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First Picnic of 2014

We had our first picnic of the year today. We bought a sandwich from a local shop and drove to our favorite park to eat it and play. It was 77 degrees, but windy. Hannah doesn't like to wear sunglasses, so I took her to a store and let her pick out a hat with a brim. She choose this one. She wears it outside when we go to get the mail and then walk around the block and she took it with her today. I think she made a good choice of millinery.  I slathered UVA/UVB sunscreen on us both before we ventured out. 

She calls the climbing toy at the park "the jungle."At first she wanted a little bit of help and then how to do it all came back to her.
 At one point we ventured over to the swings and her hat blew off. I got this great shot of her pretty face with her tousled hair as it whipped in the wind.
 Brian took this picture of me. Good day at the park.
Here is a short movie of her going down the slide. 

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Mike and LuAnn (Nelson) Aldred said…
Awesome! Makes me think of the last day of school picnics we use to have where you guys and Dad would pack a lunch and come and get me and we would go to the park and eat and play! Hannah's cute hair reminds me so much of yours at that age! What a fun time and such a cute video to have forever!
March 16, 2014 at 2:03 PM
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