Trip to the Park

So Mary is now about 8.75 months pregnant and has been pretty sick for the last 3 weeks or so. She has not felt like doing much besides resting. So when I got home from work on Friday, I decided to get the kids out of the house and take them to the park for a while. They had a fun time and the weather was nice enough to enjoy the trip. We were there for about an hour so they were both pretty tired by the time we got home! Here are some pics:

Nathan is a slide-kamikazi. He's still in that in-between stage where he can go up some steps but it's much quicker if he crawls. So since he's already crawling toward the slide he just keeps right on going, with not concern about what lies ahead. He has gone off the bottom a few times and had to put on the hand brakes to prevent it at other times. I love watching him do this! There is no interruption between the approach and the actual sliding, it is one fluid motion.

Sarah's new "swing" method, which she's pretty proud of and seems to enjoy. It's okay as long as Nathan doesn't try it.

Nathan hasn't liked the swings in the past as much. He'll do it for a few minutes because Sarah loves it and then he seems uncomfortable and wants to go back to the playground area. This time, however, he loved it! He loved being pushed by me and having me pop out on either side of him to say "boo" or "hi Nathan" or something random. He was cracking up the whole time. There's still very little control of the swing but he's really having a blast here!