Rainy Saturday

Saturday morning we drove to Stoneham and had breakfast with Nana at Bickfords- it was surprisingly fun and relatively calm- the boys had a lot to look at and ate a good breakfast of fruit, milk and some pancakes.

We decided to go to the pond in Winchester and go for a walk and play in the park for a bit. We got there and then it started to rain- it was also like 40 degrees outside- cold and rainy is not my idea of fun, but Nana thought it was wonderful. We played in the park for a long time then Jackson and Nana went for a walk. As soon as Shane noticed they were gone, he stood up and started yelling Naana, Jackson- where go mommy? So we followed them and eventually caught up to them (by now it was really raining) and we got to the pond and saw some ducks, well actually a big white male swan. The swan swim over to us from across the way - we think he must have been looking for food and started quacking and spread his feathers for a good stretch right in front of us. Jackson didn't like this so he went up the hill but Shane thought it was fascinating to watch. When the swan realized we didn't have any food for him, he swam away.

In the meantime, Jackson started across the field- a wet muddy field. Both boys had raincoats and rain boots on so they were dry and warm. But the field was full of puddles, and Jackson thought it was great he was jumping in them and at one point the puddles were almost up to his knees! Jackson seemed to be able to navigate through the puddles O.K. but Shane kept getting stuck in the mud and falling into the cold puddles. Mommy and Nana were soaked. The boys didn't care, once they made it back to the playground they played there for a while and then after an hour or two I called it- it was time to go home. Cold and Wet we piled into the car and headed for home.