KEEPING THEM ON THEIR TOES

All week I have been so sleepy and a rather boring mama. On occasion I am okay with giving myself a lazy day (or three…), but I don’t want to make a habit of it. Its not fair to the girls (although they don’t complain when mama feels not so great).

Anywaaaaaaay, its Friday and perfect outside. We shoveled oatmeal into our faces threw clothes on our backs and fled from the house this morning with no plan in mind.

Penelope earned a $1.25 for taking a carton of eggs to the neighbors yesterday, so our first order of business was to buy some bread and hunt down some geese. Geese in this town seemed to be unsure of our intentions, and acted as though our bread was poisoned. We eventually gave away the entire bag of bread, and the girls were thrilled about the whole activity! On our way back to the car, they stopped to play at a playground.

We walked over to the library and scored a bunch of books. I had every intention of attending Friday story time, but of course the day I remember what time it starts they stop in for the summer. Boo.

We cheered right on up when Zack told us he was on his lunch break! I had peanut butter and apples already in the car (never know when a picnic opportunity will present itself!) so we drove right on over to the school. Ping pong and conversation! Whooo!

We were on our way home for nap time when I decided to pass our house right on by. Three quarters were stilling in the van’s change tray and we couldn’t let them sit unused any longer! Fish need to be fed. :)

We used Daddy’s hat as the fish food holder…he won’t mind…

Penelope enjoys finding the number posts. On our way our of the park she told me she was sad that she didn’t find them all. She was too busy having fun, poor thing.

We stopped into one of the museums in the park. We often over look them, but someone had to go potty. Penelope literally jumped for joy when she found ^ ^ ^ this ^ ^ ^ rock collection. No joke.

On our way out of the museum, a lady working the front desk told us about a tree people take photos on. Three years and I never once noticed it! The girls were all too happy to humor me.

Spontaneous days always seem to be the most fun for us. Thankfully this one didn’t disappoint!

TRAIL HOPPING

In my typical fashion, I abandoned laundry (but did the dishes!) and took the girls out. This time it was for location scouting, but I ended up just taking [a million] photos of my girls enjoying themselves on the trails.

Miss independent. In her own little big world.

Last Saturday the girls and I took and day trip to get the girls summer clothes (and of course  accessories!!). We picked up my mom and made it even more fun of an outing! Penelope chose dresses over shorts, and I am LOVING the choices we made!

She saw a “money.” By that I’m sure she meant a large bird. :)

Oh! The hand holding…

At trial number two we had a picnic! We started out at the picnic table, but the wind picked up and we polished lunch off in the back of the van.

We had a little shoot on the railroad tracks, and Penelope scored a rock on her way back to the car. Amelia did a face plant, and scraped her arms and hands pretty bad, so we cut our trip short. Well, we were 2+ hours into our outing, but only walked one of the three trails we intended to.

No doubt on the next sunny day we’ll finish those trails! I’m so grateful I can stay home with these beauties!!

8 AM NATURE WALK

This morning the girls and I rushed to eat breakfast, get dressed, and drag ourselves out the door. Why? I’m not sure. Maybe we just really felt the need to be outside.

We stopped by a cemetery in the park that was used in the mid-late 1800s. Penelope wanted to stay all day. She said it was pretty and she liked it there. When Amelia asked to get her blanket out of the car, we decided to find a new spot to walk around.

^  stick trumpet  ^

We drove up to our favorite path by the river, and took our sweet time.

Amelia sat down as slowly as she could, looked around and then laughed as hard as she could. I’m still not sure why she did it – or why she thought it was so funny, but it put a big smile on my face!

This girl and her blanket…yeesh.

I wonder if she’ll always have a love for blankets.

There was no shortage of mud puddles! Hooray for rain boots!!

“What do you think those are, Penelope?”

“Raisins?”

“…maybe chocolate.”

Dead snake. Is this right up there with taking photos of your food?

Before we headed back to the car, we played a game of tag. :)

We also had a picnic of tomatoes (whole tomatoes eaten like apples!), one cookie split in two, and some popcorn. All in all, we spent over two hours walking around. Couldn’t ask for a better morning.

I think we’ll head back later today with Rosie and Penelope’s bike!