Dadda's Day Off

What a beautiful day! Paul only had to work half a day today which is so nice, especially since he leaves on a three week work week soon. So to take full advantage of the weather and Paul's free time we headed to the park. The plan was to have a picnic, try flying a kite and play on the playground. The picnic didn't go too well because Jack had no interest in eating since the playground was right there. But he did awesome with the kite. He even was able to fly it by himself for a little bit. I thought the kite would be a bust, but he had a great time seeing it fly through the air and fall. Might have something to do with the fact that he loves falling. He also loved going down the slide with Paul. He would climb up there and sit down then look at Paul and pat the seat next to him and say "come". They took countless trips down the slide together. Our park adventures didn't end there. After a quick drink break, Jack took off running to go play more and fell on the sidewalk. He got up real quickly and beelined for me saying "hurt, hurt". He has officially had his first skinned knees. Both of them scraped up, not too bad, but definitely skinned. He was a trooper and calmed down pretty quickly and headed back to play. I think it was much more of a deal to me than to him. I was sorta proud because skinned knees are like a childhood rite of passage. I even took a picture of them, which is totally corny, but it seems like such a momentous occasion in a 2 year olds life.