Miss Patty is the teacher, and bebe likes her a lot, she really gets the kids moving. Not having been exposed to much of the institutionalization that mainstream people call "socialization" (no pre-school or daycare) in the past she's been less likely than the other kids to focus on the teacher and do just what the other kids are doing. Miss Patty has such a great cheerful manner though, Lily's been following along pretty well. We already do yoga at home, but now bebe has new moves of her own, which is cool.
We get there early and watch the squirrels putting away stores for the winter. The park has loads of grey squirrels, and even rare black ones. Locals apparently feed them quite a lot. Welles is also a good place for biking around with our trail-a-bike. When the weather is bad we take the Brown Line El train, the Western stop is just 2 blocks north of the park, and has a nicely graffiti-ed section of the Berlin Wall on display.
Just south of the park is one of our favorite local kid-friendly restaurants, delicious & wholesome Drew's Eatery, home of organic everything - brats, soup, and a large selection of ice cream. Lily entered a watering can in the art contest there, so go vote for her entry if you're nearby. Other Welles Park highlights include good climbers, a clean-ish sand play area, some of the best climbing trees around, and for some reason loads of big crows! Tons of crows! I know they are not technically actual ravens, but they are the biggest corvids you are likely to see in the region, and there are loads of them. I wish I was a better photographer, they're neat.
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