by jessicaperkins | Nov 29, 2011 | gross motor, milestone, outside, park, play, skills, wordless
I am taking this opportunity to post a blip in time.My “little one” – who’s not so little anymore – has physically grown so much this past year.Buga has mastered the jungle gym. Her gross motor skills have matured incredibly in such a...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 4, 2011 | friends, life, park, philosophy, play, toddler, tot school
Every time we go to the park Buga yearns to meet “friends” to play with. When she sees little people her age playing she gets so excited: “Mama, Mama…Look! There are lots of friends at the park to play with!”I am not the biggest...
by jessicaperkins | Apr 12, 2011 | dizzy, kid, kids, park, spin, spinning
I don’t know what it is about little kids wanting to be DIZZY. Even I, as a child, remembering the thrill and fascination of a spinning chair or Tilter-World. Whatever the amusement, Buga enjoys that very same pleasure. It makes me dizzy watching her, but she...
by jessicaperkins | Apr 14, 2010 | games, outside, park
We are making the most of the BEAUTIFUL weather. We went outside for a picnic by the water the other day. Buga loved seeing the water and watching the airplanes pass overhead. Living in the city makes it difficult to get outside for some good, clean, grassy...
by jessicaperkins | Apr 7, 2010 | fun, little, outside, park, play, things, turtle
A trip to the park. Buga wants to “Ride a TurTle.”Taking time out for the little things.
by jessicaperkins | Feb 26, 2010 | biggest, day, park, play, sledding, slide, sliding, snow, storm, weather
We recently had the biggest snow storm in Philadelphia history. It was BIG. We went to a nearby impromptu sled-park for Layla to have her first sledding experience. She was wooed more by the trio-of-slides toddler park so we played there for a bit. She thought it was...