And So Begins the Tree Climbing

Our friends Scott and Heidi were back in town for a quick weekend visit (they moved to Minnesota last May - how has it possibly been almost a year? Where does the time go?!) and invited everyone to join them in the park to catch up.  

The morning started out pretty chilly, but soon the clouds disappeared and the sun did its thing. Ryan and Jack really enjoyed playing on the playground with the other boys (and some random sand toys - heaven forbid we actually remember to bring our own...), but after a while we decided to head over to the lake and its natural attractions. 

Of course the boys headed straight for the big tree: 

...which wouldn't have been too scary except for this:

The water was not deep right there, but as you can see, it's not exactly what you'd want to go swimming in unless you like "eau de goose poop." Finally Ryan decided that maybe yes, dangling out over the lake was a little too risky, so he and Jack moved over to the incredibly narrow, not-meant-to-be-walked-on retaining wall.

They were "fishing" with sticks, and having a blast - so I just stood back and told Sam he'd have to do the fishing if one of them fell in (we always have a change of clothes for them in the car and they sort of know how to swim, so I wasn't really worried about that - I just didn't want to have to go in after them!).

It was getting on towards lunch time so we told the boys to pack it up - but Jack had other plans. Boys!