This morning Ryan and I were planning on doing something fun. A few weeks ago we drove down to Stan's Donuts in Wicker Park. While we were there we talked about how when it got a little cooler out it would be nice to go down there, grab donuts, coffee and let the kids play at Wicker Park. Nothing too exciting, but fun for a Saturday morning. Since the temperatures were supposed to be in the low 60s this morning we figured it was the perfect time to go.
Unfortunately the weater did not want to cooperate this morning. We woke up to rain, but figured we would drive down anyway and take our chances. Owen was super excited because he's been waiting for an opportunity to walk outside with his umbrella.
We ordered our donuts and sat inside to eat them giving the rain time to pass. I had been watching the radar and was optimistic that the rain would stop any minute.
Luckily for us it did. While the rain put a damper on our park plans, literally, we decided to follow a suggestion from some of our friends and check out "The 606." It's an old "el" train track that the city has converted into a walking path. They had been talking about plans for a walking path ever since Ryan and I lived at Maplewood 5 years ago. It's taken awhile to finally come to fruition, but it's well worth it. It was awesome and the boys loved it!
Owen rode his scooter until his little heart was content. No stopping, no streets, no cars.
And Joe was amazed at everything he saw being up in the air.
Joe even took a turn on the scooter himself, with his brother's help of course.
It was a little gloomy when we first got up there, but the sun came out and it turned into a really nice morning.
I'm glad we stuck with our plans because it was a great Saturday morning.
Something I think we might be doing quite frequently this fall.
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