Summer II: Another Afternoon in the Park

I have found the secret to getting good weather late in October:  Get a new roof.  This was the second day on the job for our roofers and they could do virtually nothing with the constant drizzle we had today. Finally, around 1pm, they gave up and left.  And by 2pm, it had cleared up and the sun was out by 3pm.  

We’ll try this again tomorrow.  Our roof may never get put on, but if we can have sunny afternoons, I will be one grateful mom.

 

Isaac gets  a push both directions!

 

This is Wesley’s camera smile.  It’s pretty good, I’d say. 

 

Now he’s giving someone besides Mama his camera smile.  Humph.

 

This looks bad, but he did these “swing somersaults” over and over.

 

I’m including this shot because it wasn’t until I downloaded this picture to the computer did I notice that the camera had captured Wes walking exactly like Piper does!

 

Down at the lake, the girls fished with long sticks. They caught some sort of hairball roots that they could stab with their stick. It made them deliriously happy. 

 

The ducks were bemused.  Or terrified.  It’s difficult to tell with ducks.

 

Piper caught one! 

 

After two hours, I finally herded the kids back to the car.  One large leaf pile tackled us before we could get to the parking lot.