With the nice weather and younger kids, we have been going on many evening walks this summer after dinner. It is a nice way to get outside. The older kids usually come, Lu walks and rides in the stroller, and Rose likes to ride in the stroller. It seems like we took some time off from this former habit, with our younger kids are again at the sweet-spot for this endeavor.
When we lived at the old house the kids and I used to spend a lot of time at Greenwood Park. Since moving we have only been there a couple of times and Lu has barely been there at all, that she can remember. Today the older kids were at the Reagens’ so Lu, Rose, and I dropped Susan off at yoga and then headed to Greenwood for a short walk. The highlight was the observation box, an in-pond concrete box that you walk down into to be at pond level. It had not been well-maintained and was always full of water when we have been there in the past. It was fun to finally be able to use it.
This evening was supposed to be our monthly Prairie Grass Guild hike, but, since it was going to be a small crowd, Jen invited us out to their new acreage outside of Earlham. It was fun to see their new place.
Yesterday was the first day in that we didn’t go to the pool, but the kids still managed to get soaked.
Two years running, the Liesland kids were the first in the pool at the Clive Aquatic Center! This year it was a cool 70 degrees, but the water was nice and everyone had a good time, for about an hour. We’ll be going back tomorrow!
Lucia has really been enjoying her balance bike lately and Rose is crawling all over the place!
The dandelions were starting to take over our yard, so we took some action. The kids, mostly, worked hard for a couple of days to pick over around 1,000 dandelions from our front yard. When the work was done we celebrated with a trip to Culver’s.
Susan, Lucia, and Rose have been enjoying the nice weather by getting out for some off-the-trail walks. Lucia loves exploring, playing in the water, and climbing over the pipes that help direct the flow of the ‘little creek.’
It was a beautiful day today and we got to spend plenty of time outside. Mari and Andrew were servers this morning in church and then we spent the afternoon and evening enjoying the outdoors. Rose was in the swing for about an hour, Lucia worked on her hula hooping skills, and Mari accidentally learned a new trick where she flips upside down in a swing.
We took our Christmas tree down a couple of days ago and I laid it outside beside the house. The kids were out playing today and decided to put it up again, complete with lights.
The weather has been nice and we got out for a hike in the woods behind our house yesterday, just before the rain started. It was fun to be able to get out and explore the woods with none of the ground plants and not being freezing.
