“I’m going to stay as long as I can,” 17-year-old Ryan Baxter said between games of ultimate Frisbee. “I’ll stay outside until the sun goes down. It’s just too nice.”

About 50 people – mostly small children and their mothers – soaked up some rays at the downtown park shortly before noon. Small children climbed on playground equipment while their mothers kept a watchful eye from the benches. Kids giggled as they rocked back and forth on swing sets. The Frisbee-tossing teens killed time between classes at Puyallup High School and Pierce College.

“I’m going to take a sun day,” 17-year-old SeaJayy Palmer said. “This isn’t a day to be stuck inside.”

Terrence Kang was all smiles as he walked atop a brick planter from which yellow marigolds sprouted. And he was dressed for the sunshine: The 3-year-old sported a blue bucket hat with surfboards printed on it and a pair of wraparound sunglasses that were just a little too big.

“We come to the library (bordering Pioneer Park) every Friday,” said his mother, 31-year-old Emily Kang. “But he really, really seems to be enjoying himself today.”