The weather has been lousy and rainy a lot lately. Today was finally a beautiful day except for a brief thundershower in the middle of the afternoon (which made for a good nap time for me!).
This evening we loaded up the bikes and headed to the park. There is a nice 1.5 mile trail that goes all the way around a lake. We did two laps.
Later we headed over the playground to let Ellie stretch her legs too.
While I was walking around watching the girls I noticed a hispanic family speaking interchangeably between Spanish and English, then a grandmother speaking Russian to her grandaughter on the swing. Then there was an African father playing with his two little boys. We suspected they were Ethiopian but are not familiar with Amharic to be sure. As I was leaving, I saw an Asian expectant mother chasing her pre-schooler.
I snickered to myself when I overhead a grandmother on a park bench comment on how quiet and peaceful the park was tonight in spite of how many children were there playing.