Monday I took Mini-Me to the park right next to her swim classes. They have a special play area that’s designed for two to five year-olds which is great because most other play areas are for five to twelve year-olds. They have an area for that age range too and of course, Sophia likes the slides in that area better. I was able to snap some pictures of her in the little kid play area before she ran over to the big kid slides where, I stupidly decided it was ok for her to try and walk up the slide since no one was in line to slide down. Mini-Me fell and hit her cheek on the side. There wasn’t an immediate bruise, but a couple days later her self imposed shiner, that was really the fault of my poor judgment, really shown through. Seriously, it looks like someone decked my toddler in the face with a full on knuckle sandwich.
She shrieked and cried for about a minute and then demanded down by squirming and headed right back for the slide. I convinced her it would be a lot more fun to climb the stairs and use the slide on the way down.
Wednesday I intended to meet up with a stay-at-home-mom group at a park closer to home. Four people including myself had RSVPed for an Earth Day park clean up get together. Some of the other group gatherings sounded a lot more appealing, but this one was close, fit our schedule, and nap time. I thought I was going to be late after chatting with my cousin on the phone, but was actually ten minutes early. There were a bunch of kids on the playground. I didn’t recognize any of the faces or names from the group website.
A trickle of rain sent everyone in the park home. That was sad considering we’re in western Washington and it rains ALL THE TIME. A few minutes later I saw more people arriving. I thought it might be my group, but no. As far as I could tell, they never showed. No matter. Sophia played on the slide and with the new group of kids she had a little boyfriend to play with. He was very encouraging of her and clapped and told her, “good job” when she arrived at the bottom of the slide.
