This past Saturday, we missed seeing a bunch of friends at the downtown holiday parade (not enough motivation on anyone’s part to get out the door in time), but we did finally make it to the 3rd annual celebration for Junebug’s Gym. Dylan, who appears to dislike any organized activity, promptly declared that he was not going to participate if they did obstacle courses, but he’d do free play.
Lucky for everyone involved, it was ALL free play–and, we’re thinking to ourselves that this independent streak of his will surely be an asset as an adult…!
The day before, Dylan participated in his school’s walkathon and he completed 13/15 laps, totaling a distance of over 2 miles in 30 minutes! By Friday evening, his left leg was a little achy in the knee and ankle, but by Saturday, clearly, he was mostly better.
It’s always way more difficult to get a decent cameraphone picture of Cameron–she moves way too fast! But, she had a great time as well. Like Dylan, the foam pit is the play area of choice!
After gymnastics, we headed to Santa Clara to check out a Winter Wonderland event where a bunch of giant silk Chinese lanterns had been set up for display.
Cameron only slept for about 30 minutes in the car, so she was pretttty cranky when we got there.
But riding another one of those rip-off, instant amusement park train rides brought her right back into the spirit of things!
Here’s the Dragon Boat lantern. Pretty impressive when you think of it as a giant silk lantern!
We brought our double-stroller, but by some odd fluke, neither kid used it (and Heather’s kids — who usually walk — did!). Cameron wanted to be carried a lot…and Dylan actually walked.
A lot of my pictures didn’t come out–I tried the no-flash approach and it was sometimes challenging to hold still with a kid at my leg! But, some of them came out alright. As usual, the rest of the photos are on flickr…
