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Weekend Full of Parks

This past weekend we visited a couple of local parks. First, we went to Lorimer Park just down the street. Even though there wasn't much wind, Zoe had her heart set on trying to fly her kite. While I wasn't sure that it would work, I was more than happy to make the trip to see if we could get it airborne. It took some work, and it didn't really stay up, but we did manage to kind of, sort of, fly a kite.



After that we threw some rocks, and climbed around for a bit, but all of that happened after she went to the bathroom under the bridge. She swore that she only had to pee, but that wasn't quite the case. The picture of her standing and laughing was taken after she was done.



Once it got dark, we made our way home for the evening. The next day all three of us went out to Tyler Park. Here there was a lot of swinging done by all members of the family. Some of us went a little higher than the others, but everyone had fun.



After the swings, we made our way to the water where lots of rocks were thrown in to the creek. Some of them skipped, others just splashed. When we were done, Zoe was super tired, and in an interesting twist, mommy gave her a ride back to the car.



Now that the weather is finally starting to get a little nicer, I look forward to a lot more outdoor time with the ladies.

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