An Afternoon in the Park

Burgess Park is in Menlo Park and is the park that I grew up playing in. It's set on a couple of acres and has everything you can think of - the library, a lagoon, large fields, tennis courts, several pools, a gymnasium, a playground area, the list just goes on and on. It's a wonderful place and I'm so happy Peyton loves it as much as my cousins and I did when we were his age.

This past Sunday, Peyton asked to see the ducks, so we went to Burgess (the lagoon is home to wild ducks and other water fowl, turtles and fish).

We were lucky to find a couple ducks resting on the grass which intrigued Peyton.

Peyton had a lot of fun getting close to the ducks and seeing their reactions.

And, there was something special waiting in the water...

...A large egret! (I think).

We walked around the lagoon and were pleasantly surprised to see a couple turtles warming up in the sun. Peyton told them to look at the egret (bird).

He recalled one of his favorite YouTube videos, Opposites are Fun, and kept saying that "turtle shells are hard". We told him to see for himself.

A video of Peyton's first encounter with turtles:

Then he decided he wanted to sit on a rock and take in the scenery. My handsome little man!

While we were playing with the turtles, the three ducks that he chased into the water earlier had come back out to dry off. Peyton didn't take too kindly to this and decided they needed to be back in the water!

He took it upon himself to wrangle up the ducks and keep them in the water.

He had us laughing so hard!

 

We then went over to the playground and played on the play structure and swings and took a break for lunch. He was getting tired, so we decided to call it a day, and make our way back to the car (and go to Costco). There were a couple of dogs tied up. Peyton loves dogs, so we had to stop and visit these two.

And, then we stopped one last time at the lagoon and found more turtles soaking in some rays. Oh, you're in for some laughs here!

 

I know we shouldn't have laughed, but we really couldn't help ourselves!!