Saturday, in the park.....

We had such a great day on Saturday. The fun started with meeting the Dees gals at Mike Lewis park around 10. They were having the grand opening of the trail linking Lewis with Waggoner park. The trail is 1.7 miles long one way. They city of GP did a great job of making it a fun family time. They had 5 stops along the trail to get your trail guide stamped. Each station featured a different city group: Prairie Paws, Joe Pool Lake, Parks and Rec, Uptown Theatre & the coming soon Market Square, and City Services. At the end of the trail, you showed your stamped booklet and you got a T-shirt showing the Good Link which is the name of the trail. We are so excited to be adding to our GP T-shirt collection! While we were at the opening ceremonies, complete with a speech from Ruthie Jackson, we ran into Jerry from our church. He had his cutie puppy, Goldie. She is a blond lab mix. We started the trail after Jane had her bottle. So glad we had a chance to rest now that I think about it. I needed all my energy for the trail! We had a great time walking the trail. We took our time to enjoy an easy pace and each other's company. We got stopped by the camera guy for the GP cable channel. He interview Rhonda ("Nature is pretty") and Chris. It was funny when he told us to be on the look-out for the interviews on cable channel 16. None of us have cable!! We all had to pull out our shades when Mr. Sun came out. Mr. Keegan was such a Cool Dude!! Mazie can playground on her mind so she asked repeatedly when were we going to the playground. She felt like we needed to go to the playground immediately. Don't blame her a bit. So, we headed for the playground in Waggoner. One funny part was when we got our stamp for Prairie Paws. The ladies were asking everyone if they had their poop bag. What they were handing out was bags for dog owners to put dog poop in. We just cracked up over the responses we could have given them. "No, I went before I came." So funny! When we finally got to the playground, Mazie was in her element. She was fearless!! She climbed up the "rock" wall. She would walk up to any kid and just start talking and playing. It was so fun to see her so filled with joy. Keegan and Chris headed over to the swings since that is about all he can play with right now. He loves the swing. He loves to lean over and watch the ground pass under him as he swings. Chris did take him on the slides and to the part of the park that is for 2-5 year olds. Keegan crawled a bit but was more interested in seeing how the sticks tasted. After the playground, it hit us that we basically had to do the whole trail over again. My feet were tired but I was looking forward to the challenge. We were all so glad that they handed out trail mix at the stamp stops. Mazie is totally my kind of gal. She went for the chocolates first, then the raisins. She really didn't care for the rest of the mix so she played Hansel and Gretel. She picked up the seeds and let them slowly fall from her outstretched hand. Cracked me up. When we finally got back to where the cars were, we had a bit of an obstacle course. The Kid Fish had started and there were cars everywhere!! The road was reduced to where only one car could get through since cars were parked on both sides of the road. It was so packed, we couldn't even get through the line of cars to our car!! Crazy!! But we did get to the cars. Total props to Supermom Rhonda for getting the double stroller folded AND put into the trunk of her car. So impressed!! We then headed over to grab some romantic Mexican food at the GP standard, Don Juan's. Best burritos EVER!!! We got it to go and then took it over to John's school to eat lunch with him. He was working hard and needed some comic relief, which the kids provided. It was hilarious to see Mazie and Keegan playing. Keegan loves to crawl and chase people and be chased. Mazie would run and stop and look at Keegan. He would squeal and start after her. She would run to the other side and they start all over. So funny!! Can't wait for our next adventure with the Dees!!