fun Sunday

This is one of my favorite times of year... I just love the change in seasons, a new crispness to the air, a bit of cool breeze, an occasional long-sleeve tee, no more streams of sweat running down your back :)  

Bonus if the sky is actually blue!

Sunday afternoon we had some extra energy to burn.  A long walk (across our favorite bridge and down the greenway to a new playground) was just the ticket.

The traffic on the highway below was moving at the perfect speed for 'racing' - i.e. traffic was just heavy enough to slow the vehicles but not bring them to a complete standstill.

Matt and I stood here and watched the kids 'race' cars and trucks and buses!  Sooooo fun, especially if you manage to 'beat' the vehicle (meaning you start running when the vehicle disappears under the bridge and the you get to the other side before the vehicle reappears).

This game brings ridiculous amounts of joy and happy shouts of "I won!"

We returned home for homemade pizza and much needed showers.  Tonight the kids are laughing at Prince Caspian (Matt reading).  We've had lots of funny read-alouds recently and I love the giggles.  All three big kids laughed so hard at Best Christmas Pageant Ever (read by Anna) that they could hardly breathe.  I'm now reading Isaac an abridged version of Dr. Dolittle which always tickles his funny bone.  And Anna is about halfway through Trumpet of the Swan with the girls ..... plenty of laughter from that one too :)

Tomorrow morning I'm off for a day trip while Anna manages the fort.  So thankful she is here (not much longer... sniff!) and so looking forward to the time with friends tomorrow.