SOLSC 2022 #16 - Playground Adventure

 

It is March 2022 and time for the

 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge  

Every single day, for all thirty-one days of March,

writers will share stories.

Thank you, Two Writing Teachers, for creating this supportive community 

of teacher-writers!

The sedate part is the packing:

• Peanut butter and banana sandwiches
• Yogurt and fruit 
• Clementines
• Goldfish
• Water bottles

• Wipes
• Paper towels
• Sunblock
• Sun hats
• Toys for the sand box
• Changing pad, diapers - just in case!
• Stroller

The lively part is everything else - 

• getting the three year old dressed for the day, her teeth brushed, her hair tangles out (I punted on this last one - hahaha)
• getting a clean diaper onto one very wriggly sixteen-month old before leaving the house - what is it with snapping a onesie that seems to signal to the toddler, "time to make a quick escape!!!"?
• finding everyone's shoes, socks, jackets (it got so warm, we didn't even need the jackets - hooray!!)
• three year old to the bathroom, one last time, before leaving 
• at the playground, so much wonderful running around...and running quickly, keeping alert - to the big slide, to the yellow slide, to the 'mountain,' to the sand box, to the balance beam, to the water fountain, to the blue twisty thing, to to to 
• trying to curb their interest in the dog poop near the water fountain 
• keeping food from blowing away, water from spilling over, hands relatively clean, bodies seated on the bench, during lunch
• keeping them awake on the car ride home, so that they both take great naps - woohoo! WIN for the grandparents!

It was an awesome day!