Do you know what I miss most during the winters? Besides sun, of course. I miss being able to stop at the playground on a whim. Being able to kill 20 minutes (or an hour!) at a playground instead of driving around or going somewhere to eat. We went grocery shopping today and my un-napped, crazy energy, boy chose to ride in the cart the whole time. I had promised him a show after grocery shopping (a new DVD from the library), but by the time we got done shopping he was bouncing. Then I had a brilliant idea… the playground!!! It was 55° at 5:30pm and the sun was still shining. What a day!  We stopped at a nearby playground and I ran them!  They wanted to sit in the sandbox and I said no way!  They climbed and slid, and swung, and we ran and ran.  It was great!

Look at that happy face!

She is so strong! She did all of the big kid things today with minimal help from me!