Outside again

Let's go outside! That's what we hear from Zach these days, as soon as he wakes up and all throughout the day. We, like many areas, have had unseasonably warm weather since last Friday, and we are doing our best to take advantage of it.

When Zach, our friends Wendy and Vincent, and I went to a new park last Friday, I realized Zach hadn't been to a playground since probably late August! It didn't take long for him to remember what to do, soon he was climbing and sliding and swinging as if that broken leg had never happened. I did my best not to be the over-protective mom, and just watched him rediscover what he's capable of, which was most of the things he could do this summer. Scott took him to another park on Saturday, and he was even more adventurous - not only going down the "curly" slide, but going down on his belly too! Yet one more step closer to "normal"!

We've also spent a lot of time in the driveway, zooming cars down the slight incline. Fortunately a lot of the neighbor kids are also outside soaking up the sun, so at least some of the time there is someone else to play with him... there's only so much enthusiasm I can muster for Lightning McQueen winning the Piston Cup yet again.