picture perfect

Today I had one of those moments where you wish you had your camera, but since you don't you just have to hope that the image will stay in your mind forever. I took the kids to the park for some fresh air and exercise. I'll often do obstacle courses with them, run races, leapfrog, anything to get a good cardio while engaging them. It was pretty cold, the slides were wet, and the ground mushy so we were a bit limited in what we could do and it was hard for me to feel motivated myself let alone get them involved. Things were not going all that well until D climbed onto the merry- go-round. So with D in the middle and AP and AJ on each side to protect him, I started pushing (great way to get the heart-rate up!). They wanted me to go faster (of course) so I did with the result of a simultaneous scream followed by uncontrollable laughter from all three. I looked down at them all clinging to each other, their little faces glowing with delight, and was overcome with such love and gratitude. It was the perfect picture of happiness.