Family Time

Everytime we go to the "nice" Wal-Mart (and the Rita's), we pass this nice park on the way that gets Lily really excited. She points to it, mumbles something, and just always wants us to stop. Since it was the first real nice Saturday we have had, we decided to stop! (plus Rita's was supposed to be giving away free Italian Ices, more to come)

She has mastered the art of the climber, a little hesitant on the "stools" though. Can't say I blame her, it was a far way down. Pretty much just the Check Family there, so Lily had the run of the park. We went down the slide, played on the ramps, did some swinging, and just had a grand 'ol time.

Daddy & Lily doing some weight testing of the swings and Lily just "hanging out".

Afterwards, we ventured over to Rita's only to find it still closed, opening April 6th. Since we had already promised Lily a treat (and frankly Mama & Dada wanted one too), we headed up the road to the homemade ice cream shop. This would be Lily's 1st ever attempt at an ice cream cone. She's had ice cream, just never confined in a cone.


Here's Mama and Lily cooling off in the shade.

... and here's Lily tackling the cone. She started with her cone (chocolate w/ sprinkles in a cake cone) and ended up with Daddy's butterscotch ripple in a sugar cone. Not quite sure how that happened. All in all, she did very well. Minimal mess and some opportunities to pose. All in all, a great Saturday!