What do you do when the forcast shows warm and sunny, but the scene out the window threatens otherwise? Milani and I packed up our lunches, put on our layers, and bolstered our faith in the fickle weatherman. We set out to meet up with Ariana and the boys determined to enjoy this spring Friday.

We pulled into the playground parking lot beneath cold thick clouds.

We stretched our chilly muscles on the playground beneath cold thick clouds.

We even ate our picnic lunch beneath the ominous and ugly cold thick clouds.

It wasn't until the words "hot chocolate" actually left someone's lips that the clouds began to dissolve allowing patches of sunlight to flirt, and it wasn't long before endless blue sky stretched out above us and the sun glistened in all her glory. Layers started peeling off one by one.

The first thing on the agenda; digging and burrowing, shoveling and dumping. The boys concentrated on some heavy construction and Milani let handful after handful of sand slip through her fingers.

But it was the tire swing that had been calling my name since the moment we'd arrived. The swing had other plans for me. That's right, my shining moment on the tire swing lacked any resemblance of grace or coordination, and I think Milani may have witnessed her 11 month long life flash before her eyes. Not to worry, we both escaped the debacle unscathed, I only wish I could post a gigantic picture (or better yet video) of the entire scene. Jadon and Landry must have been graced with all the tire swing savvy in the family.