Thursday, August 14, 2008

One. Perfect. Day.

Yesterday we took all of summer and mushed it into one day.

9:30am - photos with Tara at Buffalo River State Park. The kids loved running around and finding rocks, flowers, and various sticks. Lucky for us the park ranger wasn't around.

11am - Potluck picnic at the G family home with bunches of friends. All summer we've been getting together with friends from church at different parks, and this was our end-of-summer celebration. My day was made by both my children eating decent lunches despite being surrounded by friends. Also, Ben didn't dump sand on anyone's head. That I know of.

2pm - We are home, with Ben sound asleep until 3pm. I'm pretty sure I slept for a bit, too, curled up on the sofa downstairs.

3pm - Ben is awake and cran-ky. Time for a distraction. How about we walk to friend A's house with popsicles? Sounds like a plan.

4pm - Back home, and I get out the pool. Later, Aaron is impressed by this. So am I, since I had to locate several items to get it going. Have I mentioned that being married to Aaron has turned me into quite the princess lately?

5pm - Kids are in their swimsuits and ready to get wet. Splash, splash! Ben has a ball throwing, well, balls at me.

5:45pm - Ice cream truck comes through the neighborhood. The last time it visited, it was 3pm, so I treated the kids. And Aaron was bummed that he missed out. So this time we bought treats before dinner and stuck them in the freezer for later.

6pm - Light dinner of barbequed chicken, French bread, and salad. Here's my really quick way to cook chicken - slice it thin, as if for stir-fry, then thread onto kabob spears and grill. Works especially well for those enormous frozen chicken breasts we like.

7pm - Head out for a family bike ride. I rode my birthday bike AND pulled the kids' trailer for the first time. Yep, I felt it. But it was pretty fun to hear the kids laughing & giggling behind me the whole time.

7:30pm - Ice cream as a bed time snack? Why, SURE!

And the to bed, to bed, jiggity-jig, for my sweet babies. Those lucky kids.

2 comments:

Noel said...

We've biked into Moorehead via the Oak Grove bridge the last couple nights for ice cream. Biking and ice cream is a pretty good combo this summer. Will have to see if the flood curtails that...

. said...

don't you love those days? no plan, but great "whatever!" attitudes from those around make the biggest impact.