Oxbow Park, Take 2
This time, we brought the nanny, Kathryn.

Mooner and Lan, waiting for Adrienne, Kathryn and Owen to show up.
Moon had to wear her butterfly wings for the occasion.

Immediately, they were to action

Investigating the woods along the shore...

Digging for bones...

and wearing disguises.

Meanwhile, Lan was getting comfortable with the river.

A little too comfortable. I had to put the camera down and grab him because he was happily crawling into the freezing-cold river. I thought for sure once he put his arms in, he would stop. NOT TRUE.
You can see in this picture below he crawled his knees in as well.

This is just a quick shot to remind me in 15 years how much crap we took along with us for 3 hours at the river.

Kathryn took the big kids on some explorations, while Adrienne and I sat around and watched the little guy play.

He was all over cuteness.

Sorry for the binkie in so many pictures, but the temptation to put sandy things in the mouth was too great. Had to put a stopper in!

I think I am going to collect these photos of O and Moon throwing rocks in the river. I assume they will be doing this every time they visit a river from now until forever.

Such a cute guy! Too bad the sun bleached out so many great pictures.

Kathryn with Manly, investigating.

And relaxing. He just loves her.

A nice shot of grubby Lan.

We had to leave the river, after the children soaked/trashed all of the clothes we brought them.
We headed up to the play and picnic area of the park for part 2 of the day.Here we are all starting to slooooow down.
Adrienne made us play Hacky Sack, but I didn't take any pictures. And that was for the better, I now know.

Even this super hero with his cape on started to look a little tired.

Such a good day. I hope that we do it at least 5 more times this summer!