It was another nice day and we totally took advantage of it. Yesterday was spent vacuuming baseboards and washing cars...so we decided to head out to Mazarick park for a picnic and some play time. They have walking trails, tennis courts, a baseball field, a decent size lake, a few play grounds all in the woods. So I stocked our cooler with:
ham and turkey sandwiches
tomato and mozzarella caprece
apples and caramel dip
and a few nilla wafers for dessert
We loaded up the biggest quilt we own, and the jogging stroller to make the 35 minute drive. Once we got there we set everything up for the picnic, ate and decided to get out and about before it got too chilly for Emerson. She sat in her stroller talking and pointing for the whole 2 mile trek. We managed to lose both shoes and had to turn around to find them..eventually we did :) Her fave part was getting out and playing of course..it hasn't been warm often enough for us to take her to an actual park, so it has been a few months since she has been. The changes in how she plays now from the fall are HUGE! She loved the big swirly slide and wanted to go down 20 times. It was sooo nice to squeeze in that family time we will sadly be missing in a few months. I am secretly counting down the days until July,19th in the back of my mind...and dreading its arrival.
Shane and Em on the dock
Notice the no shoe situation
Paved trail
The pipe Shane and I crossed when we were little. He just couldn't resist.
Da-da.
Playing!
So I'm guilty of taking tons of iPhone pictures. I seldom whip out my digital camera or even my video camera..(yes I said it..I still own one of those!) both relatively new too. I can always trust having my phone within arms reach to capture those moments so why bother remembering anything else?! Problem is..I have all of these pictures and nothing to do with them..some make it to FB..some make it in messages to my husband..but for the most part they sit in my camera roll unseen by anyone but me. So today I'm going to spew them all over my blog. I should really do the "My week in iPhone pics" but I ALWAYS forget. I want Emerson to be able to look back at this blog one day and say "HEY! I've never seen that picture of me before"....so today mission accomplished.
