Picnic With the (Fire) Ants

Off to our park to have a juice-and-cereal picnic!

Only, we arrive to find the lawn maintenance guys mowing, leaf-blowing, and generally making tons of noise. Also, the playground is damp from yesterday's rain. So, I decide that we'll eat and play in the water park. I always check the perimeter of this play area because it is usually infested with fire ant mounds between the sidewalk and grass, but Mad's squirming in her stroller and I got distracted. I put Maddie down, we're playing and eating, practicing running ... then, suddenly, she takes off! Here I come after her ~ and to my utter HORROR, she looks like she's about to wipe out, face-first into a giant, festering, freshly mowed-over fire ant mound. After I grabbed her (and nearly, simultaneously, pooping my pants), we decided to call it a day. I HATE TEXAS, Y'ALL.

Cozy at home ~ we're never going outside again.

Madelyn is getting really good at walking (as long as she's not wearing shoes). Thank GOD I had taken her shoes off or I really believe she would have fallen.