To the Park!

I'd like to begin with the number one man in my life: He deserves some publicity every once in awhile, doesn't he? Gosh, I love him so. And there is just so MUCH of him to love!

As I said in my last post, we went to the park yesterday and it was really cold. Greta really liked the goats, Anja was more interested in the chickens, but truthfully, Anja was most of all interested in the big rocks they have there. So interested, in fact, that at one point she was sitting on a big rock and one of the goats got a little frolicky and charged right up to her and the other little boy who was near. It completely freaked out the little boy, but Anja didn't even notice. I'm glad she's not afraid of animals... even when they are charging her.

We went to the playground for a little while. The slide was really wet but we got to play on all the bouncy see saws and stuff.

...And swing on the swings.

I'm surprised they even allow us to swing on the swings. Look at these weirdos.

Then we tried to go for a walk, but Greta was not having it. We've been successfully taking long walks in the morning, up 7th street and around the block to what we called "hidden 8th street" and back home. Greta has been doing really well riding on my back in the Ergo or in the stroller. But yesterday she was side-wrapped on me and was not as happy... but it didn't matter. It was naptime by then anyway, so we just went home.

When Anja first stopped taking naps I had a hard time with it. She was still really young and needy and that hour of time to myself in the middle of the day was a difficult thing to give up. But now I'm really glad she doesn't take naps! We have the whole day together and she can play by herself whenever she wants but she's also a good little helper and companion. She's so good to Greta [most of the time] too, helping her when sometimes I don't know what she wants. Then of course there are the other times when they spend the entire day fighting over the same toy. Ugh. But the other good thing about her not taking naps anymore is that she goes to bed easily at 7:00 every night and sleeps most of the night through, then wakes up at about the same time every morning. It's really nice. Although last night I got 5 consecutive hours of sleep for the first time in a veeeerrrryyyyyyyyyy long time. I'm feeling good today! Which is nice, since I have so much to do.

My dining room is in a nightmarish state. My next post will be crafty.

And last night ended with Martin and me sitting at the kitchen table with this little end-of-the-day treat. Evenings are the best. I'm looking forward to the fall and winter when we'll have our woodstove in and that will be the center of our evenings rather than the kitchen table.

THE GARBAGE TRUCK IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!