Hanging Out at The Park

With Carol taking a few vacation days and the weather unseasonably warm, I took the boys to play this morning at Legion Park. We joined about four other families there, all with children about the same age, because this time of year older children are in school. As I sat back and watched our boys play with their contemporaries, I realized just how much they have advanced. Their strength, coordination and confidence on the playground equipment have developed remarkably from the level they possessed in the early spring. Both boys are really exerting themselves now, pulling themselves up with their arms and climbing with their legs. Their social skills have also developed, introducing themselves, conversing and sometimes arguing with the older kids. They are no longer passively swinging or simply sliding. They are now actively playing and exercising.