Tot Romp

This morning Dave apparently gave Georgina pure sugar for breakfast because she was running around the house in circles just screaming (I'm not positive he did but she was exceptional today). I packed up the girls and brought them to tot romp, an indoor playground organised at the community centre for daily drop ins, in the hopes of burning off all that energy. We met up with Georgina's good friend Jackson and his little brother Oliver.

Miriam drove around

 While G did some climbing

Miriam scooted

While G worked on her balance beam skills. Look at that form!

Miriam played with Oliver

And Georgina played with Jackson

The parachute was the highlight.

Both girls fell asleep as soon as we got home so I would say it was a success! That or G was crashing from her sugar high. Here's a video summery of the day.

**You can click on the video to enlarge it if you would like.

Caught In The Rain

It's going to be a long winter. Today we sat and looked out the window hoping for a break in the never ending downpour. When it finally came I practically threw the girls outside and we headed off to the park.

G's crazy run

Miriam's Excited!

It's always an adventure getting to the park. Georgina loves to splash in puddles, point out the different cars, cheer as the cars splash in the puddles and run around screaming in any general direction.

And then we finally get to the park today and it starts to pour! Of course I can't tell G it's time to go home. We just got here! So I let her play thinking this will be fun. And for a little bit it is...

Wet bridge

Wet playground

Wet bum

Wet slide

Wet baby

Georgina is so fearless at this park. And has mastered all its challenges.

 

Wet swings

Wet rock climbing

Wet toddler

Happy toddler

 This is where it turned bad:

Water all up her pants and down inside her boots. She was having so much fun until suddenly she wasn't. Then she was crying. And so cold. Water literally poured out of her boots when she took them off at home. I threw her on the stroller and jogged home as fast as I could with a toddler propped on a single-seat stroller already occupied by a baby that shakes (the stroller not the baby) when it is pushed too fast. Both girls pretty grumpy and wet. Sadly, I didn't get any photos of the wet meltdown. But I managed to snap this as I hurried us home.

Wet ride home

When we got home I threw Georgina in a hot bath while Miriam watched some more. Poor Miriam. Being a baby, she gets left out of a lot of the fun. But she's always such a good sport about it.

Despite the wet ending it was so nice to get out of the house today. It broke the day up and made it feel like a productive, fun, eventful day even though it was only one hour out of our loooooooong day. So like today, and the day before that and the day before that, we will be back at the park tomorrow. Most likely in the rain. Because it's Vancouver.

Proof I was there

September Day At The Park

Today was not a good day. Georgina was climbing the walls. Miriam was frustrated with food, sleep, games, crawling, me, life. And it was pouring. But then around 4pm the rain stopped and the sun even came out. We went to the park. Day got better.

Wanting to climb up to join her big sister.

That hair!

 Miriam absolutely loved the gravel!! She couldn't get enough! (in her mouth...) It was fun watching her little mind get blown. Georgina's obsessed with the swing. "Fasher (faster) Mommy! Fasher!" It's impossible to get her off of it. It's amazing how fresh air can turn a day around.

Proof I was there. A perfect stranger walking by offered to snap this for me.