Day Nine Home

Local repercussions and closures.

Scooter Crashing

I never walk to the park that is three/four blocks away, partially out of laziness and partially because I know when I do, they will inevitably get hurt, sick, or we will need the one thing that I don't have. I remember hiking home once from somewhere when Sam was around three, after he had wiped out and was bleeding and I was carrying him screaming, a scooter and pushing a stroller. Which doesn't seem like a big deal until you have to execute such a feat.

So last night the kids hadn't been out a ton during the day and I decided it would be a good idea to walk/scoot to the park to burn off some energy. All good until their "five minute warning" to go home, when they decided to do races around the basketball court. The girls on scooters got a head start.

Obviously we had a wipe out and Vivian screamed bloody murder. Her ego was more wounded than her body. To get her to feel better Sam asked her to race again. Because how could that happen twice?

Naturally she went down harder the second time and freaked out more because there was blood (and her wrist hurt). It definitely was a big fall and must have hurt a lot. I ended up calling Chris to drive us home.

Nothing a few Band-Aids and ice-cream couldn't solve in the end. Poor kid.

Jack's excitement at the park

This dog has more energy than the kids sometimes.  He runs and runs and then comes home and sleeps for hours.

Park

It's finally getting warmer out, enough to brave the park.

deCordova Visit

Checking out more art at the sculpture park.  A great place for running, picnicking, seeing artwork, and to spend the day.  And, there are no outdoor alarms to set off.

                                     

 Watching a tour of middle school students, Sam and his buddy were a little perplexed.

 Vivian had a similar expression as the artwork.

So much to explore.

Quote of the Week

We were at a sprinkler park in Belmont, chatting with a mother, she was telling us about her trip to the beach the day before:
"and you could tell it was almost one o'clock.  All the kids were whining, no one was sharing, and then they started crying one by one.  Time to go."  This was all said with the best Boston accent ; )