Archive for June 1st, 2008
The weekend started out pretty good with a trip to Denny’s first thing Saturday morning. I had scrambled eggs and pancakes (and cleaned the plate) and Parker had the french toast dippers and bacon (he likes bacon? Yup!). We both had cool rocket cups with curly straws that blasted off the table throughout the meal.
After that, though, the day took a little trip to Boringville. Mommy and Daddy worked really hard on installing new lights in the kitchen while Parker and I had a Pinky Dinky Doo marathon. Lucky for Parker, he took a really good nap during most of the early afternoon and missed most of the non-excitement. But, I stayed up and offered my moral support by popping my head in the kitchen every once in a while to see what sort of damage they were causing.
The good news is that we were sooooo good during work time that we earned a super-fun day on Sunday. We got up, had some breakfast at home, and then hit the open road. Our first stop was inspired by all of the recent fun Riley and Taylor had…we hit the Canadian Park (Columbian Park, but Mommy and Daddy think it is funny that I say Canadian Park. They’re funny, eh?)!
We walked in and played a while in the water fountains and gardens before moving over to the farm animals. Parker and Daddy went in to chase and pet all of the little goats, but Mommy and I stayed back to observe and practice reading all of the signs we could see. After that, we went over and popped our heads up in the tunnels like prairie dogs so that we could see…well, the prairie dogs. Finally, we caught all of the big animals like the bald eagle, otters, lynx, and the porcupine.
Next up was a jaunt over to the playground. The craziest thing about this leg of the adventure was the fact that there were 3 little boys on the equipment all named “Parker”. Can you believe that?!? One is rare enough, two is pretty crazy, and three in one place is like dividing by zero…it just doesn’t happen. Anyway, we hit every piece of playground equipment and then moved on to the train around the park and the other rides like the helicopters and boats before saying goodbye to Canadian Park and hitting lunch at BW3′s.
ColumbianPark
We rounded out the day with a lot of outside play time at Mema and Pepa’s. Pepa and TC were working pretty hard out in the woods and Julie and I worked pretty hard on running in the yard and chasing her ball. Every was pretty worn out by the time we headed home, but we were so good during nap time that Mommy let us stay up and watch a movie until after 8! That’s what I call a good day!