Saturday, October 10, 2015

The kids at Marbles

After our twelve straight days of rain, we had a beautiful week. But then, just to spite us, it rained on Saturday. So we headed to Marbles, since we hadn't been there in a while. We always split up and each take a kid.


Simon enjoyed playing with the trains a lot of course, but eventually went on to other things. One place Zac took him that he really loved was this area where you build a car and then race it. I like how in the video you can see him notice that the other cars are about to race and he whips his car back off the track. Just think of all the thought and understanding that went into that little moment.


Meanwhile, I was with Alice, doing the pumpkin carving activity, where you scoop out the pumpkin yourself, then draw a face on it, and a local surgeon will carve the pumpkin for you.  We came on this day last year too. It is always disconcerting to see someone that operates on delicate humans stabbing into the tough exterior of a pumpkin.