Early Spring?

Some days it feels like winter is over (even though it only arrived about three weeks ago)....I'm quite confused by the weather, so I can only imagine how the trees and flowers are feeling! Since it was one of the warm days today (62-degrees!!), Eli and I decided to go down to Piedmont Park again to enjoy the afternoon. Eli seemed to remember the fun he had before rolling down the hill because as soon as I took him out of BOB today he 'fell' and started to giggle. This time we stopped at the dog park so Eli could see all of the 'doggies' before we went on our walk. He loved when they came up to the fence to investigate, but he did make sure to have contact with my body at all times. (Brave, yet not so brave.) After he rolled down the hill several times, a man sitting nearby with two dogs offered to let Eli pet one of them, since he seemed so interested. He promised the one dog was as friendly as could be so I let him. Eli could not stop laughing while the dog sniffed all over his face and torso. He didn't really get to the point of petting him, but the interaction was a success all the same. Eli's favorite activity today was walking/running down the big hill (very far away from Mommy) to find a stick or branch of sorts. Then he would try to climb back up, proudly showing off his find.