Happy Friday!
We started off our morning by heading over to the local water park. Most of our community AND neighboring community friends were all there, so for sure no shortage of friends to play with today! Joel and Connor spent 3 hours running and splashing and playing. I went and met up with some of the moms from my mom group, but there were moms there from MOPS and friends from my parent's congregation and people from our own congregation as well. I was so happy to have the boys play and share their toys! It was a really fun time with my two boys and such a fun way to kick off our summer!
We got home and Joel got to play the computer while Connor and I took naps. After naps, I saw some kids playing out front....well...Joel went out and played with them, it turned into a group of about 7 different boys and they had THE best time playing for the next 3 hours (would have been longer but Joel HAD to eat dinner and get to bed!) with Joel's swords and shields, and tridents, and other weapons he has collected from Legoland for the past couple of years. They all did "battle" and played "Knights" and it was really fun to meet other parents who are our neighbors. Connor even got in on the fun bringing out a toy shotgun to play with! LOL hope no one ever moves onto our street that doesn't like boys pretending to fight and kill because that is ALL that they did tonight and loved every minute of it....so fun to see boys getting to be boys!
I also made a really yummy dinner tonight and everyone eventually got to try it...love those ribs and watermelon! I also made some canned Ranch Style Beans, but spruced them up with molasses, ketchup, and a bit of brown sugar so they would taste more like baked beans. They did not disappoint!
After we got the boys to bed, David and I got to watch some TV and have some alone time. We were so proud of how well Joel played with the other kids today...really great to see him becoming a neighborhood KID now and not a toddler anymore. Can't wait to see what the future days of summer bring, but today was just fabulous and all about PLAYING...as summer should be!
We started off our morning by heading over to the local water park. Most of our community AND neighboring community friends were all there, so for sure no shortage of friends to play with today! Joel and Connor spent 3 hours running and splashing and playing. I went and met up with some of the moms from my mom group, but there were moms there from MOPS and friends from my parent's congregation and people from our own congregation as well. I was so happy to have the boys play and share their toys! It was a really fun time with my two boys and such a fun way to kick off our summer!
We got home and Joel got to play the computer while Connor and I took naps. After naps, I saw some kids playing out front....well...Joel went out and played with them, it turned into a group of about 7 different boys and they had THE best time playing for the next 3 hours (would have been longer but Joel HAD to eat dinner and get to bed!) with Joel's swords and shields, and tridents, and other weapons he has collected from Legoland for the past couple of years. They all did "battle" and played "Knights" and it was really fun to meet other parents who are our neighbors. Connor even got in on the fun bringing out a toy shotgun to play with! LOL hope no one ever moves onto our street that doesn't like boys pretending to fight and kill because that is ALL that they did tonight and loved every minute of it....so fun to see boys getting to be boys!
I also made a really yummy dinner tonight and everyone eventually got to try it...love those ribs and watermelon! I also made some canned Ranch Style Beans, but spruced them up with molasses, ketchup, and a bit of brown sugar so they would taste more like baked beans. They did not disappoint!
After we got the boys to bed, David and I got to watch some TV and have some alone time. We were so proud of how well Joel played with the other kids today...really great to see him becoming a neighborhood KID now and not a toddler anymore. Can't wait to see what the future days of summer bring, but today was just fabulous and all about PLAYING...as summer should be!
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