Why Can't It Always Be Warm in November?

Yesterday was a wonderful November day. I wish every November day would be a warm 72 degrees. To celebrate the day, we played outside with friends.
Yes, this little almost-one-year old was also able to play outside. He crawled around and munched on some mulch. He also loved going down the slide.

My kids loved this thing that spun around.

Wesley had fun climbing the rock wall.

A couple of things surprised me yesterday. One Wesley made it across the monkey bars a couple of times. Two, when he didn't make it all the way across in one try, he got very upset. Lately, Chris and I have seen him very upset when he can't do something. Often what he is trying to do is a hard skill that takes practice but if he can't do it, he gets very frustrated. Thankfully, he keeps trying which brings me to the third thing that surprised me. He kept trying to master the monkey bars. The two playgrounds were very new and the monkey bars weren't very far off the ground which made me feel like a broken arm was less likely (or maybe it was just a foolish hope).

On the second playground, the rings moved which made it harder, but he went all the way across once. He kept trying but it was very hard.

I really liked both of these playgrounds and the kids had fun playing.

Wesley and Taryn could do these steps by themselves.

Lydia didn't take a nap on the way home like I hoped so ended up without a nap. Soon after we got home, we went out in our neighborhood. Lydia ran away from us and kept going until I sprinted to catch up with her. Thank God there isn't a lot of traffic in our neighborhood because she was like Frosty the Snowman as she barely paused moment when she heard me shout, "Stop!" Ugghhh!

I need to take my D-SLR out in the late afternoons so I can get some good pictures of the deer herd in our neighborhood. I didn't take any pictures at the playground but on the way home we saw this little snake.

Too bad it is going to be cold tomorrow.