Parking It

Last weekend we went to an open house by the Greene County park board. It ended up being kind of lame compared to what I had imagined (and compared to what the parks department normally does!) but the girls got to enjoy a few new experiences.

First they got to try out the lifejackets and canoes. We plan to go canoeing later this year. (Stay tuned for what is certain to be a hilarious blog post.)

I don't remember what they call these but it's kind of a cross between surfing and canoeing.  

Nicole liked the tent on display. 

She did not like the archery demonstration. She let me take this picture but was too scared to actually let the arrow go. 

On our way home we stopped by a park we had never visited before. Nicole was very excited to find this huge tree. She'd been wanting to climb a tree for a long time and, even though we have an over-abundance of trees at our house, none of them are good for climbing. She was a little scared to go very high but this was just enough to make her happy! (Last summer I helped her go super high in a tree and ended up having to get a ladder and climb up after her. So, needless to say, I didn't push it this time.)

This is on another day last week at Chesterfield Park near our house. Nicole is learning to ride her new scooter from Papa & Nana and loves it!!! Notice the barbie doll in the front. It's a Barbie scooter with a special place for the dolls to ride.