Being Grateful and Raising Boys: Perfect little Saturday.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Perfect little Saturday.

This morning was awesome. Just perfect. Finnean came upstairs about 7:15 and had some cereal in bed with us (no milk but it did get spilled all over me) and watched George on the iPad. We win "parents of the year" because he watched until 9 am. Whoops!! Hutchinson slept til then so we didn't need to get up. It was BLISS!! We had breakfast together and then headed to the Ankeny Farmer's Market. It is nothing special but nice to go and look around. We took Finnean's bike and headed for a long walk/bike ride. I bet we went 3 miles. He was such a trooper on his bike and boy was it warm! It is so nice to be able to exercise together as a family and it is definitely a goal of ours, to stay active. Finnean spotted birds and Hutchinson cruised along in the stroller. It was a great way to start the day.

Checking out the little stream.

Snack break.

Tonight we headed to an old friend's house. Katie and Michael grew up playing together when they were the boys' age and Laura, Katie's sister, is my dear friend. SO it is the perfect opportunity to get together plus all the husbands get along swell. Laura, Abby and I all went to high school together and have continued our friendship into adulthood. It is so fun to be mom's together and be able to spend time together catching up. We find that it is quite hard to have a long converstation with all the running around of little ones but that doesn't stop us from chatting the whole time we are together. There is always a lot of laughs and stories shared. It is a bonus that we know Katie too and makes for quite the fun get together. There were three boys and two girls all under the age of 5...add in a pool, popsicles, a giant sand box, a putting green and it all equals a crazy fun night! It is quite possible that someone pooped in the yard AND Hutchinson was almost peed on...it was memorable for sure! As for the weather, it was absolutely perfect out. We couldn't have asked for a better way to spend a Saturday night!

Katie and Brian have a putting green in their back yard...yes, in their back yard! Finnean was in heaven!! I bet he hit 300 balls tonight and sunk A LOT of putts. It was so fun to watch him and boy does he love to golf. After golf, he moved on to baseball. He can hit the ball! He hit one so far that everyone declared it a homerun! It was so fun to see him play so hard and he was just an awesome little boy tonight.

So this guy is SUPER OLD! Look at him!!! Can you believe that this is Hutch baby? He won't be left behind. The sandbox was down the hill from where we were all standing around and the big boys went down to play in it. Michael said that Hutchy realized they were gone and just marched down to play too. He looked so old. I almost cried when I saw him down there, looking ridiculously old. He loved playing golf and just had a great time!

The girls and the babies. If you notice I am missing a child but he couldn't be bothered with pictures, he had golf balls to hit! I love when we can get together. Hutchinson is 6 months older than Piper and Piper 6 months older than Avett. So fun to see them grow!