Not So Sure About the Carousel

Lightning McQueen update: his owners came for him the day after we found him. We had posted a sign on our community mailbox that his owners had seen, thankfully. He was a cute bunny and Colten was so sad to see him gone.

On Friday, the 11th, Colten and I went to Funtown at Micke Grove Park with some friends. Funtown is like a mini amusement park with lots of rides for young children. I wasn't sure if Colten was going to like it or not. At Chuck E. Cheese, Colten will go on the moving attractions. . .until you put the token in and it starts to move or vibrate. So at Funtown I decided to start him off with something gentle. I thought the carousel would work so we went on that. We walked onto it and I placed him on a horse. He did well, until it moved. When it started, he stayed on the horse, but his arms were wrapped tightly around my waist! About halfway through, he began to wail, I picked him up and held him the rest of the time. That was it for Funtown. Perhaps we'll try again at the end of the summer!

We all walked over to the playground at Micke Grove where there is an enormous play structure. I didn't know if Colten would climb it, but he did! There were stairs that went all the way to the top and he went down the slide twice!

Can you spy Colten?

There was a bit of a wilderness area behind the playground where Colten and his friend Jonathan played for a bit. Colten is just starting to play interactively with other children rather than just alongside them. Whatever Jonathan would do, Colten would follow. Luckily, Jonathan is a well behaved boy! So they picked up sticks, used them as light sabers (under supervision) and tried to crush things that fell from the trees.

Jonathan and Colten