The park is open, b*tches!

Our totally awesome city park, mere blocks from our house and right across the street from the rec center and library, opened last week. We attended the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening festivities in outrageously blustery weather, and are only this week getting a chance to really enjoy the amenities. Come check it out, Erie is becoming so COOL!

In addition to the four beautiful baseball fields (with concessions and everything!), the soccer fields and the picnic shelter and the huge, open expanses of grass, there are two fabulous playgrounds. Sawyer’s favorite is the one with the trains:

Ok, I might have to eat him in this picture.

 

 

Running out that toddler energy with Stella and her vizsla energy.

 

Artisan-helper

Sawyer is helping me get the garden ready by decorating the blocks with some of his priceless doodles.

Proudly displaying his technique.

 

I’m hoping for one hell of a successful garden this year, despite the challenges of living at 5600ft. Keep your fingers crossed.

It’s a..It’s a…It’s a…

Well, there’s no denying this little triangle-shaped genital protrusion.

That’s right, between the Gray boys and the Bates boys we pretty much have a whole little league team.

Here’s his skeletal profile. I don’t think he has a Michael Jackson nose in real life, but that’s kind of how it looks.

 

And one adorable little foot.

 

I wasn’t wrong about this guy being a kung-fu master—he was squirming around so much that the technician had a hard time getting all the requisite measurements. But he’s healthy and everything appears to be in the right place. Hurrah! Now just to think of a name, hmm…