Park and Fishing

Saturdays are long days for Charis and me because she does not have school and Kris does not get home until 7:30 or 8:00. So we have to spend some of that time out of the house, we usually rotate between the park, library, children's museum, delivering food to homeless and town lake.

This week we chose riding our bikes to the park. Charis decided to climb the "scary" ladder all by herself. At least that is my name for it - I hate that ladder.

She has decided she loves the slides again, but mostly likes the big kid ones that only have crazy ways of getting to them. But today I got her to play on the toddler playscape for a little while.
We played at the park a long time today. She swung on the swings, climbed the crazy spiral, loved the fast slide, and colored with sidewalk chalk with some other kids. But right before we left she tried to play with some older girls and they kept running away from her.

Kris and I knew the day was coming, and today was just the first of many I am sure. Because today she seemed to actually notice and understand and when I put her in her trailer to go home, she said "Mommy, I am sad." I asked why and she said cause the girls don't like me and I don't have any friends. It was heartbreaking! I reassured her that she did have friends and had her help me name all of her friends at school, church and the ones that live far away. When we got home she was still sad so we called Daddy and he talked to her about it too. He cheered her up more and then we decided that distraction would be best.So Charis and I made fishing poles and water. Then Charis (with a little help) drew some fish, we attached the magnets and went FISHING. She loved it!