You Shall Know Our Velocity

This afternoon, Jon and I decided to take David to the park.  We both had a lot of work to do, but we decided that we needed some good family time and David needed to run around outside since it's been so rainy lately.  I also thought it would be a great opportunity to take some candid family pics since we were all well rested and well groomed (and by that, I mean not in our business-super casuals).

After his nap, we got D ready and headed out to our favorite outdoor play area and this is what ensued:

David got to climb on a giant log--perfect way to start the park experience. 

This photo is representative of his transition between nouns for the entire hour we were out. 

As you can see, everyone else had the same idea!  This is his, "Isn't this GREAT!?!  HURRY UP SO WE CAN PLAY!!!" face. 

"Wait, those kids have BUBBLES?!?  Let's DO this." 

Captured! 

Catching our breath before hitting up the playground. 

I love how our kiddo is fascinated by clouds and other things that occupy the sky. 

Running to the slides before the other kids beat him to them! 

Initiating slide count-down... 

Slide hair!!!  This little boy is a slide enthusiast, to say the least. 

And then we ran some more... 

Happy to be captured by dad:) 

And then he was off again.... 

... 

Readjusting... 

"Do you want to know something, mommy?" 

"Are you SURE you want to know?" 

"I think we should run some more!" 

"First, I will kiss you.  But only if it means that you will let me go explore and show the world my velocity."

He was beside himself with excitement....  It was like hitting the stick jackpot. 

Hitchin' a ride with dad back to the car. 

Escaping (we parked in a field--prime running space).

"I got this, dad.  One more lap."

Rosy-cheeked from running amok.  Are you surprised to hear that he went to bed in record time tonight?

When you pair an afternoon at the park with a morning of pancakes--that's a good day:)  I love days like this.