The City Quilter & Heckscher Playground

I decided we had waited long enough and Quint had something else to do... so Jennifer and I headed off to The City Quilter on Friday. I mistakenly thought I had seen it all (and owned it all) from the quilt stores in Utah. I was wrong. Jennifer had to walk to our next adventure and the shopping bag rode in the stroller. They have great stuff. Really cool felted dog kits and books, the neatest purse patterns and some fabric I coudn't live without. I resisted the felted dogs kits until I finish the other 100 or so UFOs in my studio. Check out their website. http://www.thecityquilter.com/
We met Q at Columbus Circle for a nutritious lunch of yet another hot dog in Central Park. A breeze was coming off the fountains, Jenifer was saying"cheese" and we had to test the new camera again. Chris Cutrie owns the same camera so he adjusted our default settings. When Sterling arrives, maybe we will post photos of another child. Though he will never sit on a wall, cock his head to the side and say "cheese."


The purpose of this trip to Central Park was to try out Heckscher Playground. Oh my gosh! We didn't know it's a WATER playground. Ah! the advantages of being young. Take off your top and get in the water. The playground has the cushy, non-slip floor of recycled tires — including the towers and elevated waterways kids can explore. Slides, tunnels and fountains, oh my! She would enter a tunnel from the towers on the left and pop up on the right side of the fountain. It was a nightmare to keep track of her, but she had a blast. She was soaked. And happy. And tired. We got home at 6:30 and she fell asleep while I was making dinner — and didn't wake up until morning. Now that was FUN. The shorts she wore have been soaking for three days. Wet metal slide, sand and water=dirty bum.