a morning at the park

 I took the kids to the park this morning.  They had a blast feeding all the ducks and geese.  The ducks (and geese) were super hungry so they were flocking to us like crazy.  I think, too, for the very first time ever, none of the kids were really scared of them at any point.  They boys were cracking up at the ducks (as you can see in the above picture).  Josiah and Aedan tried to feed some fish after feeding the ducks.  I think Aedan attempted to attach some bread to a stick to feed them.

the many ducks and geese

 a bunch of feeding pictures:

even Mercy wasn't afraid of them being close to her

looking for fish to feed

the boys together
Aedan has his stick to feed the fish.

 We went on a walk in the park after feeding the animals.  We just did the short loop today.  They said they wanted to do the long loop, but since I didn't have the baby jogger, I figured the shorter loop would be wiser since I didn't want to carry Mercy.

walking

posing for a picture

spotting more fish

and Aedan throwing a rock

Josiah found a feather!  Actually, there were lots laying around.

Mercy and I
(taken by Aedan)

After our walk, we went to the playground for just a little bit.  It started to get too hot, and the kids were ready for their water bottles in the van! :)