What colour was your day?

A perfect Sunday. Bright blue sky, light breeze, not so much as a fluffy white cloud. Today, Fam Fibro shook off winter and embraced the best that the Fibrotown region has to offer. A long walk along the cycle track by the beach.

Mr3's little legs pumping on his 'big boy' bike, proud to show us that his braking has advanced enough that he can now actually stop. Mr6 scooting along, about 50 metres ahead, asserting his independence - checking over his shoulder regularly and stopping to wait if he couldn't see us. The Builder carrying his footy, chipping over the top and regathering... well, mostly regathering.

Me, half jogging, half walking, trying to keep Mr3 within arm's length, in case - in case of what? Not sure.

At the creek, the boys were in the water in seconds. "We won't get wet," they chorused, all three. Result, two little boys in underpants within two minutes, wet shorts dangling from bike handles, trying their hardest to dry. All of us with sand between our toes. Mr3 sighting crocodiles. Mr6 defending us all from water dragons with a stick. The Builder wandering around, attention captivated by the sandcastle built by two other boys. They'd captured some little crabs and had built them a new home. Fortunately, for the crabs, the tide was on its way in. They wouldn't be there long before a wall of water disintegrated their new home, releasing them back to their old one.

Me, half jogging, half walking, trying to keep Mr3 within arm's length, in case - in case of what? Not sure.

Afterwards, ice creams all round. Mr6 brave enough to venture beyond the well-worn chocolate path into a whole new rainbow-flavoured world. Mr3, never one to be left behind, has one too, thanks. "What does it taste like?" I asked. "Like all the colours," Mr6 responded, lips blue, eyes bright.

On the way home, Mr3 asleep within minutes of reaching the sanctuary of the car. Mr6 finishes his new Zac Power Ultimate Missions book. "That's four books since Friday," he announces with glee. It can be expensive, this reading habit. We plan a library visit.

Home again. Baths, barbecue, bed.

A day that tasted like all the colours.

{image: ThePaintedPeepShow/Etsy}

This post is part of the 'What Makes Me Happy' linky at Jess's Epheriell Designs.