Saturday mornings

For the past 2 Saturday mornings, we have enjoyed the downtown area. It started with last Saturday when, after trying to decide what to have for breakfast, Kevin said, "We should go downtown and just walk around and get breakfast at one of the coffee places." I said okay (to his disbelief since I like to be lazy on Saturday mornings and hang around the house) and off we went.

What fun we have had! And, of course, being that we're outside, Stone has LOVED it. The first week, the weather was still at that perfect temp---what I call the 70's. Not a cloud in the sky and just perfect. We made our way down to the river, where, to our dismay, Stone decided to take a plunge. Yep, that's right, he ended up in the river! Mind you, this wasn't planned (and for those of you who don't live here, we aren't even allowed to be on the rocks that jut out into the river or be in the river to swim, etc.) Here's what happened... Stone kept pointing at the water and wanting to go near it. Kevin took him down to the water's edge (as you can see from the last picture, the big rocks jut out into the river, so Kevin went out slightly onto the rocks). I was back a little ways with the stroller which had all our stuff and my purse, so I didn't want to stray too far. I was also digging out the camera to take what I thought would be an awesome picture of the 2 of them on the riverbank. Before I could get my act together, I remember yelling at Kevin to watch Stone. Before Kevin could turn around, Stone had walk off the edge of one of the rocks, slipped and fell into edge of the river. He didn't go under (like plunge), just kind of slipped and fell.. enough to get him drenched save for his head. Of course, he started wailing, from the fall and from Kevin picking him up and fast moving him onto the grass. I was upset because now Stone was freezing from the water and because he had his brand new shoes on (which weren't cheap) and they got soaked as well.

Thankfully, there was a public restroom close by and I had a change of clothes. The only thing I didn't have were a change of socks and shoes, so he had to go barefoot the rest of our trip! Ha! He didn't care, he just wanted back into the water. Now, this is the same kid who won't get on the inflatable blow-up things or ride a little caterpillar train ride at the fall festival, but will plunge into a river and the ocean!! Funny kid. This past Saturday, we enjoyed another morning downtown, even though it was a little cooler. The Farmer's Market was there and we also played in some fountains by letting Stone throw some pennies in them. He thought that was cool.

Here are some pics from the first Saturday we ventured out. The first 2 are from him looking out over the river and before the plunge.



After the plunge, barefoot, and at a little children's garden called Linky Stone Park. We thought it was neat that it was named after our little Stone. (not!!)


A picture of the river downtown.