Friday, March 10, 2006

Blooming

It's an absolutely gorgeous day outside!! Aside from the strong winds, it feels like summer! Em has a friend over and we couldn't resist a trip to the park (pictures later). These girls kind of wore me out, but it was fun chasing two little munchkins on their bikes (with training wheels!), helping them maneuver each tiny crack in the sidewalk and every little bump, which has the potential to throw them right off their bikes. Then, it took us some time to get settled in at the park.

It's amazing how this process works. We got to the park and the girls rode their bikes once around in a kind of awkward fashion, not really knowing where they wanted to go or what they wanted to do. Each time they changed direction, they had to make sure that I knew what they were doing. Then they moved on to try to find just the right scenario that would take them away from this world and into that imaginative one.

This took some time and I kept hoping it would happen, because running around the park, trying to catch them, keep them in close proximity, playing different things with each of them - well, I was getting a bit weary! Finally, the story came together. One of them was looking for diving suits and, fortunately, found them. Then they took off for a swim around the park, eventually happening upon a pool of dolphins. They then had a mission to save the baby dolphins from the sharks. All in all, it was a life-saving, or dolphin-saving day!

After the novelty of "swimming" around the park wore off, they took two more runs around the bike path and we were off for home. They are now picnicking in the backyard waiting for the next scenario to develop in their smaller version (in more ways than one) of real life!

2 comments:

Ddot the King said...

It really does feel great outside. I love this time of year because it's not too hot and not too cold. Good stuff Deanna!

deanna said...

Well, thank you! Yes - not too hot, not too cold but lots of allergies! I'll take them over snow any day of the year, though! :)