A day at the park

My son, Elliott, is a very active child for being a little over a year old. He's always been on the move, but now that he can walk and basically run, all he wants to do is be on the move. He's through with the sitting in stroller's, high chairs and especially the car seat. So, we do our best to keep him on the move, which continues to help his coordination. Last Saturday, after our morning play date at the children's area at Mesa Mall, he took a two-hour nap and was growing restless with playing in our living room, so we decided to take him to Sherwood Park for his first experience at an actual playground.

His eyes lit up as soon as I took him out of the car and he saw what was in the distance and then the kid lost his mind! Seriously, he got so excited that he just took off, running to try and catch up to mommy, see ...

Once we got him in the playground area, he went nuts playing in the rubber mulch as evident from these photos ...

Then, I took him down the slide ...

And then he sat in the swing while mommy pushed him ...

We played and played and played. Elliott had the time of his life and, as parents, Kelley and I were so overwhelmed with joy to see our son so happy.

Sitting at home is for the birds. We told ourselves before Elliott was born that we were going to keep him as active outside of our house as much as we could, and although it can wear mom and dad out from time to time, it's all so very worth it as long as our son is having fun.