Our weekend consisted of exploring the woods, climbing on rocks, making fires, eating smores, fishing, and playing at new playgrounds. All the kids laughed and were so happy. Gwen absolutely loved "camping" and even wore jeans. I hadn't seen her in jeans in years!!! On one of our hikes through the woods we even ran across deer bones. The kids were amazed. We did get to see real deer as well. Mike and the kids saw a herd of 9 which they said was amazing.
There were only two negatives to the weekend and in the end, they weren't actually that bad. The first would be the traffic. Normally it would take 1.5 hours to get to their place, but it took us 2 hours 45 minutes to get there and slightly less to get home. To be honest, it turned out to be worth it and we had a blast in the car. We played games, Leo sang the alphabet song, Leo threw many goldfish pretzels around, and we even stuck our bare feet outside the window. The weekend was a much needed break from the craziness that is life and I am so glad I got to truly enjoy my family without distractions. I barely yelled at them, I laughed with them....etc. It was wonderful!! We are looking for our next invite :-)
The second was the circus debacle. When the guys were golfing we decided to take all 4 kids to the circus at the last minute.......in the rain. I parked with the kids and Jenni went to see if there were tickets (for the record, I successfully got 4 children out of the car and walking towards the entrance). Unfortunately, they were sold out. One would think 4 kids who just got their hopes crushed, would be sad. They weren't! We instead got them excited for ice cream and they thought that was great. We got to the ice cream place and unfortunately it was not peanut free and tons of cross contamination. I felt bad for poor Leo so I took him outside to play while everyone else ate ice cream. I stood there in the cold rain so that my little man could have a smile on his face. I had no complaints and were so impressed with positive attitudes the kids had. After ice cream we all explored the woods and climbed rocks. Another potential negative situation turned fabulous!!
I can honestly say it was one of the best, most relaxing weekends, that I have had in a long time. I feel refreshed.......well kind of, the adults did stay up late having cocktails both nights, so I am feeling a bit sluggish at the moment. I am finding that my kids are like a fine wine (that I drank this weekend) and are getting better with age.............
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