artetas in the park!

marlene is a friend from work - she worked with me at gemini (which is when i lived in nyc). on monday, i got to go to play time with the boys. we met at dunkin donuts... stuffed all of our faces (pink with sprinkles, please!) and then went to this park for a class and some play time. while it isn't warm here exactly yet, the sun is out and it's a pretty day. the snow has melted from the ground and hey, it's in the 40s... and therefore, clearly warm enough to be outside after being couped up all winter!


in class, we listened (sort off... as well as any 4 and 2 year old will listen!) to a book and then it was arts and crafts time. since the book was about a bunny, we made rabbits. well, attempted to anyways! the boys weren't so interested in making bunnies... fires, trains, helicopters and other disasters in which they could save people were the project du jour!

my hats off to marlene b/c honestly, i have no idea how she does it! she ran off to grab a sandwich from a place she'd been wanting to try while i played with the boys on the playground. we had a blast! and the boys totally tested the limits... as in, i didn't realize that taking off shoes was a no no and less than two mins after mom is gone, both boys have their shoes off and are slipping and sliding all over the slides! way more fun when you can go faster without shoes, right?! three boys is definitely a handful! i think i did ok for the 10 mins she was gone... but all day everyday!? i'm so impressed. check out these cuties below!



this was art project time. there are two rows of tables...we took over an entire row... we were supposed to make bunnies, but we were more making fires and putting them out!


nelson was cracking up here... and my camera was too slow to catch his adorable smile!


look at the big smile elliott has!!



nelson makes fast work of this chain ladder!


the slides were a big hit! graham shows off his abilities! please note the shoes are off!


check out these big guys!


firetruck racing down the slide!


watch nelson go (with a little help from mom)!! btw, when i was pushing nelson in the swing, he told me he has the best mom! how cute is that?!
that's elliott in the background and graham too.


and here comes graham all by himself!! he can do a few rungs - i'll bet he'll make it all the way across sooner rather than later!