Afternoon at the Park

We decided to take advantage of the gorgeous sunshine, and spend some time together as a family. There is a park in our town with a duck pond, and the kids thought it would be fun to go feed the ducks. I actually remembered to bring the camera with me, and was able to get lots of snapshots of the kids!

It took a little while before the ducks started showing up. We thought maybe we had come too early in the season. As we were thinking about packing up and heading somewhere else, they came floating over for their bread treat.
William misunderstood and ate the bread instead. Lucky him it was fresh bread from home, not stale hard stuff.

He also thought it would be okay to jump right in and swim with the ducks. I'm sure the water wasn't too cold, but it wasn't the cleanest ever!

Nathan enjoys the space to run around, and takes full advantage of it. He is really such an active little guy.

Oren is fascinated by science and the world around him. You can almost see the wheels turn in his head sometimes.

Enough of the ducks! It was time to go exploring the small walking trail that winds around the equally small creek that feeds the pond.

I just loved this one, how little William looks next to his daddy. It amazes me how big he is sometimes and the things he is able to do. Like hold our hands as we walk around. But he still has so far to grow.

This happened at the base of the bridge, right after I took the last picture. He slipped on the gravel and scraped his head pretty good, and bit his lip nicely. We got a scraped knee too, and dirt/gravel was all over his face. Poor thing!

Having three boys, I am prepared for lots of things, and have a pretty nice first-aid kit in the car at all times. All different bandaids, ointment, gauze, wipes, cold pack... He was lots happier after we got him cleaned up, but wouldn't stop biting his lip. :-)

After all this fun, we packed up and went home before somebody fell in the pond!