Thursday, July 18, 2013

Saturday in the summer

Last weekend, we took advantage of finally having a beautiful hot summer day fall on a weekend. Chad had plans that had him in and out of the house all day, so the kids and I packed up and headed to Stratford.
Originally I'd thought about going to see "The Three Musketeers" since it's being billed as the family-friendly show at The Stratford Festival for the season. But I've heard a few different reviews now, and none of them good: not child-friendly-enough for kids this age, and too long at 3 hours.
Instead, we strolled through Art in the Park, where Mallory took a picture of just about every painting, and continued along the waterfront to the boat house. We rented paddleboats and bought bags of corn to feed the ducks and geese. After the strenuous leg workout, we treated ourselves at the candy store, where a chocolate- and gummy bear-coated caramel apple was the prize.
The swans were on land, not in the water, so we saved some corn in case we ran into them on the walk back home. Sure enough, we did.
Mallory continued to take pictures of the swans, and was not deterred even when a wedding occurring on the island across the bridge concluded and the recessional they played was "Marry You" by Bruno Mars, which we could hear clear as a bell. A couple of months ago that would have brought whatever Mallory was doing to a halt; in this case, it merely made her pause. I have a feeling though that if the music being played was Taylor Swift instead, she would have taken a lot more notice.

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