Okay, so about 30 minutes ago, we're outside in the front yard, Katie is playing in the driveway and I'm on the phone sitting in a lawnchair. Suddenly I see Katie running over to the neighbor's gate and she's talking to their 3-year-old son, Tyler through the closed wooden gate. Somehow he got the gate open and came over to our house. Within minutes, his Mom was outside looking for him. Of course, she was not happy he had left the backyard without her permission. So while Tyler was spoken to about it, Katie ran over to me and said they invited her over to play and was it okay? Well, I wasn't sure I had heard it go down that way, so I joined the conversation to find out for sure. His Mom said of course she could come over, but I don't think it was her idea. I think it was Katie's idea and she was initiating the process by asking me for permission as if she had already been invited! Anyway, she's now over there playing. She and Tyler get along so beautifully, and they are just the nicest people you'll ever meet.
Katie will be completely exhausted tonight! Yay! We spent between 3 and 4 hours today at the Houghton Beach Park in Kirkland where we had a picnic lunch (Subway sandwiches) and I lounged in the shade while she played on the playground and later she got into the water. The freezing water! I noticed it was only kids who were crazy enough to actually get wet. All the parents gathered along the edge, careful not to get wet unless absolutely unavoidable.
I don't know what I was thinking, but it didn't occur to me to bring Katie's bathing suit, so I asked her to go in far enough to get only her feet wet. Next thing I knew, she was soaked from head to toe! She did what I said and went in just far enough to get her feet wet, but I failed to tell her not to splash herself! Once I noticed she was so wet, I just let her play for as long as she wanted. Didn't matter at that point what she was wearing. She might as well have fun.
She made friends with a group of kids who let her share their beach toys (buckets, shovels, etc) and had a grand time. How bad am I? Not only did it not occur to me to bring a bathing suit, but it also didn't occur to me to bring beach toys! I guess I imagined we would eat our picnic, she would play on the playground for an hour or so and we would go home. Hmmm, now I know better.
It's a wonderful park though and I'm thinking we should go back tomorrow, but better prepared. It's supposed to be hot again and I have to say it was just cool enough by the water to keep me from getting grumpy about the heat.
Katie loved it that she got to ride home naked, except for her undies. I happened to have a clean pair of underwear in my purse, but didn't have dry clothes for her to change into. (Mental note to self - put a change of clothes for Katie in the trunk!)
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