A December Picnic

It is not very often that the snow melts, the sun comes out and the
temperature rises to a pleasant degree. In Cincinnati. In December.
Such an occasion occurred today, the last day of 2010. We were
determined not to miss the opportunity.

We piled in the car, packed up some food and went to our favorite
park. We had no winter hats, no mittens, no coats. In fact, T.J. and I
had iced coffees rather than the warm java we usually have in
December. We all had smiles and excitement for our day together.

We had a picnic of salads and chicken sandwiches and ate outside as a
man flew a kite on the open lawn before us. We found small piles of
snow despite the 65 degrees outside and showed Elliana the joy of
making and throwing snowballs (primarily at me, but I loved it just
the same.) We watched Elliana jog a significant portion of the 1.6
mile trail we went on, and walk most of the rest of it. We laughed at
the echos we created while standing in a tunnel. We added more
memories to our fantastic year together known as 2010. All because of
a December picnic.