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Backyard Afternoon on the Climber

·Walnut Creek, California·#bay area#family#spring#kids#backyard
A child stands on a play structure with a red slide, looking left, against a wall and trees.

Nothing farther than the backyard today. The new lawn is finally looking like a lawn, and the little hedge starts along the block wall are hanging on. The azaleas by the fence are in full pink.

The kid spent most of the afternoon on the plastic climber — up the side, across the platform, down the red slide, repeat. A pile of those colorful chain links kept getting hauled up and left at the top of the slide, which made every trip down a bit of a gamble.

After that it was trike laps on the walkway, with dad steering from the push handle in his Holland jersey. Lots of waving. The trike still ends up abandoned somewhere in the middle of the path every time.

A child with light brown hair stands on a tan playset with a red slide in a grassy yard by a concrete block wall.A smiling young child with brown hair peeks over a brown railing, with a concrete block wall in the background.A young child with light brown hair smiles, peeking over a brown play structure outdoors.A smiling child in a yellow shirt leans on a brown bench, with a block wall and grass behind.A crouching person and a standing child holding hands and smiling in front of a grey concrete block wall.A man and a smiling child hold hands in front of a concrete wall and a yellow sun decoration.A person pushes a child on a tricycle in a grassy backyard bordered by a concrete wall, with a house in the background.A man stands beside a waving child on a small pink and yellow bicycle, on a patio next to a grassy lawn.

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