lazy hazy days of summer

Going to the park can be stressful for me.

When it is just Lo and I she is insistent 

on my playing with her non-stop 

or else she would rather just sit down on the bench beside me.

BUT,

going to the park with cousins and gramma and aunts 

who rarely get to see the lady make it mucho more enjoyable.

Because I just got to sit there and laugh at the kids,

and make googly eyes at baby Drena,

and take photos of everyone's cuteness.

I didn't have to push her up and down on the teeter totter 

for 20  minutes in the 100 degree weather.

Aunt Traci took care of that.

I didn't have to entertain her while she had a snack break.

Tamar and Drena were glad to help out there.

See them running to the tree with a hole in it that was far away?

Again, I got to sit there and enjoy 

as opposed to frolicking and sweating.

That stream was straight up cold. 

And Lo wasn't quite coordinated enough to keep up 

with the big kids who were climbing in and out.

So she just chilled and threw rocks with Gramma and Henry.

While I sat in the shade and took photos.

The only time I had to play was when I wanted to.

And that meant spinning on some contraptions 

until I was so disoriented I nearly peed my pants:)

Call it lazy parenting, or taking advantage of your family.

But it won't change the fact that it was my best park day yet.