Steff & Outdoors

Steff is such an outside kinda kid. She and I really had a good time yesterday afternoon once Kieran got home. Kieran was hot from his walk home from school so he and his buddy Braxton hung out in the house for a little while when they got home and Steff wanted to get out and play. So, I asked Kieran to keep on eye on Sadie and I took Steff outside.
Right here I'd like to pause and make the comment that he did really well watching Sadie. I guess Rexxy was biting at Sadie's hands and he even made her cry one time. So, Kieran put him in his kennel because he wouldn't stop. That's a good big brother...
Anyway, Steff and I had a great time. She played on the slide for a while, and she rode her four-wheeler and she also played in the sandbox for a few by herself but together we played catch and batted. It was a great time. I don't get down and play with my kids often enough I've decided. I guess it's just ingrained into me because my parents didn't do it for me? I've tried to be better in the areas my parents weren't so great in and playing with my kids is something I can do better.
She watered the flowers too. Or should I say she made mud puddles? Either way you want to look it, it was cute. She would spray the plants for a minute until she found a low spot in the ground then she'd fill it up with water and play with the mud for a minute and move on to the next spot. That lasted for quite a while and she and I talked while she was doing it so we were spending time together. She did this until at some point she sprayed herself. I wasn't there, I had run into the house to get a drink when she came in soaked and wanting to change her clothes. I toweled her off, told her she was dry and back outside she went.
It was such a memorable time with her and it makes me want to give her more attention in the area of getting down on her level and playing. I think I'll remember what a great time we had and be better at that.