An Afternoon at the Playground

Some afternoons when I pick the kids up from school, we need to run a quick or not-so-quick errand (bank, CVS, supermarket, post office, etc.) but when weather and time allow, we head for a playground.  Last week, we went to one of Finley's favorites, the Fire Truck Playground.  There's a big fire truck type jungle-gym (see it in the background in the photos below) there, but more recently we have been spending most our time in the pebbles.  Dagny loves to dig with her beloved blue and yellow shovel, but there's no sandbox at this playground, so we had to get creative!

 

I treasure the moments when they are playing "together" and ignoring me :)

 Oddly enough, Dagny took a break from digging and wandered off.  Way off. Not sure what she was hoping to find over there...

 But after another few steps, Finley called her back over (such a protective big brother) and she can toddling back all smiles. Then we took off for the swings :)