Cool Creek Park Rain-out

Heath's appointments have been dwindling down for Amerifence.  The upside is that we are able to spend a little more family time.  So last Thursday when it was BEAUTIFUL out we decided to accompany daddy to Westfield for his only appointment of the day where he would drop us off at Cool Creek Park and then return to have a picnic after his appointment down the road.  So we loaded up the car and had the picnic made up.  I got the wagon out and the kids ran to play on the playground....for a whole 5 minutes until the sky turned black and it started to rain!  Luckily the park had a nature center where we could stay dry, unluckily it was a half hour before it closed!  But the kids were able to check out a lot of turtles, see a lizard, hear live nature sounds (muffled by the rain), color some fall bookmarks and read/see other nature exhibits.  Here are few pics... 

 A few minutes before they closed there was a lull in the rain so we made for the pavilion.  Here is how we spent the following 45 min in the cold rain!

Braxton did so well being obedient, just staring out at the tempting, yet wet playground

Brooklynn was a different story....boy do that girl and I but heads!  Finally daddy arrived to rescue us from the cold.  We decided to do our picnic indoors at the McDonald's Playground so that the kids could still play and that we didn't get stuck in rush hour traffic.  Luckily we were sneaky enough to get our food in and were not kicked out!  I guess Heath did get a tea.

Brooklynn and Braxton at top of McDonald's Playplace

We tried to spontaneous and take advantage of the opportunities that day but it didn't quite go our way.  However we made the most of it and still had some family time.