Mothers Day Picnic

Lehr and Tyler's dad had planned to treat the mommies to a Mothers Day picnic in a nearby park several weeks ago. Due to weather and schedules, that didn't happen on Mothers Day, so we rescheduled for this morning. The weather was warm but very nice, and the park we went to was amazing. We set up a blanket and noshed on bagels, muffins and fruit while the kids played baseball and soccer. After a while Ty started to feel a little under the weather, so we put the kids in the strollers and walked over to a duck pond. We were met by a large group of rather friendly geese. They became even more friendly when they discovered that we brought bread. Luckily no one got nipped, but Ty's fingers came awful close! From there we meandered over to a small waterfall where Eli threw rocks and crossed a suspension bridge. (Tyler and Maddux were close to sleeping at this time, so they remained in their strollers.) My favorite part of the morning was when Tyler and Maddux were hanging out on the blanket. He wanted her to lie down with him, but Mad Dog is wiggly and would not comply. She was happy to 'wrestle' with him though!

After late naps at the house, CC & D came over for dinner. Carolyn and I went for a walk first and the guys took the kids to the pool. We met up with them in time to see Maddux showing off her swimming skills (when she lets go of the wall in the baby pool and tries to crawl, resulting in a floating baby right under the surface). She performed that for us several times and never got upset, which amazes me. Eli had a blast, of course, with the kick boards and jumping in the big pool. When they blew the whistle for adult swim, we all headed back to the house for pizza on the back deck. Eli ate four slices. Large slices. Slices that Lehr had three of and I had two of. Seriously. Lehr also treated Eli to about half of a strawberry fruit Popsicle. For those of you who remind us that we're too strict with our sugar police rule, it wasn't quite 'real' ice cream, but better than nothing! As soon as he finished the Popsicle he started asking for "ice Popsicles, please!!", which is just an ice cube in a mesh feeder. I have trained that child well.....