It's hard to believe but the girls' second birthday is almost here. I've had their party planned for months already--is that weird? But even though the big day is a month and a half away the "terrible twos" are in full swing around here. My sweet angel Olivia, where, oh WHERE, did you go? Seriously, she throws fits left and right these days. When we finally take her off the potty 15 minutes (it seems) after she's done using it, when we get her down from the table looong after mealtime is over, when I don't let her get out every last piece of clothing to try on, etc. It's all really annoying, but what I really miss is being able to just put her in her crib at naptime and have her go right to sleep. Heck, sometimes she'd practically ask to go down for her nap, grabbing her doggie, walking to her crib saying "nap". Now when I put her in there she stands right up and starts screaming and crying. But only for a few minutes and then she goes to sleep. Sigh. I hope it's just a phase that will be over soon.
Last summer a friend of mine introduced me to this cool park on Mercer Island. When we went, we only played at the swimming beach and never explored the rest of the park or played on the playground. So yesterday, we finally went back with a picnic lunch and checked out some more of the park (there's still another section we didn't get to, so maybe next time). The playground was really cool with all sorts of nooks and cranies, and old-fashioned metal slides and ladders. They girls loved it. View from our picnic spot A pyramid with slides on the other side Lake Washington beyond Chair swings--never seen these before I-90 bridge over Lake Washington Trail along the lake leading to the swimming beach Should have brought swimsuits. They were SO sandy and wet coming home.
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