"Papa's Plane"

There is apark near our home that Parker loves to go and visit. We drive by it on our way home from work occasionally and he always yells at us to stop - though we usually are in a hurry to go somewhere and never do.

This has been months back (as you can see since the trees are still green and Preslie is very little - guess I'm not amazing at this whole blogging thing) but we finally took a family outing to the park on a Saturday and let Parker visit.

Here are some pictures from our visit

Parker is quite the little poser. When we whip out the camera, he pops a pose and Eric and I always laugh and think "Who taught him this stuff?" For about a year now Parker has been obsessed with trains. Grammy and Papa Marshall took us on a "Polar Express" train ride last Christmas, and ever since then, he wants TRAINS!

He also loves planes. It's amazes me he even remembers what they are, he's been on one a couple times, but he was very little. Every time he sees the "pencil" mark in the sky from a plane he says "Karker go on plane!" (for those of you who haven't already heard our son has a bit of a lisp, but only when involving his name. For instance, he can say "puppy" just fine, but it's always "Karker" when talking about himself.)

My Grandpa Carpender was a mechanic in the Air Force his entire life until he retired. So at a family party we had Parker tell him that he had gone and seen a plane. My Grandpa then proceeds to tell us that he has been in that plane. I'm thinking he means he has been in that model of plane or something - I don't really now anything about planes! But turns out his brother, my Uncle Don, actually flew that particular plane that is up for display at the park and my grandpa flew in it with him.

Parker's eyes got HUGE when "Papa Great" told him this and now every time we drive by Parker says, "Mommy, Daddy! That's Papa's plane!"