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WE had a nice weekend. We took the kids to windjammer park on
Saturday and Sunday. Both days the weather was good, and the
kids had a great time. It was fun to watch them climb up the
latter/steps to the slide. For them this is a big climb, and a
tall slide, even though its only about as high as my chest. 

Our daughter did very well on the climb and she was happy to
slide down. There was a couple times when she slid down her
landing wasn't optimal for her. She just flew straight off and
landed on her but into the wood chips, and when that would
happen her head would slightly bump the slide. With excited
encouragement from mom and dad, she felt OK enough to go another
round. A few times she went down backwards, and those times she
was happy because her feet stopped her at the bottom when they
landed in the wood chips. 


Our son took a few turns on the slide as well. He is a little
more cautious than his sister, but he is learning. He had a huge
grin when he went down. At the bottom he immediacy wanted to go
back up, but instead of the latter, he wanted to walk right up
the slide. A couple feet was as far as he could go before it got
to steep then he slid back down. 


The kids are understanding more and more of what we are saying.
At the park our son decided he was just going to walk off and go
on his own. He liked the plants along the sidewalk, and the pink
sprinkler heads. He had to investigate each one as he past them.
He reminds me of myself when I was very young, walking off or
hiding in the clothe racks while shopping with my mom at Jc
Penny's or other stores. I remember a bit of those times, once
where I escaped and walked across busy traffic into another
parking lot, where the old tower records was. I can't believe my
mom actually found me. So as my little boy was just on his walk
about I called out to him and told him I'm going back to the
park. He turned and saw me heading the other way and kinda
started going in that direction until he found something on the
ground that he should put in his mouth. From a distance I
couldn't make out what it was by I called out to him "No! Don't
put that in your mouth!" Not soon enough, he had it in there a
moment but actually took it out as a briskly walked towards him.
Turns out he thought a pistachio nut shell was worth a taste
test. we started heading back to the park when mom appeared with
the stroller to collect us all. 


Our daughter was doing a bit of this as well. Just walking out
of the play area at the park and going to see what's around. She
had to test her climbing skills on the cement barriers. With a
little help she pulled herself up, and then walked back and
forth on the barrier. The barrier just above her chest height. 


Both days mom hasn't been feeling well. The sickiness finally
got to her. Yesterday was pretty bad, but today she is still in
the middle of the virus. We think its Rhino Virus, but it could
also be Covid, we aren't sure. We had to get home, today was a
special day for mom. 


The kids got their 15 minute nap during the car ride and stop at
the store. At home mom put on the Mariners Game, Rick Rizzs
special even game for his retirement. It was a great game, and
he gave a great speech for his final official Mariners broadcast.
Mom got emotional. For her all her life she has been watching
baseball, and hearing Dave Niehaus and Rick Rizzs, but now the
end of that time has came. Its sad, in ways, but the way of
things. Rick certainly had a way of bringing a person to the
game, and that style of announcing the game has become a lost
art. The kids enjoyed many parts of the game, but every time a
song with a harmonica came on our daughter was laughing and
dancing. 

A good weekend. I hope mom gets better soon, the work week
starts again, and drains us all.  

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