Morning At The Park.

The kids and I went to the park this morning. We met up with our friends Julie and her kids Seth, Lilah and Isaac. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. The park was empty, which surprised me. Sophia and Grisham played on the play equipment while Genevieve and Brenner hung out in the swings. Sophia did have to spend some time in timeout for leaving the play area, repeativly. She can be sooo stubborn! Grisham had to pee outside for the first time. That was interesting. Anyway, after some play time I got out the bubbles for the kids. I think it is so funny how kids love bubbles. I wonder at what point do they lose interest in them? Hopefully no time soon!! It is great entertainment. I really do enjoy these little play dates. The kids have fun and I get to have some nice conversations with the moms. Although sometimes the conversations trickle into unknown territory for me. I mean I know that I am not a brainyach (not sure about the spelling here). Many of the moms that I meet up with are very intelligent women with strong opinions (we are talking lawyers and master degrees people). They all married doctors so they have to be intellectually equal. I know you are all thinking yah yah you married a doctor too. My argument there is, Yes, I know but all I have ever wanted to be is a wife and a mom nothing more and Scott knew that. I am just dull and boring and I am happy to be that way:) I think I should stick to topics that I know well like my kids and only my kids. I need to remember who's company I am keeping or find myself treading in unknown water. I can pretend with the best of them that's for sure. Any who, back to the kids. They had a great time at the park and Grisham has been doing this really cute thing. He loves to give everyone hugs and say "I love you" to all his friends. The other day when Sophia left, he ran over to the window and yelled " I love you Sophia!" He continued to yell it until Sophia was down the street. So cute!!
Over the past month Genevieve has been sick with all sorts of yucky things. She is finally better and her appetite is better too. The other night I made baked ziti and she ate more than Grisham and I combined! It is so good to see her eating again. She needs to put some meat on those bones.

Playdate

My friends decided to get together for an impromptu play date on Monday. As soon as I read the email we were out the door. I needed to get out of the house. We met up at the Rainbow Play systems. The outdoor play equipment indoors. We really like it there. Grisham and Sophia ran off to do there own thing and the babies and I found some swings. The place was a ghost town, just our group and it was wonderful. No lines for anything, well except the roller coaster ride. Grisham did have a hard time being patient waiting for his turn. We there for a little over an hour but we did have a great time and like I said I needed to get out. Mission accomplished!

New Do

Genevieve's hair is finally long enough to gather into a pony tail. The front falls out and pops right back into a mohawk. It works...for now.

Caught Red Handed

Look what I found Genevieve doing in the laundry room. She emptied the whites basket, pulled out all the dogs bowl and ransacked the shopping bag container. I think she was trying to figure out how to get to the dog food next.

Sun and Fun

We have been enjoying some awesome weather the past few days, so I decided to set up the sprinkler for the kids. I hope to have a larger wadding pool her soon. Anyway, Grisham and Sophia loved the sprinkler. The babies not so much. They played in the sand and enjoyed the sun. I had to put a girly looking hat on Brenner to keep the sun off. He was not a fan!!

Animals and Sam's Birthday Party

For Genevieve's birthday my mom and dad got her this blow up penguin. It has balls in it and when you push on it the penguin will fall down and bounce right back up and it sings too. We couldn't fit it in our luggage so mom mailed it to use. It arrived in the mail and Grisham thinks for some reason that it is his new wrestling partner. Genevieve isn't too fond of that idea. She does like to play with it if big brother isn't around.
We had a wonderful weekend. The weather was amazing so as soon as Brenner went home Friday afternoon we went to the zoo. As expected it was packed. We went straight to the aquarium. Grisham's favorite. I really like it in the summer because it is air conditioned and they have nice benches to sit on. Quite a relief. After the aquarium we went over to the manatees. I could watch them forever. I would love to see one up close and not through glass. We headed over to the play area but didn't stay long. Grisham insisted on trying to go up this huge slide. He was blocking the way for others who were trying to go down the slide. So we left to see the Gorillas. There was a huge crowd at the outdoor exhibit. Turns out Mac the silver back was out and showing off. He was running up to the glass and pounding his chest. He even started throwing a large stick at the window. He seemed really mad to me but the zoo keeper said he was just showing off. Hey, what do I know anyway.
Saturday was full of yard work. I love yard work, especially when it is gorgeous outside. I mowed the lawn and then we all went to home depot to get some dirt and grass seed. I wanted to fill in the holes that were left from putting in the patio a year ago. I am also thinking that about creating a rock garden at the rear of our yard. There is this shady spot that only grows weeds so to dress it up I think that I may place rocks and a birdbath too.
Sunday afternoon we went to little Sam Fink's Birthday party. It is always fun to get the kids together. especially at an awesome park like Homestead. We had yummy veggies and pizza. Then we sang happy birthday to Sam. After we had some cake we needed to get going. Both kids were exhausted. Early to bed.