Outdoor fun!

The weather has warmed up quite a bit this week!  We are taking full advantage and getting out as much as we can.  Wednesday I decided to take the kids to a park down by the water.....well it was REALLY windy!!!  Kinley could barley breathe when the wind hit her face...opps!  We did manage to see a huge swan and go out on a dock to get a closer look.  I packed the kids back in the car thinking it might be less windy further from the water, not really.  But I was bound and determined to get outside with the kids, so we went for a walk in the forrest.  It is pretty covered so we were covered from most of the wind.  The kids had so much fun!  They were running and jumping in puddles.  I didn't bring my camera because I didn't think it would be quite the adventure.  We made it home about 30 minutes before the storm hit.  Talk about good timing.  Thursday the sun actually made an appearance so we patiently (I use that word loosely) waited for Kinley to get up from her nap and Daddy to get home before we headed out for another walk in the forrest.  This time I brought my camera!  And with Valentine's Day coming up I suggested we find objects shaped like hearts.  It was a hit with Carter, and Kinley liked following behind finding rocks and leaves.  It turns out Jaice is much more abstract than Carter and I.....we couldn't see the hearts that he saw :)

I checked the weather last night and I knew it was going to be a rain free day today so I knew we were going to try the park again!  It was so much fun.  We ended up being down there for the entire morning!  We played in the park, found the swan again (and took a picture to show daddy), and threw rocks in the water.  I hadn't put too much thought into the idea of throwing rocks in the water when I suggested it....Kinley has never really done it before.  So after I fished her out of the water before she got too deep and she had her little fit because she wasn't allowed to go swimming, we had a blast!  Kinley thought Carter's splashes were pretty cool.  He tried to find the biggest rocks he could.  We even ran into some friends from preschool.  All in all a great day.