Beautiful Morning Outside

The weather today is absolutely beautiful!  Oh I just love it.  As of now it's in the upper 70's.  The sun is shining, the air is warm and there is just enough breeze to keep it from being too hot.  Last year at this time we had some snow and so far this October it's been nothing but gorgeous.  Of course, we're only in the second day of October but I'm hoping this weather lasts just a little bit longer.

So in an effort to enjoy this amazing weather the little one and I spent most of the morning outside.  I wanted to take a walk around the neighborhood but she refused to sit in the stroller.  She wanted to walk on her own.  I knew her little feet wouldn't be able to handle such a long walk so we headed to the nearby playground instead.  Even though the kids have their own swing set in the backyard we still like to go to the playground occasionally too.  The little beauty knew her way to the playground and I followed behind, of course taking pictures along the way.

Unfortunately, this little one bores easily and asked to go back home after only being there for a few minutes.  So off we went, with her leading the way again.  At one point she stopped and picked up a pine cone.

 

"Mama, what's this?" she asked with her sweet little voice.

"A pine cone," I answered.  

We walked a little further before she discovered something better.  You can see in the next picture that the pine cone was tossed aside when this new discovery was made. 

 

I'm not an expert on trees so I have no idea what kind of tree this leaf fell from but it's huge.  She loved it and carried it the rest of the way.  

Even though the time spent at the playground was short we stayed outside to play in the driveway.  

 

She loves her brother's scooter and handles it pretty well.  

 I told her to (pretend to) put gas in the car so she grabbed a clump of grass and put it inside the gas cap.  Silly girl, Mommy said GAS not GRASS! I love her.  

We also spent some time on the back deck blowing bubbles before it was time for the daily nap.  More time will be spent outside later during my son's baseball game.  

It won't be long before the cold weather is here and we won't have a chance to spend time playing outside like this.  I'm going to enjoy it for as long as I can.  Oh sunshine please stay!