There was what looked like an entire class of 3rd graders there running amok on the play equipment. They were doing typical grade-schooler things like climbing the slides backward and all piling into the tunnels all at once. At first, Norah was really intimidated. She came back toward me saying, "Mommy, there's too many big kids." I told her that if she really wanted to do something, she just needed to get their attention and say, "Excuse me." After the first few kids moved out of the way, she gained enough confidence in herself to navigate the sea of slightly larger little people. By the end she was climbing the ladder to the big slide without asking for help. In fact, she was halfway up before Mark noticed and ran over to make sure she didn't fall through the rungs!
Just before we left, the girls spent a little time on the swings. The baby swings were about the only equipment the other kids were completely uninterested in, so we had the run of those.
I tried to get a picture of both the girls on the swings together, but it just didn't quite work out. The best photo I got of Jasmine's face, wasn't quite so flattering for Norah...
After the swings, we walked back to the house and I put Norah down for her nap. The park is right on my way back to work so I drove past it after the 5 minutes I spent getting Norah settled down. The place was completely empty. Just good timing I guess.
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