It was a beautiful day today--in the high 50's/low 60's, and a great excuse to get outside and go to the park. One of our favorite parks is the North Shore Park, because there is lots of green space, a huge playground, and a lake with tons and TONS of ducks. One of the boys' favorite things to do is go feed them enormous amounts of bread, so we gathered a bag for each of them, and off we went!
I called Rick on the way there, and he was going to be driving past the park on his way to another location, so he stopped by to surprise the boys. Since we are in the full throes of busy season, we rarely see him, even on the weekends, so this was extra special.
The ducks were a little out of control. There were a million of them, or so it seemed, and they could smell the bread and soon as we got out of the truck. Pretty soon we were surrounded, and Jack was a little unnerved. Henry didn't mind--he headed to the water's edge and stayed there, drawing quite the crowd of ducks and seagulls. Jack found a safe spot on top of a ledge, and stayed there, on higher ground to feed them. Rick ran around holding Caroline, and chased the boys, the ducks, and did all the fun dad stuff. :)
After playing on the playground for awhile (we discovered Caroline is NOT a fan of the swings), Rick headed back to work, and I took the boys to Chick-fil-a to pick up lunch for the girls. We went to their school, and ate lunch with them in the cafeteria, which was an exciting experience for all of them. It was really fun to surprise the girls, it was a great lunch.
Certainly not every day of my life is perfect, and sometimes they are
really hard, but this was such a nice day--I'm relishing in it.
