Humans have play date's too

This weekend my momma went with her friend Michelle and son Aiden to visit the Buhler boys for a play date. I told her it was ok to guest post on my blog but that she shouldn't make a habit of it. Momma, maybe it's time you start your own blog to share non doggie stuff with the world? I did it...you can, too!

Playgrounds have come a long way since I was a child. That stinky sand filled with not-so-good surprises underneath the swings and slides are a distant memory-replaced with clean bark. Playgrounds today are built with plastic fisher-price type slides, not steel like I remember my thighs and calves burning while rubbing on the way down. That's when I learned it's best not to go on a slide while wearing shorts--you go down a whole lot faster in long pants. And new playgrounds have sections with rubber areas for skateboarding, biking, scooters, rollerblades?, anything that can ease the danger of falling I suppose. It made me want to jump on a board and test it out....but....I would look pretty darn silly for being such a *big* kid. Who am I kidding!?! "Who's that old lady?" all the kids would ask.

This is the cool rubber area I'm talking about. Aiden is riding his scooter and loving every minute of it.

He also adds special gas powered sound effects while he rides it. Yeah, I know...he rocks the coolest hair do for a 4 year old!
Jake is quite the dude on his board!


Tony Hawk in the making...no really, he has a TH board. Can you tell he takes his craft very seriously?
There comes a time during childhood when you realize a buddy can get in the way of your fancy moves. The look on your face when you do, PRICELESS!
Ricky bruised his bone while playing golf at golf camp. Nothing serious, he just has to take it easy for a couple weeks. He was a sport to pose with his momma.
And quite the big brother, too. Here he is looking after his little brother, Lukas on the swing.

Still, he couldn't resist and had to get on his board. Adults could learn a thing or two from this--don't let a little bruised arm (or ego in our case) bring you down. Pick yourself up and try again! I admire the resilience in children.
And then there was Lukas. This little guy is Greg's (Lukas' dad) mini me. Blows me away how much he looks like his dad.
Lukas, like his brothers is fearless. He decided he wanted to go on the slide, so he started climbing.
He was quite proud of his accomplishment.
Not too sure if he liked the ride on the way down.
It was worth it!
What's this? A cat by the slides? This kind hearted girl likes to come watch her human girls play. I thought it was the sweetest thing! Reminds me of how Bella is my shadow here at home.
She was extremely friendly because she let Aiden pet her and even pick her up. What a sweet girl!
And the play date finale ends with the boys playing with this one guys rocket thing. The rocket was two pieces and the thing you see Jake jumping on shot air through it to blow the rocket upwards. The kids had a blast trying to get coordinated enough to jump on it just right to make it shoot up. This was Jake's awesome success. Don't you love the intensity in his facial expression and especially how he holds his arms to land just right!
The boys played so well together for meeting for the first time. No shyness or awkward moments--they became instant friends and even shared their toys. They look forward to another play date next week to celebrate Lukas' 2nd birthday. Stay tuned.