I wanted to go to the park after Ivan’s Pee Wee Camp and run the kids around in the sunshine. Ivan was not listening. I asked if he wanted to hold my hand and walk across the street to the park or just go home. Ivan stuck out his lower lip and said, “I want to go home.” I pointed out that the park would be fun and had swings and slides and such. Ivan said, “I want to go home!” I said, “Okay, let’s go home and play in the backyard.” Ezri said, “We could get out the wading pool and then have fun.” Ivan smiled and said, “swim diaper!” I pictured epic battles to get the kids in swim gear. But, while not a smooth process it went pretty well.

The kids were right. We didn’t need a park. We had fun in our own backyard.