night at the park

Spring has sprung and we couldn't be happier to get out and enjoy this gorgeous weather. We have lots of great parks near our house so it's easy to make a quick trip every night. It's also nice to have a reward for good behavior...."Annabelle, if you eat your dinner, we'll go to the park", "Annabelle, if you clear your dinner plate, we'll go to the park", "Annabelle, if you don't stab your sister with your fork, we'll go to the park".  Yes, those last words regarding the fork did come out of mouth and Yes, we only have to use the park to bribe Annabelle to do things. Gwyneth still listens! I wonder how much longer we have of that?

Since everyone ate well, dishes were cleared, and fork stabbing was kept to a minimum we headed off to the park. Annabelle gave all her peeps a wave while heading to the park and seemed to expect people to come out of their houses to wave to her on her adventure. She kinda looked like she was in parade waving to each house as we passed...

This girl leads the way to the park.

This is the first time we've been to the park since we've seen the new Gwyneth. That would be the wild, crazy, adventurous, show-no-fear Gwyneth. My baby no more. This girl wants to climb and explore.

Annabelle is content to swing the entire time we're at the park. With my fear of heights, Gwyneth is determined to give me a heart attack. I can hardly watch her climbing around on the jungle gym. She went down this little slide a few times, got bored, and climbed to the very top for the big slide. She went down on her bottom a few times, got bored, and decided she needed to go on her belly. She laughs hysterically the entire time. I usually have to walk away and leave her with her daddy who also finds her very funny, while I worry....

Annabelle may lead on the way to the park, but she gets a nice little ride on the way home.