Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Exploring Columbia...Missouri

This morning we decided to ditch our plans to spend the day at the Lake of the Ozarks , (a three hour round trip in the car with the kids just kept sounding worse and worse the more I thought about it)... Instead, we discovered a really cool little playground nearby and made some new friends!
Nate proclaimed that the inside of this tire was his new home...and I was not to bother him for a bit...


And Juliana had a lovely flower necklace made for her by a cool mama we met who was there with her three boys.


The kids:

-climbed the awesome and HUGE old tracker tires

-sat in the shade and passed cold ice cubes to one another

-met a friend's grandmother and immediately started calling her their "grandma"

-built a sand city

I had the chance to:

-sit and watch them play meet new friends

-talk to other (local) mamas

-get the scoop on cool kid friendly places to visit here in Columbia MO

2 comments:

Head Lima Bean said...

ooh...i hope i can meet some local mamas in nh! love juliana's shirt and am happy that somebody is wearing it.

Lizzie said...

i really feel for you guys, this job business is just insane! and you handle it all with such grace, i am impressed :)

i left you a message on your cell this morning with all my #'s give me a call when you get a chance.

i am hoping you are able to come down friday the 10th??? i'm thinking local waterpark (small, for little kids) and a BBQ? let me know