last days of fall
Surprisingly, we’ve been treated with nice weather the past few days. Temps have been in the upper 60’s/low 70’s. The girls were even playing outside in short sleeves one day. Not to let it go to waste, Julie and I decided to take the toddlers to the park yesterday. We have both been craving Pot Belly’s after our museum fiasco a couple of weeks ago (it was the original plan to eat at Pot Belly’s which was close to the museum), so we decided to eat at the nearest one in Gurnee, IL and find a park nearby. I think Julie and I wolfed down our sandwiches in record time, and then we were off to search for a toddler-friendly park. My navigation system has a “Points of Interest” feature and lets you pull up all the closest parks to your location. Fortunately, it only took 2 tries to find a satisfactory park; the first attempt led us to an apartment complex park with one swing and a slide. The park we found had 2 baby swings, a smallish play area for the toddlers to roam on, and a 4 seater teeter-totter among other things. Violet was mostly interested with playing with the mulch on the ground.
But the highlight of our day was the conveyor belt slide. It was so cool that I wanted to give a go.
It always makes me melancholy to see winter approach and the warm days disappear for several months. However, as I get older the days/months fly by, and spring reappears in no time. Is that a good thing?