Jennifer's 365 Project

We visited Douglas Walker Park this morning. It's not too far from us and we thought we'd try something different.

When your kid gets up at the crack of dawn, you arrive at places before everyone else, and this park was no exception .There were almost no people there and they didn't start to arrive until we were leaving.
We also had a quick bite to eat at a restaurant. Quinn is getting better at sitting at a table, although by the time we were done he was getting anxious to leave.

A co-worker reminded me that Frog Hollow Park was nearby so we took Quinn this morning. It's a nice set up for younger kinds, complete with a fence that circles the park (it's also nearby a road). There are several structures for younger and older children. Quinn had a blast wandering everywhere. He really enjoyed watching some of the older kids and even tried to follow them occasionally.

It's been over a year since I've really wandered around downtown. I've been spending most of my lunches at home. When I was nursing it was just easier to go home than pump more at work and now I just enjoy seeing my family.

Still, it was nice to wander around and see how things had changed over the past year. One of the tunnels under the road and along the river is painted now, which is interesting. Not sure if it was for Artprize last year or just for the sake of painting it. Every way, it's a fun change to see.

Blanket capes are the best kind of capes.

Apparently this shopping cart can go anywhere. He's been pushing it up on the counter, the couch, anywhere he can lift it to.

There was a work even this evening that I went to. It's been a long time since I've been out with work people at a bar, so it was a nice change of pace.

I've been passing this sign on my way to work for the past few weeks. I finally pulled over to take a photo of it. It's an amusing reference to George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series (and the Game of Thrones TV show)

While at my parents house, Chris and I stepped out to shop at Micro Center. I wanted a Raspberry Pi Zero and for $5 it's hard to come by so I was pretty excited they had it in stock.

I have a few project ideas but nothing firm yet. For now it's just fun to play with a computer the size of a stick of gum.

 Quinn had a fun time in their backyard. They have bird feeders so he enjoys watching the birds fly in.
We also ran through a sprinkler! He's getting used to the splash pad by us and we thought some smaller sprinkler time would be fun.
He eventually did go play in the water by himself.

 Quinn was more adventurous today at the splash pad!
And he had fun watching me play on my 3DS.

 Quinn's first visit to the splash pad was today. He was a little leery of water spraying in his face, but the fun the other kids was infectious. He would run up close to the splash pad, get excited, scream yeah, and then run away from the water so he wouldn't get too wet.
 In the evening we had our first game night since Quinn has been born. Adam, Comfort and Dan came over to play a boardgame (Tomb).
It was hard to get too into the game since Quinn was very excited to have people over. He stayed up an hour and a half past his bedtime and was bouncing off the walls with excitement.

Instead of Dan and Lolo visiting at our house, we drove over to their place this morning. Quinn had a fun time with all of the new toys.
In the afternoon we met our friend Corinne in Grand Haven and took Quinn to the beach. It was his visit trip to the beach and once he got going he enjoyed splashing in the water and playing with the sand.