Alexander took a sip of his coffee, his walk little more than an idle amble as he made his way around the park. He’d been taking time to explore Greenbrooke while his daughter was in daycare, leaving him free to be as quick or slow about his exploration as felt right. Like that morning, he’d decided to go park searching. There was a small corner playground nearby his home, but Alexander didn’t like the lack of toddler safe play equipment.
Which was why Alexander was on the other side of downtown, coffee in hand and attention focused on the park he was analysing. It had the usual equipment – swingset, slide, wobbly ride things, and other odds and ends that Alexander wasn’t familiar with. But overall, the playground looked very good for bringing his daughter to play. The ground was covered with rubber mats instead of woodchips, which Alexander approved of, though there was also lush grass surrounding the primary playground area. Oh yes, this would be the perfect place to bring his little girl to play!
Alexander smiled as a string of kids raced across the rubber mats, fighting over who would be the first one down the slide. There were women scattered around the outside of the park, and Alexander watched them quietly for a moment, sipping on his coffee, breathing slowly and half tempted to go and collect Juliette from daycare just so they could play in the park and his little girl could make some ‘friends’ – she was only nine months old.
Gazing around, Alexander spotted the big swing set, the ones that were designed for older children and adults, not toddlers, and made his way in that direction. He wasn’t really sure what urged him to join the woman who was sitting on one swing, but he did anyway. Alexander settled onto the swing, wrapping his left arm around the chain, while his right cradled his coffee. Turning to glance at the woman, Alexander chewed on the words before finally offering an ice-breaker with a small smile. “Which one is yours?”
Which was why Alexander was on the other side of downtown, coffee in hand and attention focused on the park he was analysing. It had the usual equipment – swingset, slide, wobbly ride things, and other odds and ends that Alexander wasn’t familiar with. But overall, the playground looked very good for bringing his daughter to play. The ground was covered with rubber mats instead of woodchips, which Alexander approved of, though there was also lush grass surrounding the primary playground area. Oh yes, this would be the perfect place to bring his little girl to play!
Alexander smiled as a string of kids raced across the rubber mats, fighting over who would be the first one down the slide. There were women scattered around the outside of the park, and Alexander watched them quietly for a moment, sipping on his coffee, breathing slowly and half tempted to go and collect Juliette from daycare just so they could play in the park and his little girl could make some ‘friends’ – she was only nine months old.
Gazing around, Alexander spotted the big swing set, the ones that were designed for older children and adults, not toddlers, and made his way in that direction. He wasn’t really sure what urged him to join the woman who was sitting on one swing, but he did anyway. Alexander settled onto the swing, wrapping his left arm around the chain, while his right cradled his coffee. Turning to glance at the woman, Alexander chewed on the words before finally offering an ice-breaker with a small smile. “Which one is yours?”
