Playing at the park!

Often when Jordan works the closing shift at work, I take the boys to the park for the evening. Tuesday evening we loaded up and went to play in the sand! (This made two nights in a row of sand... what was I thinking?) I got some good pictures, though.
I can't figure out how to make the pictures go where I want them to go, so I guess this type will be at the bottom and all the pictures at the top.
Gresham enjoys being outside, although all he can do at the park at this point is swing. He does love swinging though!

While we were at the park, we met the brattiest boy I've seen in a loooong time. He was 3 and barely verbal. He got two of Aidan's trucks out of Aidan's sandbox toy box before Aidan had a chance to get anything out. Aidan did a reasonably good job of sharing with him, and I intervened when the boy refused to give back one of his trucks. Then he started flinging sand at Aidan. First, it was an accident, and then when Aidan asked him to stop, he started flinging it at him on purpose. We decided to pack up our toys and leave the sandbox. By this point, I had finally figured out which mom belonged to this little angel - a lady serving Taco Bell for dinner who hadn't stopped talking on her cell phone the whole time we had been there. We moved on the the playground equipment, and the boy followed us over. He now had a stick in one hand and was chasing after Aidan. I couldn't tell if he was trying to hit him with the stick or was going to throw it at him. I finally got right in front of the kid and asked him to get away from Aidan. (Aidan was most impressed by this!) A few minutes later, Mom took a break from her phone call to ask him to put the stick down. He told her, "I dinnit do it Mom! I dinnit put it down!" Well, that really foiled her plan and she went back to talking. When we finally left the park, brat boy was throwing bark chips at his older brother. When we got to the car, I pointed out to Aidan that this boy was pretty much able to do whatever he wanted. I asked Aidan if he thought the boy was happy, since he was obviously doing whatever he felt like doing. Aidan said, "No, he's angry. He just wanted to hurt people." I was glad for the opportunity for him to see that God's way is truly the best way. People are not happy when they are sinning without restraint. We were made to glorify God, not glorify ourselves by pursuing our own wants. I told Aidan that we discipline him because we love him and we want him to experience the joy of pleasing God! I forgot to do this that night, but I want to help Aidan to pray for this boy that he would have an opportunity to see who God is.