Picnic at the park

The weather has been so nice here we have been spending a lot of time outside, sometimes just out on the property running around and sometimes at the park, this time we grabbed some McDonald's lunch and headed to the park. Chance got spoiled because my Mom bought him a Happy Meal which he never gets at home. I don't want him to associate food with the toy and then cry for a Happy Meal just to get the little toy so anytime we do purchase a Happy Meal I always take out the toy and give it to him later which works out because then he gets two little specialties instead of one big one. After we all ate our lunch we walked over to the playground and let Chance play. He had a good time. The weather was so nice if I had a blanket and was there by myself I would have spread it out under a tree and taken a nap.
There are lots of trails at this park which Chance and I like to walk but Grandma can't walk much so we didn't do those today. It's been nice to be able to see Grandma so much lately. She is getting weaker everytime we see her. She turned 85 years old this past January and she isn't able to do much on her own anymore. She has nurses that come to the house every week to check on her and help her with anything she may need and of course she has my Mom and Sister pretty much full time here so she has plenty of help but she was always a strong independent person so it bothers her a lot that she can't do everything for herself anymore. Her and Chance have always "got" each other in some old person/really young person sort of way. Even when he was really little he wouldn't fall asleep with anyone but he would crawl up in the chair with Grandma and fall right to sleep. Even now when she sits down in her chair Chance will go over and move the lever to put her feet up and at first you think he just wants to move the lever but once it's up he stops messing with it and says "there Grandma, your feet up."

pic #1 Chance, Grandma and my Mom eating at the park, pics 2 & 3, Chance in the back of Mom's car wearing her hat and playing with his happy meal toy after our visit to the park.