Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Park Play

Location: Princess Anne Park
Cost: Free!
How many children attended: 4 (ages 7 months - 4yrs)

What I brought and why:

   - 1 chenille blanket...perfect for pictures and keeping our bottoms dirt free
   - Wooden blocks to help entertain Reed and our other small friends! Wooden blocks are not only fun chew toys for a teething baby but they also improve small motor skills. Stacking the blocks several high and letting your baby knock them over also helps to develop your child's sense of cause and effect.
   - Captain Calamari. Why? Because we never leave home without him!
   - A few additional toys for Reed to share with his friends.

What I should have brought:
   - 1 quilt instead of chenille. After one 2 hour trip to the park, 4 stomping, rolling children and a whole lot of mulch my poor chenille blanket will now live in the trunk of my SUV as a back up park blanket! Ya live and ya learn, I guess!

    This was our first trip to Princess Anne Park. Princess Anne Park is a quiet little park in the middle southern portion of the city. It has several covered areas, great for picnics and small birthday parties! The play equipment is very faded, or loved as I like to say, but appears to be in great condition with several different slides, monkey bars, and swings.

    As soon as we arrived we ran straight to the swings! Honestly, Reed would play on the swings all day if I'd let him! He enjoyed being pushed by his new friend, A. Later, we spread out the blanket, broke out our blocks and had a little lunch in the shade.








        

         


This event was sponsored by Moms In Need of Fun.

Introduction

My name is Laura, I'm a late 20 something woman of many hats but my main focus is as a stay at home mom to my sweet, high energy 7 month old son, Reed Maximus (ReMax). When ReMax came into our life September 6th, 2011 we spent most of our days, as all families with a new baby do, just trying to survive! Making countless bottles, changing diapers in our sleep and trying to squeeze in a 10 minute nap at every opportunity.

Fast forward 7 months and my rough, tough, tumbling baby boy wants nothing to do with quite days at home! He wants to explore and go on adventures which has led me to create this blog as a place to store our exciting tales, trivial matters and  magical moments.
(And to share how we created them!)


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