We spent the entire afternoon at the park today, enjoying a gorgeous temperature of 75 degrees and plenty of sunshine. Yay! (It’s supposed to snow on Friday, of course.) We took bread and fed the ducks, ran back and forth endlessly over a bridge, walked along the path and chased leaves caught in the breeze. Thumbelina spent a good two hours on the play equipment. I have to carefully watch her when it comes to slides, though. She wants to walk down every slide - and vehemently protests any help - which means she nearly has an accident before she even gets started. It creates a few intense moments of diving across unsuspecting children to hastily grab her from potential disaster.
This particular park also has a miniature town, which Thumbelina loves, and today there were tons of kids playing due to local schools being out for Spring Break. I was impressed that many of the big boys were being careful to not trample the little ones. Thumbelina spent a great deal of time chasing them. 
There was even a moment where she got a little behind and couldn’t see which building they ran into next, and a little guy stuck his head out and said “Hey, we’re over here!” and she bounded over. So sweet! Moments like that melt a mama’s heart.
It’s amazing what warm weather and the promise of Spring can do for a person’s mood. Last night we went to a Master Gardener’s presentation put on for our parenting group and it’s gotten me so excited to start preparing for planting and growing. I’ve been looking up where to purchase heirloom seeds online tonight. Today in the car, just being able to roll the windows down and enjoy the breeze with the sun on my face and wind in my hair, good music blaring and Thumbelina humming along… it was really lovely.
