Our neighborhood playground is being renovated during the WHOLE month of August. We go there regularly to play on the weekends and usually hit it up on the way home from our nightly dog walks to let James run out his energy - so this is a huge inconvenience. And from the way all the neighbors are talking, no one is happy that the HOA didnt wait until all the kids were back in school. And really, the renovations are just putting in new mulch - so thats something could have waited and I have no idea why this takes a month to accomplish. So this morning we went and checked out the city park that is right down the street from us. Its a little older and of course busier since its open to the public, but it was also bigger and had a lot more room for James to run around. It will be a great substitution!

Madeleine was not nearly as excited at the new park as we were, but thats ok - one day soon shell love it!