Last week we had a morning that was gloriously sunny, so we went with some friends of ours to try and partake of the novelty. Of course, in true northwest fashion, by the time we’d packed the lunches and arrived at the park, the sky had clouded over and the rain started. We huddled under the shelter to eat lunch, but just as we were about to call it quits, the sky cleared a bit and the kids had a small opportunity to play.

Nolan, the boy that he is, was convinced that the large puddle on the sidewalk was much more exciting than the playground equipment (or maybe it was that he thought the playground was beneath him, as he had already conquered climbing to the top of the big slide and going down ALL BY HIMSELF…at 14 months). So we kept catching him hanging around the edge of the puddle, daring us to stop him from going in.

Suddenly, one of our friend’s dog broke loose from his leash and took off. Nolan used to the diversion as the opportune time to make a break for the puddle, and it was all over after that. He splashed happily around for almost 30 minutes. After awhile the girls caught on and came to check things out, but the girls just don’t get the true joy that comes from rolling around in water with ALL your clothes on.

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