A little late…
…but I still want to post about it (I just couldn’t post about it before finishing my Photo Night post).
Easter.
It was really really nice. The whole family (including my in-laws) all made it to El Dorado Park here in Long Beach for a day’s worth of picnicking and fun. The day didn’t start out that great because our car made the poor decision of taking the freeway there (it normally would have been faster). The Spring Street exit was incredibly bad as it was literally the line to get in the park. We were in that line, I kid you not, for over an hour. I KNOW! When we finally made it in, we met up with my family and set up on the grass since there were no more grills or tables left. Oh well. Fortunately, we brought sandwiches, and the hot dogs were grilled at a nice neighbors grill.
Highlights included:
- Watching the moms play ball and frisbee with the “kids”
- Soaking up the sun while enjoying the breeze (I am still coughing, going on to week 6, so the candle flame shawl that made for me was perfect that day)
- Handing out the chocolate nests I made (and eating them)
- Playing Apples to Apples in the tent as it got later and colder (we also played Zigity)
- When walked up to some random strangers (a mom and her two tween boys) who were throwing stuff at a squirrel in a tree. It was epic. We looked over and couldn’t believe what they were doing (boys I understand, the idiots, but their mom?!). So I tried shouting to tell them to stop. kaptainsnot on the other hand grabbed two water bottles and ran over. It went something like this:
- (in a friendly tone): Oh hey! What are you guys doing?
- the mom (in a sort of embarrassed tone): Oh we’re throwing stuff… at a squirrel. *hee hee*
- : Oh really? OK, how about this? You throw that to the squirrel and I throw these at you?
- them: O_O
- Needless to say, they stopped out of sheer shock. Later my parents heard other park people gossiping about it. I was seriously afraid that we were going to have some sort of brawl on our hands, but thankfully the shock was paralyzing.
And this wouldn’t be complete without some photos 🙂
