A Little Change...

We've had a little change around here... Beautiful weather! And it's definitely a welcome change. I love when it finally cools down and we can go outside to play! The Smithson clan definitely knows how to have fun outside, so we have taken full advantage of it.

Yesterday we met cousins Liz, Morgan, and Ethan at the park. (Can you believe that? The park!!! We haven't been able to play at a park since Early May without burning ourselves. Can you tell I'm excited!?!) The park was beautiful... and ironically, very empty. I don't know why the whole world wasn't enjoying the park.

Noelle was in heaven exploring the park. I love the Falcon Field Park (aka the "airplane park") because it's away from the main road and any traffic, so the kids really can explore.
Melanie and Morgan enjoyed being the "big kids on the play ground" and doing all sorts of big kid things.

It was just the ideal park day. Perfect!

If yesterday wasn't perfect enough, this morning is was... RAINING!!! After breakfast, my girls put on some warmer clothing and headed out back! (Noelle doesn't have any long sleeve shirts or a jacket, so I put one of Melanie's long sleeved shirts on over her shirt to act as a jacket. I think it worked).

It didn't rain for long, but it was still perfectly wet enough for all Melanie and Noelle's playing needs.

I love this. Melanie was trying to make foot prints from the water puddles. She was so busy looking at the camera, she ended up walking into a chair (but no worries, she wasn't hurt). We had a good laugh.

Artistic Noelle was enjoying some water painting fun on daddy's gate.

And some sidewalk chalk art.

Noelle and Melanie together were torturing the poor garden gnome. He WAS clean, prior to the torturing... Melanie insisted that he needed a mud bath.

Eventually we decided it was a good time for an art project, but it was beautiful outback that we couldn't pull ourselves away. So we brought the craft outback.

Now there are monsters (and ironically, princesses) in our closets. Melanie is really looking forward to scaring daddy when he goes to get dressed for church on Sunday. She says he will say "AAH!!! there's a monster in my closet". But, since there is only princesses in her closet, she will say "oh, look, a Beautiful princess in my closet".

Unfortunately for Noelle, a monster did, however, sneak into her closet.

Look out dad!

But don't worry... there is a beautiful princess in dad's closet too.

It's so beautiful outside, I think I'm in love. I hope everyone else is enjoying the weather as much as we are.