Tyson Park

We met Brian for lunch today so on the way home, we stopped by Tyson Park to play for a bit. The park is downtown adjacent to one of my favorite greenways (Third Creek Greenway). I've never taken Carter there before because the park can be a little sketchy sometimes. I scoped it out before we got out of the car and thought it looked safe. There were a few other moms there with their kids and no one that looked too scary.

The playground is huge (at least compared to all the other playgrounds we've been to in Knoxville).


Carter was very excited to explore when we got there ...


Scooting to get down a big step ...


"Are you still there, Mom?" ...


Carter ran back and forth across this bridge for awhile ...



"Hi!" ...


"I see you!" ...



I kept moving Rylan around to be in the shade near where Carter wanted to play. I tried leaving him under a tree at first, but the playground was so big that I couldn't always see both Carter and Rylan at the same time. So I ended up dragging the stroller through the pebbles and using the playground for shade.



Carter loved playing with the pebbles. He even had to take some home with him.


Carter wanted to play with these balls but wouldn't put down the pebbles which made it a little more difficult ...


Carter had lots of fun today. He's getting a lot better about staying back from open spots that are high up. I still follow him around most of the time but I trust him enough now to not be right next to him all the time.

It's been really difficult to get Carter to leave places lately when he's having fun but he surprised me by being willing to go and walking to the car by himself without any screaming or refusal to move!