Fall at the Park, originally uploaded by cheryl.
Yesterday was a beautiful fall day in our part of the world. The perfect day to procrastinate on homework (trust me, Connor agreed) or any other mundane household chores (the floors and the laundry will wait, I'm sure).
The boys and I packed up a few essentials - a cooler with Capri Suns for them and an extra Gatorade bottle just in case they ran out, a snack bag with crackers and cheese (though the cheese would only be for Connor) and fruit snacks and suckers, and the camera, of course! The twins climbed into the double stroller and Connor got his helmet and his bike, and we were on our way.
We LOVE that the city park is so close. This kind of weather, it just calls to us. So off we went.
Connor crunched through all the falling leaves (there are a lots, since it's an older neighborhood with giant trees everywhere). Xander kept saying "slide" which is his code word for the park. It's how I got him outside to the stroller in the first place. And Sawyer was just happy to be out, though occasionally sticking a hand under the stroller to try to get into the snacks a little early (clearly that's his favorite part of any trip).
We parked, and we played. Swings, slides, spinning in circles. We watched the brightly colored leaves fall (and sometimes tossed them ourselves just to watch them fall). Xander took a turn on Connor's bike. He even mastered the rings for the first time by himself (using a bit of ingenuity and climbing in the process). Connor made friends, young and old, talking to anyone and everyone who would listen. Sawyer kept pulling me back over to the swings, over and over again.
It was a fun afternoon. We were there for hours. No cares, no worries. Just a fun fall day at the park with the boys. Well, mostly ...