A cold day at the playground and "new" toys

It was pretty cold and windy yesterday morning but it was sunny so we took Ivy to a playground to burn off some energy... She played for a good 2 hours and then was very upset when we left. But Mommy and Daddy were cold so it was time to go!

And yes, she wore the sunglasses the WHOLE time!! :)

Ivy got some "new" toys today... A little background story first - We take our trash to a trash and recycle center about a mile from our house. At this facility, they have your usual big recycle dumpsters where you sort your recyclable items. They also have a little shelter that is used for donating items that are still in good condition. And then of course, there is the catch-all dumpster called the "bulky bin" and it is used for stuff that is too big to go in the trash compactor and not recyclable. You might throw building materials in it or old pieces of furniture that are too damaged to be used. So Richard had taken our plastic recycle stuff this morning and went to throw some carpet out of an old car in the bulky bin. He glanced up in the dumpster (it's the kind of dumpster that the whole back side opens up like a door) and saw this kid's lawn mower. The looked again and saw the little police car. He thought for sure that they were broken or really dirty but he went in after them anyway... Sure enough they were in great shape! Not brand new my any means, but still very usable and in very good shape. Certainly not something worth throwing away! I cannot believe that these two, still very usable, toys were just going to be tossed in to the landfill! How wasteful are the people that threw them out??

So, now we have two "new" toys to add to the toys in the yard. And Ivy LOVES them!