Sunday, August 3, 2008

An Afternoon In The Park

Sad to say, but the countdown of summer days has begun. Now that we are in August, the number of nice weekends is, well, numbered!

Saturday was a beautiful day in the city. The temp has cooled into the upper 70's and I was determined to do something with the day, especially the late afternoon when we are typically relegated to being home to prepare Gilbert for bed.

We deliberated on some ideas and decided to do a picnic in a park. We packed up some goodies and Gilbert's dinner and headed out.
Our plan was to go to a different park, perhaps south of the city along Lake Michigan. What we did not count on was all the parking being taken for Lalapalooza!
After driving around the city, 45 minutes later we ended up back at our usual park! Gilbert was grumpy all day, so he was not happy about being in the car. When we did park, he looked around and had a look that said, "45 minutes in the car for this!"

In the end, we had a nice time. Gilbert enjoyed the swing (as always!) and we had fun just hanging out on the blanket.

1 comment:

The Mom of 'em said...

my family told me they were having upper 60's/70's weather and I thought they were LYING! Guess they weren't. We had upper 90's with heat index at 110! Oppressive to say the least.