At Max's game tonight, there was a trail by the baseball field, so Markus and I went for a long walk while Max was warming up the hour before his game. Markus and I discovered this tree fort and he played in it, on it, and around it for almost the entire time. On the way back to the game we encountered a snake on the trail. Since there was no other path, we waited far enough away until he moved across the trail. I don't know that I've ever seen Markus so scared. I held his hand and told him we would be okay, even though I wasn't sure what I would do if he had turned to chase after us. Luckily, he didn't but went on his way after about ten minutes. And we went to watch the game.
