A Beautiful Day Spent with Beautiful Friends

It was absolutely gorgeous weather yesterday!

Blake hasn't been to many playdates lately because he was teething and cranky and then I got sick and then... I got lazy. LOL! Whoops...

So we got the chance to meet up with Blake's BFF, Max, and his wonderful mommy, Stephanie, at the park!

Yesterday was just the most perfect day to be out and about. We visited Centennial Park for the first time. The playground in the South park is AWESOME! By far my favorite park in the area (so far).

image credit: Stefani Chung

image credit: Stefani Chung

Centennial Park South has a foam padded playground, a calm walking trail, and shaded picnic tables to where you can post up. Blake is walking now so it was a whole new type of experience for him. He can finally explore without me.

He loves climbing on stairs and then going back down. He tries to chase the older kids but since he's not fast enough, he just reaches his arm out as they run by and/or smiles at them when they make eye contact. He is all about rollin' with the big dawgs. :-P

There were signs around the park that advertise their Summer Serenades on Wednesday nights. It's free to get in so I'm hoping to catch one concert before it's too late. Blake's dad and I always enjoyed live music and now it's so wonderful learning that Blake loves live music, too! He claps, dances, and sways to the music. Click here for more information on the summer concert series.

image credit: Stefani Chung

After some time at the park, we took the boys out for a quick lunch. I don't know if playing in the sunshine just made Blake really hungry or if seeing his buddy, Max, eat motivated him... but he ate! He hasn't been into any meats lately but he ate some chicken nuggets. He had some fries and even drank some milk from a straw! Usually Blake just eats veggies, fruits, some rice and maybe some cheese ravioli. Man... we totally need to hang out with Max and older friends more so Blake can see how it's done. ;-)