Ducks up North

It's kind of strange, but I somehow naturally developed two distinct groups of mom friends that don't know each other.  One group lives near me and one group lives a little north in what my husband calls "the burbs."  It really isn't "the burbs" it's just not in biking distance to ever little hipster coffee shop and natural locally-owned grocery store.

I find myself enjoying that these two groups don't mingle or converse.  It's nice because they're different kinds of people with different parenting styles.  Sometimes I feel like I'm at an icecream parlor and there are always new flavors for me that I love.  I feel really lucky to have found such great people here.

Today I ventured up into "the burbs" for a playdate with two of my friends.  We hiked on this suburban trail that looped through fancy neighborhoods with lexus' in the driveways and found ourselves at this beautiful duckpond filled with ducks and geese.   So many ducks infact, I was reminded of this...



Anyway....

It was gorgeous and 79 degrees here in Austin TX today (you know you're jealous!).  Mimi had so much fun playing with her friends, it's like she comes alive outside. She's definitely not an "indoor girl." We fed the ducks, had a picnic and let the kids burn out their energy for a good 4 hours.  Nice.  I managed to even get a run in later today in the nice weather.  I hope you enjoyed today as much as I did!