Park

A couple weeks before school began, we joined the Reners at a cool new park out in Round Rock called the Play for All Abilities park.  The playground had all kinds of awesome, new and different equipment--parts of it we didn't even explore.  That was due to the fact that it was really hot already at 10 a.m. and the town square at the end of the park was the hit with my kids.

Matt brought the Strider bike and went to town.  Really, though, it is a tiny little town with streets, functioning traffic lights, signs, lanes, and stores.  Matt's head about exploded.  He was all over it.

Will had a hoot of a time too.  He scooted all around on his "motorcycle" mostly in pursuit of Henry, but he would try and catch up to Matt too.

This video just about sums it up.  Watch Matt wait for the light to change and Ava running in the background.

We packed our lunches and found a spot in the shade to picnic.  That park is fantastic.  It will be even more enjoyable when the fall temperatures roll in.  All the way home Matt asked me why we didn't have a park like that in Austin.  He truly loved it.  We will for sure be back.

One of Matt's latest obsessions is organizing bottle caps.  And it's an activity he found fun to do in the dog days of summer.  He has a collection going, along with all the found coins he's collected.  We have saved a few bags worth of bottle caps over the years with the intent of doing something cool with them one day.  For now, Matt likes to take them out and categorize them.  It's a race to see who wins.  The hands-down winner?  Shiner.

One day I was taking pictures of Johnny on the rug.  He was being cute and Will was making him smile.

Not to be outdone, Will did this number on the couch and asked me to take his picture.  Show pony.