This past month we were at last able to get outside and enjoy the outdoors more often than not! I've already posted about a few of our more interesting days, but here are some photos from our more typical days.
The nicer weather finally allowed us lots of opportunity to play in our sandbox, master our slide, and explore our yard.
Splashing in puddles on the street
His favorite slide
Down by our swamp
Just monkeying around on the swing set and in the sand box
King of the rock
Helping with the yard work
We spent a good amount of time exploring playgrounds.
Earlier in the month, when it was still snowy and cold
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck!
Trying out all of the different slides
Getting good quickly at climbing ladders
Yet another slide (Can you tell Matt's current favorite thing to do at a playground - other than play in the sand - is go down the slide?)
If we weren't outside, we were inside reading.
Playing his alphabet game on the iPad
Reading to himself
Matt picked out just a few books for me to read before dinner and bedtime.
We also continued exploring art materials.
Discovering stickers
Paint time
Matt's work in various media
Of course we made the rounds at the library story time and children's museum.
Dr. Matt
Hang on, let me check you in.
Taking advantage of the fact most kids were in music class to do the golfball raceway as many times in a row as he wanted
Planting and watering the carrots
A few days the weather chased us into some inside play spaces.
He was able to burn plenty of energy even though he didn't figure out how to work the kiddie treadmill
In the bouncy house
Posing with the shark
We did have another little special event last Saturday, when the library hosted a small petting zoo for its Earth Day celebration. (You may remember seeing Matt with the animals at this same event last year.) As much as Matt loves animals, he remains cautious around the real things (except for cats).
With a baby bunny
With a young chicken
At last, being able to hold a cat
(A late add: these were taken by the children's librarian)
Finally, here are a few miscellaneous photos from our month:
Checking out the mice at the pet store
Pretending to drive the truck
Contemplating his next move
Where's Matt?
Showing off his favorite shirt with its monkey
Impressed by the large open space at the local state park
Cool kid
Enjoying breakfast
Silly, snuggly selfie
