parks and pools

As the weeks tick by, the realization that our party of three is about to have another guest sinks in a little bit further. I enjoy all our adventures with the precocious Little Miss J. Gus made the point that she's a pretty lucky girl. She, unlike her little brother, has had our undivided rapt attention for the past 2+ years. Something Baby Wang Chung II won't experience, until perhaps Little Miss J goes off to college, at which point he will probably won't want our undivided attention anyhow. Knowing the end of her single days is near, I've been relishing my time with my little munchkin trying to find fun stuff for her to do.

Saturday we went to pops in the park and spent time with some co-workers and our neighbors. Things we learned -

1) This is a well attended event. We thought we'd drive rather than walk the 7 blocks since hauling all our stuff seemed like a drag. Ended up parking at least 5 blocks away anyhow.

2) The almost-potty trained Little Miss J was not about the port-a-potty. Can't really blame her, can you? It was about one million degrees in there and when we walked in she said, "What's that?" She wouldn't even let me put her on it. I ended up surrendering and putting her in a pull-up.

3) There are some folks that take this picnic in the park to a whole new level. There were some fancy spreads of food. I walked by one table and heard about the homemade empanadas and canapes. Our sandwiches and coleslaw paled in comparison.

4) As much as Little Miss J seems to like carrots and tomatoes, they've got nothing on Cheetos.

But it was a really nice, rather hot evening. Little Miss J insisted on wearing her giant pink tutu under her dress and running up and down the hill waving magic wands (aka sticks). She was one tired pumpkin when we got home.

Sunday we went to the pool. After two hours of running back and forth between the spray pad and the pool, Little Miss J was ready to head home. It may have been the first time in the history of ever that she has left the pool without crying.

Summer is here!