in the sUn with my sOn

What a beautiful day it is today in Portland.
I love spring!








Took C to the park today.  So warm out!

We went up to Creston park and played at both playgrounds, the one by the school... 


 C was very eager to try all the types of monkey bars there are at the school playground

Love how this picture turned out, I also got one of him looking at me and smiling. SOOO cool

 This was like a rock wall, he loves to climb, he climbs EVERYTHING

That was a long stretch for him but he made it, barely lol.  This is the main playground he will be playing for the next few years at school.  It's good he gets used to it now before school starts!

Creston Elementary is where the elementary mainstream deaf student attend school and I think it is very cool that there is a sign with the alphabet integrated into the playing area so kids can communicate with eachother, having gone to school myself where there were deaf kids, I really hope C will find the uniqueness of being able to communicate with his hands.  (I was fluent at one time, still am able to carry out a conversation-mostly)

We also played at the "Big Playground"  which is more like Creston park playground

Yesterday when we went to the park C just started doing all these things he's never done alone before, crossing the narrow bridge...

 Climbing up and down the rainbow stairs....















Swinging...apparently it was SSSOOOOO funny mommy was trying to take a picture and swing at the same time.

THE big thing he started doing himself was climbing the really tall ladder up to the big slide.  look at him go!

Love the look of accomplishment on his face, he is so proud he's a big boy and can do big boy things like climbing the ladder.

C tells me as we are walking home, don't step in the garden... I asked him what he was talking about we were still in the park, and he showed me.  Apparently a daisy patch is a garden in his head :-)

All together another great day to be alive in Portland!