Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday was my birthday. We celebrated by going out to breakfast and then trying out one of the Noblesville Parks. Forest Park is huge with two playgrounds, a golf course, a carousel, a putt putt golf course and an aquatic center. One of the playgrounds is designed specifically for kids age 2-5. AWESOME! The thing I hate about taking Parker to the playground is following her around all the equipment worried that she will fall through one of the high openings designed for older kids. I did not have to worry about that here. All the steps were the right height, everything was pretty much enclosed and there were so many things that our other park does not have.

So, here is Parker swinging on a big kid swing. It was cool because it had a "C" shaped seat, which gave her more stability than the regular swings, but it wasn't a baby swing. She loved it!
They had a large sand area that included shovels that you operated by sitting in a seat and moving levers with your hands. Parker wasn't too interested in that, but she didn't seem to mind getting dirty!

Here she is walking over a bridge and peering over the edge at Alicia.

I think these faces are hilarious!

On her way up to the top...
They also had this flexy balance beam thing. Parker loved walking back and forth. Who knew walking would be so much fun?
No Hands Mom!!!!!! She was fearless. I was afraid she was going to fall off the entire time. She didn't. :)
After the park, we came home and Parker took a nap. Our friends Nancy and Grammie came over to watch Parker while Alicia and I went to the ISO and then to dinner. All in all, a pretty nice day. :)