Lovely Day

My day was fantastic in that I didn't have any major tantrums to deal with, but otherwise it was relatively unremarkable.

After making and eating breakfast, folding laundry, playing trains and coloring with my son before showering so that we could go outside in the sunny and warm weather, we went to the nearby Santee Lakes park. I'd never been there before, but I'm glad that we went.

It's a very un-California park. There are lots of trees and grass, making it feel more like a lakefront park in Minnesota, except for the 75-degree temperature in the middle of February. It was very quiet there today too. The frequent interruptions limited to light winds rustling the leaves in the trees were the only disruptions -- and welcome ones at that -- in the peaceful setting.

Jack and I checked out two of the four playgrounds within the linear park, ate our lunch at a picnic table under a tree at the second playground, played on the slides then checked out the multitude of ducks swimming in the pond.

A woman feeding the ducks from two loaves of bread let Jack have a couple of slices so that he could tear off pieces of bread and throw them to the ducks. Each time one of the ducks ate a sliver of the white bread, Jack laughed like it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen.

Afterward, he was thrilled to spend a couple of hours playing with his grandma and grandpa while I went to a hair appointment, dropped books at the library and returned something at Target. I'm sure Jack -- and grandma and grandpa -- will sleep well without having had a nap. Mommy will probably rest well too after such a relaxing day.