Even though it was cold today Eva and I took a walk over to Capron Park to go to the playground and to the zoo. The park was empty so Eva had the run of the place. I had to pull her away to actually go into the zoo. She just loves the playground and she is getting so much better at climbing on the playground equipment. I am still right behind her because she does try to do more than she is able to do and she’ll just step out into the air.
Eva also loves the swings. She insists on going on the baby swings. She’ll go on the other swings as well but she loves the baby swings more.
The zoo was empty but we enjoyed walking around none the less. The snow leopard was pretty active today, too. Also, my favorite animal is the Fennec Fox. They are adorable and when they are active they are so fun to watch.
Didn’t clean out the garage or accomplish anything as daunting as that today but did accomplish a few things. We took down the tree today and packed up the decorations. Moved Eva’s Kitchen back to where it lives and I organized that kitchen twice. Eva and her friend tore it apart tonight while we were visited by our friends A and R and their two kids. Eva enjoys taking every single piece of fake food she has and pouring it all into a big plastic bucket and calling it fruit salad. We were hoping that we could “thin the herd” a bit and get rid of the cheap plastic stuff we bought her a few years ago in favor of the nicer Melissa and Doug stuff she’s gotten recently, (much of it at Christmas). There has to be some sort of toy “Critical Mass” that we are going to hit eventually, right? At some point we’ve got to get rid of something. Continue reading Trying to Remain Productive in the New Year→
