The Fountain Park

Filed Under Clothes, Fourteen Months, Outings, Play | 7 Comments

This past week, my mom and I took Bailey to our favorite park to play. She gets so excited to climb on the equipment now. It seems like not too long ago that she refused to climb on anything at all! She absolutely hates swings, though. If we sit her in one she looks a little nervous. If someone pushes it, she gets an absolutely terrified look on her face and starts shaking. It’s so sad I don’t really like swings either, in fact it kind of makes me sick to watch kids swinging, but I liked them as a kid! She didn’t like her baby swing either, but a few times last fall she went in a swing at the park and seemed to enjoy it. I hope she grows out of the terrified phase and that it’s not making her feel motion sick or anything.

Her favorite thing to do at this park (or any park for that matter) is to go up and down the steps, over and over and over and over and over… it gives Mommy’s back and arms quite a workout!

In the tunnel with Grammy

This park also has a great fountain area. You can turn it on with a timer and it just sprays out of one pole. It’s in a nice sunny spot and we planned ahead and brought Bailey’s swimsuit so she could get really wet. Last time we went, she was in a hot pink diaper and looked really classy… so we thought we should be more prepared for playing in the water.

I had to include this last one because I just love the back of this suit. It’s from Janie and Jack, and it was a gift- a lot more than I would have spent ($38-ish) but I have to remind myself that she might as well wear it everywhere or she will just outgrow it anyway.

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Jamie on July 1, 2008 6:58 am
She’s adorable! I heart that suit.

Audrey loves playing in fountains too, except now she tries to drink out of them and stinks her whole head under. Also, she LOVES swings…like will swing for hours. That can get mildly annoying. Heh.
Sarah M on July 1, 2008 7:31 am
You can pass the ADORABLE swimsuit down to Claire if you want! ( :
What park is that?
Radish on July 1, 2008 2:09 pm
She looks so cute in that swimsuit! Carter has that bugs teether also, and of course only chews on the hard plastic bugs, not the nice rubbery ones.

Hope she outgrows her fear of swings…they’re so much fun!
JO on July 1, 2008 11:25 pm
On Sat. mornings there is a small farmers market in Tower Grove Park behind the play area. There is a large pool with maybe 3 inches of water and many fountains about 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall. There are sooo many toddlers there and they have such fun. There is also music. She and you would really enjoy it.
Shannon River on July 1, 2008 11:47 pm
The picture of her with the watering can is SO CUTE.
Unkempt Mommy on July 2, 2008 2:35 pm
A friend of mine also chose not to teach her little boy sign language because her husband was afraid it would hinder his verbal vocabulary. I can definitely see the logic in that. But if it makes you feel any more relaxed about B knowing a few signs, Scout says about half of the words she signs and also says some words rather than signing them. I’m sure every kid is different, but so far we haven’t seen that Scout’s signing has hindered her verbal development in any way so far. (of course she’s still young and who knows if I’ll to eat my words….I guess time will tell)
Unkempt Mommy on July 2, 2008 2:37 pm
Oops – I posted my comment on the wrong blog entry. Doh!