Daddy, Can I Have an Adventure?

Honestly, I don’t know who could say no to a three-year old saying that. I couldn’t, anyway. That’s why, after making chocolate cornflake nests for the first time¹, it was time for an…adventure! Though an adventure in an understated manner, as I hadn’t really slept and didn’t think I could do an awful lot. And so it was that I searched for adventure playgrounds and again stumbled onto one of the weird things about the USA: for all its failings (and yes, as we can clearly see right now, there are a lot), it is bloody good at libraries and adventure playgrounds. We’re talking swings, two different sheltered areas, a Teletubbies/That Black Hole Episode of Blue artificial hill area with tunnels and slides, a separate toddler area complete with playhouse, fake small rock wall, zip line, instrument corner, a three-level adventure playground…and a maze. Yeah, just a small maze they seemed to drop in for fun. And working toilets! All less than a ten minute drive from the house and completely new to all of us. Needless to say, fun was had, and Maeryn was able to tell Mummy when she came in that she’d had an adventure.

In fact, it was a bit of an Adventure Saturday, because Tammy and I went out for a birthday/anniversary dinner with a sneaky trip to Jungle Jim’s afterwards. The Corner Dumpling House does indeed do very good dumplings…though we were. A touch sad that the sesame noodles had been pulled off the menu to make room for…Cincinnati chilli noodles. The type of fusion that justly starts wars. Also, I’d forgotten that JungleJim’s imports British Easter eggs during the season, but that actually worked in my favour for once as I walked out of there with a £15 egg for $9.

As for today, there was a Costco visit and no gardening while MAeryn has her afternoon nap. Just a good simple weekend. That’ll do.