Slides and Tunnels and Swings...Oh My!!!

We are loving our house so much! Just a few more decorative things to get and hang up, but all in due time. Well, then there's our bedroom. It needs a little TLC, but that furniture, like our bed, is going to be nice (which means on the costly side) so for now we'll just make do. 

I digress...

One of the favorite things about our home is there is a park right outside our back yard gate...literally. The houses here on base are set up such that several homes' back yards/fences (I'd say probably 10 total) form a circle-ish shape and in the middle is a park. This way it's off the street and not too crowded, as the entire base is set up like this so there are many, many parks!

Luke really enjoys the park...at least the aspects we can take him on! Our park is an older one, but we were told it is going to be 'upgraded' in the next month or so. The newer ones have the plastic equipment, which is way more fun! So for now, the parts we enjoy are the tire swing (hopefully the new one will have regular swings), the slides and a super fun tunnel.


The first time I put Luke on the slide, he wasn't quite sure what to make of it (I, of course, had my arm around him the entire time), but after several times, he seemed to really enjoy it. Brian said the other day Luke went down all by himself!


Here's a few slide pictures:

huh?...not real sure about this yet...

okay, this could be fun...

yeah, I think I like this...

let's do it again, Daddy!

After several times down the slide, it was then over to the tire swing. Luke definitely wasn't sure about this experience, but after a little while and us saying, 'weeeee!!!' he seemed to like it.

who's having more fun? Luke or Daddy?

Brian's...ahem...graceful dismount...ha!

After dizzy-ing the little guy up, it was time for the tunnel. This was Luke's FAVORITE thing! He had so much fun going back and forth. He'd come out one side, we'd turn him around, and he'd crawl right back through to the other side. After this trip to the park, we bought Luke a tunnel from Gymboree Play...pictures to follow in the next post. For now, though, here's the park tunnel...

on my way...doing the bear walk (on his feet)

concentration near the end of the tunnel

I made it!...now turn me around so I can do it again!

Finally, there's a little section with a BIG steering wheel (big for the little guy, that is!), so we decided to go ahead and let him drive...but just this time! haha...only kidding...he can drive this the whole time we're here!

checkin' out the neighbor's back yard!

And that's what's right outside our back gate! So much fun!