berkeley parks

getting outside is a trusted and true way to maintain sanity with a baby.  pent up energy and a small apartment can make for a headache for both mom and babe, so we try to leave the house twice a day.  usually we stay around our place because we have three parks in walking distance, but we also love to meet up with friends.  

 here are roxanne and eliza at Cordornices park.  this park is one of my favorites because it has lots of shade and lots of baby swings.  it is also across the street from the berkeley rose garden which has a beautiful view of the bay.

 here is baby stephen at the park inside my apartment complex.  this park is not my fave because the black bouncy floor gets really hot during the day so baby stephen cannot crawl on it.

 here are baby nolan, baby eliza, and baby stephen at live oak park.  i've only been there once, but i really like the shadyness and the little stream that goes through the park.

 baby stephen loved the ducks and geese at the berkeley aquatic park.  this park is beautiful.  it is along a track of water filled with ducks and geese.  the play ground is really awesome, and there are a bunch of cyprus trees (my fav.)

 i had to post this picture of baby stephen at totland!  this is a great park because it has shade, sand, and best of all, tons of abandoned toys!  baby stephen can entertain himself here for hours.

 baby stephen loves blake garden in kennsington!  this park is owned by UC Berkeley and does not have a playground, but it is a great place to feed some koi fish or lay out in the grass and enjoy the views of the bay.

 here is another picture of baby stephen at totland, pushing an abandoned toy.

baby stephen's favorite activity at parks is swinging in the swing.  the swing makes him relaxed, sleepy, and sometimes silly.  since he isnt walking, i will hold his hands while he walks around the park. if he spots a swing he will walk over to it and stand there getting really excited.  if i don't put him in or if i try to take him away from the swing he gets sad.  i dont blame him, i would love to have someone push me in a swing.