If you've lived in Houston or a city with a similar climate, you know summertime can be brutal outside. I've been trying to develop a variety of options with A/C that we can do instead of our semi-regular treks to the park after Clara's morning nap.
So, after this mornings Breakfast & Book routine:
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| Eating & reading is exhausting |
Morning walk, and round of swinging (this child is addicted!)
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| It's sprinkling, Mama |
And then a morning nap, we met up with Mrs. Lauren & Landon for a playdate at The Woodland's Mall. This mall has such a GREAT play area for kiddos 0-6. The floor is soo soft and bouncy, that I didn't worry about Clara falling at all, even from the tops of the smaller climbers. Thankfully since it's not summer break for most people quite yet it was fairly calm, which was good for these two babies' first time. Plus the bigger kids aren't always very aware of when they knock the wee ones over. I sincerely hope that when Clara is a "bigger kid" I still pay attention to what she's doing and intervene if I notice she's scaring the babies.
When we first arrived, Clara immediately got down and started exploring. Anyone surprised? :)
Landon took a little while to warm up, and made sure his mommy was close by. He eventually started checking things out.
Pretty quick after we got there and let them start playing, they closed the play area for 15 minutes to vacuum and wipe down all the play equipment. The 4 of us took that opportunity to go get a drink at Sonic and give the kiddos a snack.
Fortified with some applesauce and cheerios, both Landon & Clara were ready to take on the play area when we got up, no warm up needed.
Once Clara found the tunnels and how it works (makes for some perfect peek-a-boo opportunities with Mommy) there was no keeping her out of them :)
Video of Clara playing in the tunnel:
Of course there were lots of other fun things to check out too.
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| Clara & Landon just crawling around |
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| Landon decided to follow Clara through the tunnel |
A video of Clara & Landon playing:
And THEN Landon and Clara discovered the slide. It was the most amazing thing ever. Up and down and up and down and up and down ..... seriously, I think Clara climbed up those steps somewhere between 40-50 times. You'd think she'd be tired!
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| Come on up, friend! |
Short video of climbing up:
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| Steps are overrated, climb the slide! |
Does it shock anyone that Landon is playing calmly in his stroller while Clara escaped and is playing on the floor?
Once we got home, Clara took an EXTREMELY short afternoon nap. She was so pooped she needed more, but what can you do?
So we decided to play outside.
And then go swimming with Ayden!
By the time Clara was done swimming, Daddy was home and it was dinner time.
Just a typical day of keeping Miss CB busy and Momma sane! :)
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