morning at the park

a chill was in the air as we were getting ready to take madelyn to school so everyone wore either pants or long sleeves.  it gets me excited to think about fall!  we dropped madelyn off at school (read: we unloaded everyone from the car and walked her into the lobby every day this week) and then i took the boys to the park for a walk and some playing while it was nice a cool out.

while i miss having madelyn with us all day, it is nice to hear what the boys think and notice when we walk around.  they are so used to madelyn taking the lead that they happily go along - most of the time.  maddux has been in a phase of always wanting to hold my hand and mason will usually hold madelyn's (like when we walk into school) but without her he was feeling a little lost.  after getting upset that he couldn't hold my hand (my other hand was pushing the stroller), he told me (sadly) that madelyn holds his hand.  after some thought he told me that "you only have two hands, not four".  and somehow that made it okay with him that i couldn't hold his hand.  he really is a big sweety and so understanding when things aren't fair or aren't as he would like them to be.  such a blessing. love.