Saturday, the first official day of Spring, we had our chance. We decided to go out for a leisurely drive & just do what looked fun. The boys promptly fell asleep in the car but Ethan woke up just as we passed the Scott Co. Fairgrounds in Georgetown. They had a great looking park which he had noticed as well. We told him we'd come back because Alex was sleeping and we needed to wait for him to wake up. About 15 minutes later, on a country road, Ethan said, "OH! I have to pee!" Once again thankful that he's a boy & can pee anywhere, we found a spot to pull over. But, he didn't want to pee by the car - he wanted to pee in that creek...sure, why not? He missed the creek (my fault - I didn't want to go swimming so didn't let him get close enough) but did a fine job of peeing in a gopher hole. Life was good.
Back in the car, Alex was awake. Ethan's first thought: "Now can we go to the park, Mama?" Absolutely. This park was fantastic. They had lots of different sizes & shapes of slides, swings & jungle gyms. They also had two concrete things that looked like sand castles made for kids to play with their cars with little paths perfect for hot wheels type cars. We didn't have any with us but two other little boys were very into sharing. The boys played well for a bit but when more kids came over who were more into grabbing than sharing, it was time to go. We didn't go far - just to get our kites. We had great fun with Ethan's Batman, Alex's frog & Steve's dinosaur. The frog & dinosaur were heavier nylon so harder to keep in the air than Ethan's plastic Batman. He definitely proved to be the best flier that day. When Alex got restless and told us it was time to go, we packed it in. Ethan wasn't thrilled to say the least but we promised to go back another time so he relented.
Though we were out all day with only about 30 minutes of sleep in the car, the boys were really very good. Alex went to bed a little early but Ethan got to stay up to watch Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs with me on Disney. Poor kid though, he wanted to see it but was tired and kept asking if it was bedtime yet. I kept telling him he could go to bed but when he realized we didn't have the movie to watch later, he opted to stay up. If I'd checked the guide, I'd have known it was coming on again Sunday. Then again, by staying up later, he slept till 9:30 which meant he didn't disturb his brother so we all to sleep in. An absolutely wonderful 1st day of Spring!
Picture is not from this weekend - from the boys first "fight kying" adventure last week.
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