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I've been pumped on grading during Eliot's naptime, but we have found ourselves truly bored at home.  What do you do when you work at home, but your work is finished for the day and you don't know what to do other than melt into the TV?  Sure, we could go out to eat, but we try to keep that to once a week at the most.  So, we've tried to find some free adventures instead.

Thomas Road has Kid's Cove, which is free and open to the public.  It can provide some fun on rainy days.

A lot of the equipment is "too big" for Eliot on his own, so I have to be a little bit of a helicopter parent, but I don't mind.

Lately, we've enjoyed Hollins Mill.  There is even a family of geese there now!  However, Eliot is growing more and more brave with the water, which really worries me.

Our own backyard provides endless fun for Eliot.  The neighbor pig (Boone) is often out.  And then there is the "ghetto sandbox," as we call it--our flowerbeds.

Eliot used to cry at the sight of Boone.  Now Eliot pets Boone on his own!

And when we just can't seem to get the time to go out, I find cooking at home to be really enjoyable.  Eliot loves to help stir the pot, but I have to be careful....  When it comes time to take the spoon away, he screamsss.

When all else fails, a quick trip out to share a milkshake between the three of us and go for a drive makes for one happy baby.