Discovery Park

Going down to Emily's house for babysitting has always been nice but it's even better now that the girls are getting older and so much more independent. We're always trying to think of new things to do with them to keep them entertained (and to tire them out) and Emily discovered this gigantic park just a few minutes drive from her house.

Seriously - how gigantic is this park? It is actually split up according to age: 2-4, 5-7, 8-10 or something like that. But the little signs didn't stop both girls from going all over the place. It was actually a little difficult keeping track of Lucy at this place and especially as the day went on, it got busier and busier and there were just a ton of kids there.

So Emily did Lucy's hair in a pony tail which looked cute from the back...but not so cute from the front. Her hair is just too short in the front so it flies away all over the place. 

Emily made sure to bring tons of snacks and lunch for the girls. 

They had these darling little hives in the little kids section. I love miniature places. 

And the swings are always a big hit (but the most effort for mommy). When is it that kids learn to pump on their own?

Both girls kinda matched each other in their dark jeggings, turquoise tops, and pink shoes (although Lucy ended up taking off her hoodie because it was a lot warmer than we realized). Lucy will NOT wear jeans - she will only wear leggings so I will have to invest in some jeggings for her since all the clothes she was wearing were borrowed from Olive. 

The biggest hit of the park for a ton of the kids (and especially Olive) was the tire swing. There was constantly a line there but it seems like a good thing for the kids to learn to be patient and wait their turns. Even Olive seemed to understand. But the tire swing went up so high and so fast that it made me nervous. Olive actually fell through at one point but it was when it was slowing down. Overall though, the girls did a really good job holding on. 

 Little puppies always make for good entertainment.

Lucy has discovered something new at Auntie Emily's house. Cold cuts. Specifically, ham. She loves it. Ham & cheese sandwiches are the new favorite lunch item. We don't keep cold cuts in our house very much but I guess I will need to now. 

She actually just ends up pulling out the ham and cheese from the bread. Here she has stuffed the entire thing in her mouth - I was afraid she was going to choke. She ended up spitting a huge mouthful out on the ground. 

Too bad we couldn't bring the dog over to eat it up for us. 

After we dragged the girls away from the park, literally kicking and screaming (okay, that was just Lucy that was doing that) and they had a nap, we headed out to Target so I could use some of my coupons that were expiring. Unfortunately, they didn't have what I was looking for but Emily treated the girls with some Dora puzzles from the dollar section. 

Saturdays can't get much better for a two year old.