In what passes for a cool Fall day in New Orleans, I took the opportunity to enjoy the weather. Sun and I walked down the street to the little park on the corner. The school kids were sitting on the table and avoided us.
I took Sun to the slide and let her come at it on her own. After some time of walking the grounds and finding the drain fascinating, Sun finally found the courage to climb the stairs of the slide. I climbed with her. She wouldn’t go down the tunnel-swing and opted instead to walk across the swaying bridge to get to the twin slides. Her and I slid down together. She loved it. She then tried to climb up the slide. I’d help her climb up and slide down, laughing all along. Then she worked up her nerve to go down alone. I was very proud of her.
Then we walked to the swings, and met a neighbor boy and his grandmother. After swinging, we began our walk home. Sun didn’t want to be carried. Instead, she walked and kept her eyes pealed for acorns and leaves that passed her muster. She found enough to fill both of her little hands. When we got home, we sat on the front porch enjoying cool glasses of water and admiring Sun’s treasures.
I smiled.. ear to ear reading this.. especially because today I picked the boys up from school early because we are having some sort of a last shot of nice weather .. We went to the park..and just enjoyed.. then we went out for fast food (gasp I know.. LOL) .. and then came home and waited for the sun to set while we ran around on the front lawn.. It is nice to slow down and just enjoy.. and it sounds like you did that with Sun..
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What a fantastic day.
Suffice it to say mine was not so nice.
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Bring some smokes to hand out next time and maybe the cool kids will play with you.
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I am glad you are gobbling up all the pleasure and memories from this time. You won’t believe how quickly they pass and she is jaded and no longer has the awe and wonder of a small child. You will point out a pretty leaf to her and she will roll her eyes and say “Mommy! I KNOW!” Or is that just me?
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That sound so beautiful. I miss life when it was simpler.
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that sounds so sweet. It’s too bad that it all goes so fast. I would love more days like that. It truly is a treasure…with a treasure
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