Labor Day at the Park

This past labor day (which I realize was almost a month ago now) we so enjoyed having a family day with just our family of four (Emily 17 months and Hannah 17 weeks in utero).  Because we live so far from our families it seems that most every holiday we're traveling somewhere, so we don't often get a whole day to just spend together as a family. 

To enjoy our day together, we decided to get outside and go to the park.  Emily L.O.V.E.D it!  I took so many pictures that it was honestly a little overwhelming for me to decide what pictures to edit, so this post is a little picture heavy.:) 

Here's Emily swinging with her Daddy...



This girl loves to swing.  I don't think she quit smiling the entire time. 

I love this picture! 

She also enjoyed sliding, but her shoes kept messing her up and she kept getting stuck.  She ended up getting turned around in the slide and she was coming down head first by the time she reached the bottom.  Thankfully, the slide was short.  We'll have to try sliding again later...when we can explain to her that she needs to hold her feet up a little. 

Sliding with Mama...

I love this girl! 

For the past month or so she has started getting so excited about picking up leaves.  She will pick one up and hold it until she finds a better one, then she'll drop it and pick up the new leaf.  Last week we were at the park and I had to take her leaf away when I was ready to put her in the car seat.  (I didn't want her eating the leaf on the way home.)  Let's just say that she was not very happy about the leaf being taken away and she cried "leaf, leaf" for most of the 5 minute drive home. 

She is actually calling anything that she picks up on the ground a "leaf."  She was absolutely positive that this pine cone in the picture below was a leaf, and she kept telling us about it.  She also calls bark and pine needles "leaf." 

We've tried to correct her, but she insists that everything is a leaf........so......we just smile.  Love this age.:)