Swings, Slides & Such

At this age, of course, Julia loves the park. All summer long, whenever we'd drive past one and she saw it out the window, she'd yell, "Park! Park!", waving her arms. Most mornings when I would get her up and ask, "So, what are we going to do today?", she'd say "park" of course.

So, these are a few pictures of some of the many parks we visited in the last few months.

These two were taken at Central Park on the day of the church picnic, June 28.

Julia and I almost balanced Daddy out! Course, I was only about 5 months pregnant then. :)

The next several ones were taken at a park in Wisconsin when we visited Tony and Marlene at the cabin. (July 17) It was so cold, but Julia was not to be deterred!

She actually prefers these big kid swings to the baby ones that you put your legs in the holes. I would think the ones with a seat would be less scary, but what do I know? Maybe it's because these kind are usually closer to the ground.

Slides are probably her favorite...she's pretty fearless on them.

I just like these two. Mom has a thing for the serious expressions. I love a chessy smile as much as the next guy, don't get me wrong, I just think there's more artistic beauty in ones like these.

Hugs for Gaga!

Who knows?! Sometimes ya just get the urge to stand on your head, I guess. By the time I walked around to get a picture of her looking through her legs, she had moved on.

Okay, big stuff, maybe next summer!

Thought the butt shot was cute.

This is Julia's new swing at the Mehok Homestead. Papa hung it at a perfect height for her.

Gaga took her to Central Park this time and these are some of her pictures.

Anyone that has lived in Griffith knows how long this swing has been there.

Couldn't have posed a better shot!

Another day at Gaga's house.

On the day I had some bloodwork scheduled (the yucky glucola test where you have to fast and then drink a nasty, sugary, flat pop sort of drink and then have your blood drawn an hour later), Julia wasn't feeling well at all. I think allergy season had just hit and she was a mess. She didn't want to get out of bed that morning, let alone get dressed. So, I took her to Gaga and Papa's in her jammies. They had just put up a second new swing, and in spite of not feeling well, she had to try it. It's a horse made out of tires, very cool! It cheered her up a bit, I'm sure.

After a couple days of those awful allergies flaring up, I started her on children's Claritin and it has worked wonders. Thank goodness, because the poor child would be miserable without it.