An evening at the park

Saturday evening was a great evening to head to one of my favorite best kept secret little parks. It's the one behind Lowes in the Battlefield area. I love it because it's tucked away and you have to walk down a little trail to get there and it has a little sand beach so you get the feel of being at the beach. It has a nature trail around the whole lake and it has a playground as well. It's been awhile since we had been there so it was due a visit.

Bradley and Alayna coming down the slide together. She absolutely loves the slide and threw a fit when it was time to stop. She even likes to try and climb up it like the big kids do.

Bradley is going through this phase where he like to ride in the stroller again. He'll be in it faster than we can get Alayna in it and we are always like...Bradley, this is for your sister, not you. This time we were like....forget the fuss about it, there's a perfect little spot for her in the back. At first she started to cry and then thought it was kind of cool. It made for a great giggle!!

Me and my little clown riding the rocket. By the look on his face, you'd think he really was on a ride. Silly boy!!

Uh oh, which way did Bradley go now?

Don't I look so big!! Alayna has been really stubborn with smiling for the camera lately. It's like she just knows. She will either turn away or just stare at me. I swear she knows exactly what she's doing.

No surprise Bradley is up in the tree and holding one of his favorite things...a stick.

So peaceful watching the water.

Bradley and Alayna having races down the slide.

Alayna riding the rocket. I took the picture and caught her just before she fell backwards...bad mommy!!!

After the park we headed to Friendley's for some burgers where our peaceful night didn't end so peaceful. We are learning the hard way that taking our little pistol out to dinner isn't as easy as it used to be. She hates hates hates being confined in a high car and went bisurk. Luckily it was Friendly's where everyone there is friendly and it's a bunch of parents with screaming kids trying to do the same thing we were doing:) The waitress got a kick out of her attitude and thought she was the cutest thing. I was like "oh good, you can take her home with you then"......Oh brother!!!! Craig and I got a great chuckle out of it and said nights out to eat are now offically reserved just for date nights!!!