MyThreeDaisies

This past weekend, we wanted to have a family day. So Saturday afternoon we all loaded up and went out for a day at the park. We went to Chick-Fil-A in Gardendale and got lunch. We took it to a new park outside of town, and ate at a picnic table. It’s amazing how quickly they were full, even though they had cried hungry for hours before we were finally able to get out of the house.

When they were done eating, we let them loose on the playground. They had never been to this new one before, and there were a lot of other kids, so they were a little shy about it at first. Looking back, they never did seem to play with any of the other kids. I guess because Chris and I were following they’re every move, making sure they didn’t attempt any of the big kid stuff, especially Chloe.

They had a lot of fun. Chloe went up and down, stairs, slide, stairs, another slide, stairs, the really tall slide. There was probably about 10-12 different slides. One of the bigger ones she attempted was a yellow one that went over my head about 14 inches. It was smooth and had curves from side to side. Fearlessly, she plopped down and let herself go. She came down too fast, bouncing from side to side, and at one point I thought she might flip head over heels. But she was fine, she laughed, and ran around to do it again. It took my breath, but she had a blast.

The crowd of children started to diminish and the sun was getting lower in the sky, and also right in our eyes. All three girls decided to swing. Lydia was having trouble with a regular swing, she kept sliding out, and so I was afraid to push her very high. I put Chloe up in a baby swing and Lydia decided that was her best option, once she saw how high Chloe was able to swing. At one point I lifted up Chloe as high as I felt comfortable with and let her go really hard. She squealed and I said, “Super Chloe!”. Lydia said, “do me, do me!” So I pushed her really hard, “wheee!” Lydia was excited and she called out loudly, “Super Me!”

Eventually, I was able to push Lydia and Chloe in alternates. I was getting a pretty good workout on my biceps and triceps. We were in perfect rhythm. As one girl reached the limit away from me, the other was reaching my hand to push. Back and forth I pushed them for probably 15 minutes.

We coaxed the girls back to the van with the promise of a drink, and headed home. They had a lot of fun and took really good naps.

Super Chloe, Lydia, and Eliana got to fly high for a couple hours, and that was better amusement than money could ever buy.

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