He actually runs from the back of the yard to launch himself on his belly on the swing.

Hunter can't climb into the clubhouse yet, but I lift him up in there over and over. He should be climbing in no time; he's made some great attempts & he loves being up there.

I got some really great shots of Hunter yesterday!

I love the candid outdoor shots. Such great light!

They also played with bugs. The neighbor gave the boys one of those neon green fishing worms to play with. Ben & Joey domimated the green worm, but Hunter found himself ants. He was so excited, shouting "bug!" over and over following them all about.

Hunter also enjoyed some quality time watching the tractors behind our house. He plopped down on his bench to get a nice view.

Here are these two goofballs actually cooperating for a picture!

Of course, the picture posing led to wrestling, naturally, and then Hunter joined in. They do this all the time... so glad I captured a picture of it. Just a pile of boys.


Have a great day everyone!