The rains held off, and we had a wonderful day at the park. We have some local family resource centers, and one had to close this spring - technically, it merged with another center. Two of the other centers are inside schools and so aren’t open in the summer, so this summer only two centers are open. They decided to meet at a park near the old, closed center today as a “reunion.”
We went with four of the families from our original playgroup, moms I met at LLL when our babies were little. There were also families there we know from seeing at the centers, and two of the staff in particular feel like good friends and so we had lots of time to chat.
The park has one big pavillion which is surrounded at a distance by a paved trail, so while we sat and talked the kids biked, triked and scooted around us. There’s a longer trail that runs down by the river so we took one big group excursion along that. The centers provided free lunches for the kids and we played on the playground and got out soccer balls and nets.
It was actually perfect conditions for me - I am very strongly affected by direct sun, it triggers my migraines - today it was overcast and cooler, lovely for walking and biking. We had such a good time. Only towards the end did JediBoy’s play deteriorate into play-fighting, but even that was short-lived and no one was hurt (this time!).
JediBoy and I spent the rest of our day curled up in the playroom. We read a couple of books, played with toys together, and did some drawings. I gave JediBoy a bag of stencils I’d brought from my dad’s house and he made about two dozen half-sheet drawings using the stencils - mostly he made spaceships from ovals, with stars in the background, and then decorated with stripes and bursts of flame and connecting hoses and such. Then he worked with Legos for a while and I happily dozed on the couch.
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