The Park

The kids were pretty restless in the days after Christmas so we decided to take them to the park to play with our new toys.  Lisa and Mike had given us the game of bocce so we decided to try and figure out how to play it.  We took Brennon with us so Ethan would have someone to hang out with too.

 It wasn't a hard game to set up and we played boys against girls with Bryan being the official.  It was a great game and we had a lot of fun.

When we finished playing that game, we pulled out the frisbees and played "Keep Away" for a while.  We were having a lot of fun playing that but Courtney was having a rough time catching the frisbee.  So the boys played that and she set herself up to play soccer.

Bryan gave her a soccer set that has a belt with an elastic rope on it attached to a net.  She puts the belt on and then puts a soccer ball in the net.  When she kicks the ball, it goes until the elastic runs out and then it comes back to her.  She uses it to practice her kicking without having to chase the ball around.  Courtney had a lot of fun playing with that until she wanted others to play with her. 

The set also came with a spike that you put in the ground and then when you kick the ball, it comes back to you.  So we set that up near a goal in the park and played a quick game of goal kicking.

It was a great day in the park!