There is a great playground that is about 25 minutes from us (which is kind of far for a playground) so when we know Dan is going to be home later than his usual 6:30/6:45, we head out to this spot in Sudbury. Finley LOVES this playground and when we pulled into the parking lot, he asked if he could go play while I got Dagny into the front pack. Usually I would say "no way" to going solo into a large playground but we are working on his independence (i.e. being able to keep playing in the playroom and not needing to come into the bathroom with me--ug) so I am trying to encourage him to be "free" when I know he will be safe. Off he ran! There's a big pretend fire truck as part of the structure and he told me that was where he wanted to go first. Five minutes later when I tracked him down with Dagny in tow, he wasn't in the fire truck but here in sandbox/truck heaven.
And here he remained for upwards of two hours with only a couple short visits back to the fire truck and some slides on the structure.
He worked with some other kiddos to dig a huge hole. He wasn't as productive a digger as the bigger kids he was working with, but they seemed cool with it.
He called out to the two girls he was playing with to come help him get out of the hole that he was "stuck" in.
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