This picture was taken on a gloomy Sunday afternoon after a heavy spell of rain. The first chills of fall were in the air and they were contemplating whether or not to drive their bikes through the pool of water. The picture is special to me because it portrays their vulnerability: the bruises on my little girl's legs from a previous fall is still visible and the determination in my son's stance is undermined by the slightly awkward position of his feet. Moments after the picture was taken he ended up in the middle of the pool with a nasty bruise to his knee.