Shabbona Fun

Today Eric and I decided to take a little trip to a nearby state park, Shabbona Lake, which is, apparently, the Muskie capital of the state. The playground we discovered had an alarmingly tall old school metal slide, and Eric decided to take Logan down it. Wow, you can really get up some speed on those old things. Now I know why all the slides are plastic these days. Eric's landing was priceless--he skipped across the ground like a stone with Logan still on his lap. Luckily, the two of them arose unscathed. And, luckily, Eric didn't squish the baby toad he found when he got off the ground.

We then noticed some horses in a neighboring field. Logan was "too scared" to pet them, but they were friendly. Our little trip ended with a leisurely boat ride around Shabbona Lake, followed by a walk along the dam. I've never seen so many butterflies in one place--they were all over the wildflowers that lined the walk. Gorgeous!

Anyway, despite it being overcast, it was a beautiful day!

And, I noticed a couple more favorite words/phrases he said today, so here's an addendum to my previous list.

"Beautiful!" He says this about the butterflies today, which makes sense, but sometimes he says "beautiful" when he gets a fresh cup of milk or what have you. It's perhaps cuter when used for the latter occasion.

"Booger"--he says this often. It's usually followed by his showing me his finger, where the booger should be. Today was especially amusing when he stuck both of his fingers up his nose.

"Sometimes, ________ goes in da water!" Be it an alligator or a panda bear, the animals always go in the water...only sometimes, though.