October in Houston

A couple weeks ago Houston had……how do I put it? …..Uh….I guess I would call it a cold front?  But let me clarify that there was nothing cold about this weekend.  Instead it was more like a retreat from the nightmare heat we’ve been having for months.  So we did what every other Houstonian did, and went outside.  We try to go to a park or nature trail together every weekend, but we usually get up early to try and beat the heat.  On this particular weekend though, the humidity forgot to show up so we spent the entire weekend outside. 

We went to three different parks in a single day, rolled down a big hill (yes, even me with a giant belly), flew a kite, fed the ducks, raked leaves just to jump in them, visited an urban garden, and even ate outside on our pack porch (which I honestly can’t remember when the last time that that happened).  It was heavenly I tell ya! 

So you know I did what every mother does: put on yoga pants, threw in a headband, and followed my boys around all weekend taking their pictures.  Here is our unscripted, unedited, natural Hawley weekend for you in photographs.

And just for proof that I was actually here for this particular weekend lol