Sunday, May 1, 2011

Perfect Spring Sunday

If you live in California, you know that the weather was picture perfect today. We have waited a long time for a day like today, and it was great. And apparently the week is supposed to be fabulous as well. When The Boy woke up today the first thing he said to me was, "Mommy, can we go outside and play today?" Very easy request. I told him "for sure."

After breakfast we loaded up on sunscreen, packed up a backpack and headed to a park a couple of miles from my house... Of course, The Girl was rocking the hat and the shades (the purse was in the car; those three things always go together).
The Boy was ALL about the slide...
The both dug the swings, but The Girl LOVED it. She cried and cried when I made her get out of the swing so her brother could go back to the play structure.
And a true testament to his OT...here is the boy actually swinging. With his feet (almost) off the ground. This doesn't usually happen...in fact most of this entire park trip doesn't usually happen with him. This is why we don't go to parks very often; The Boy used to avoid ALL the stuff. But today he did great. I was so proud of him!
He loved the twisty slide...
The Girl played peek-a-boo...from all angles.
After almost two hours I brought them home and they immediately ran into the backyard to continue playing. I fed them lunch and we had a little picnic out back. After that, while they ran around I went into the shed and brought out one of my favorite summer-time accessories to the back yard...Obviously the kids enjoyed it as well. Here they are chillin' on the hammock.
After that, they both went in and took a really long nap. I took a nice shower, got a bunch of stuff done around the house, and then when they woke up they asked if they could go back outside. And of course, they wanted the jumpy house...

Then Gigi came over to see them and the three of them played on the hammock. Here is The Girl telling Gigi to "go to sleep!" and covering her with her blanket...
Of course it is hard to sleep when a little red-headed boy keeps jumping on and off the hammock...
The three of them had some great bonding time. It was super sweet...
After Gigi left, I BBQed some turkey burgers and white corn and we had that plus fresh strawberries from the Farmer's Market for dinner outside. The kids were filthy so after I cleaned up dinner, both kids took a long bath, put on clean jammies and went to bed.

What a fabulous Sunday. I wish they could all be just like this. Hope yours was great as well!

2 comments:

Laraf123 said...

Oh, that does sound like the perfect Sunday. How awesome that you saw those great gains in your son's motor skills. I imagine that park visit was a very special confidence builder for him--he looks so very happy! Wishing you lots more of these great days!

K said...

This looks like such a perfect day! I am jealous. :-)