Fun at the Park
Today Corbin and I went to the park. First we played in the sandbox. We brought a shovel and pail, but when we got there, there were already lots of other shovels and pails. So Corbin got to try them all out, little ones, big ones, yellow ones and blue ones. When some big kids started playing in the sandbox Corbin decided it was time for us to leave.
Next we got our kites and picnic and started looking for a big clear area. There was a softball tournament going on, so we had to walk a long way to find enough room. First we flew the Pooh kite. It's just a cheap little diamond shaped kite with a maybe 100 feet of string. If it wasn't so windy today, I'm not sure it would have stayed up at all. Corbin liked it ok, but it really didn't hold his attention for long.
Pretty soon he wanted to get out our picnic lunch. Corbin sat at the picnic table very well while eating his peanut butter sandwich and oranges. We watched joggers, bicycles, dogs, and ducks while we were eating.
After we cleaned up our lunch mess we got out the other kite. (Mommy bought two because they were so cheap she expected them to tear up easily.) Nemo flew just as high as Pooh. I let Corbin hold the string and he had some fun running back and forth. I was watching the kite and I noticed that the string seemed to be really slack, though it wasn't losing altitude as if the wind died down. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the end of the string tumble past me headed toward the lake. I could hear Corbin crying behind me. I ran as fast as I could and finally caught up to it about 10 feet from the water's edge. Nemo was about 3 feet above the water's surface when I caught the line, and the kite amazingly shot upward instead of into the drink. Considering Nemo spent an entire movie trying to get back to the ocean, I thought that would have been an ironic way to lose a kite.
Corbin understandably was ready to put the kites away, so we went back to the playground. I checked the time on my phone and told him we could play for 15 minutes. We swang and watched some of the softball girls go really fast on the tire swing. I checked the time again and told him we had 5 minutes until we had to go home for naptime. We played on the equipment and Corbin did really well on the balance beam. Mommy called and asked if we were on our way home yet. Corbin didn't really want to leave yet, but he followed when I started walking toward the gate. He then asked for my phone, so I let him hold it. He opened it up, looked at it, then said "Not nap time, lunch time!" Pretty funny. It's amazing how much he picks up on. I reminded him we already ate a picnic lunch. Then he wanted to call Mommy, so we walked the rest of the way to the car holding the phone to his ear saying "Yeah...yes...by the water...in sandbox..."
It was a good morning, especially considering how difficult he's been the last week. He just hasn't wanted Daddy at all. Hopefully this will start us off on the right foot for this week.
Next we got our kites and picnic and started looking for a big clear area. There was a softball tournament going on, so we had to walk a long way to find enough room. First we flew the Pooh kite. It's just a cheap little diamond shaped kite with a maybe 100 feet of string. If it wasn't so windy today, I'm not sure it would have stayed up at all. Corbin liked it ok, but it really didn't hold his attention for long.
Pretty soon he wanted to get out our picnic lunch. Corbin sat at the picnic table very well while eating his peanut butter sandwich and oranges. We watched joggers, bicycles, dogs, and ducks while we were eating.
After we cleaned up our lunch mess we got out the other kite. (Mommy bought two because they were so cheap she expected them to tear up easily.) Nemo flew just as high as Pooh. I let Corbin hold the string and he had some fun running back and forth. I was watching the kite and I noticed that the string seemed to be really slack, though it wasn't losing altitude as if the wind died down. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the end of the string tumble past me headed toward the lake. I could hear Corbin crying behind me. I ran as fast as I could and finally caught up to it about 10 feet from the water's edge. Nemo was about 3 feet above the water's surface when I caught the line, and the kite amazingly shot upward instead of into the drink. Considering Nemo spent an entire movie trying to get back to the ocean, I thought that would have been an ironic way to lose a kite.
Corbin understandably was ready to put the kites away, so we went back to the playground. I checked the time on my phone and told him we could play for 15 minutes. We swang and watched some of the softball girls go really fast on the tire swing. I checked the time again and told him we had 5 minutes until we had to go home for naptime. We played on the equipment and Corbin did really well on the balance beam. Mommy called and asked if we were on our way home yet. Corbin didn't really want to leave yet, but he followed when I started walking toward the gate. He then asked for my phone, so I let him hold it. He opened it up, looked at it, then said "Not nap time, lunch time!" Pretty funny. It's amazing how much he picks up on. I reminded him we already ate a picnic lunch. Then he wanted to call Mommy, so we walked the rest of the way to the car holding the phone to his ear saying "Yeah...yes...by the water...in sandbox..."
It was a good morning, especially considering how difficult he's been the last week. He just hasn't wanted Daddy at all. Hopefully this will start us off on the right foot for this week.
posted by Daddy at
3/24/2007 11:32:00 AM
