Summer in April

The weather has been so weird this spring. Up until yesterday it still felt like winter, with highs only in the 40s. Then yesterday we hit 85! It was so weird; like we completely skipped over spring and went straight to summer. We actually saw a girl using a slip & slide in her front lawn!

We took full advantage of the opportunity by walking on the trail for the first time this year and visiting our favorite ice cream shop, which just happened to open for the season a few days ago.

Excited to be outside without winter coats!

Lena enjoying her free ice cream. The church gives out free ice cream vouchers to the kids on their baptism birthdays. I'm guessing Lena was probably the first one to redeem hers this year!

It was getting close to Eva's naptime, so we reclined her seat so she could sleep if she wanted to. That's the way to go for a walk!

We ate our ice cream out on the back deck of The Scoop. They were playing music out there, so Lena decided to get up and dance.

She's got mad moves!

Oh yeah!

Then we walked down to the trail. The river is on one side and Mill Pond is on the other. Mill Pond is filled with beautiful swans this year.

Giving Daddy a high-five.

Getting some energy out. We love the trail because we can let Lena run free with no worry of her running into the street. However, yesterday was so nice that the trail was packed with people and we had to teach her to stay out of the way of bikers.

We counted at least 15 swans out there. I remember a few years ago there were only two or three.

Looking to see what there is to see in the river.

There's a turtle!

Didn't take Eva long to get all relaxed and fall asleep.

Lena kept taking her hat off and waving it around. I asked her what she was doing and she explained that her head was getting hot, so she was catching wind in her hat and then when she put her hat back on her head the "caught" wind would make her head cool. What a goof!

She claimed that this fence post was her best friend.

Taking a little break before heading home.

After we got home we had a nice dinner of steaks on the grill. A lovely end to a lovely day.

I'm sure some people complained yesterday that it was too hot, but we were just glad we could get out of the house and enjoy some sunshine. It's back into the low 50s today, and we have a chance of snow next weekend.