Man, what a fantastic weekend! The weather was amazing, a taste of summer. Saturday Riley's Cub Scout Den took a hike in some woods next to us. They brought along bags to pick up trash while they were hiking. Evidently, some kids use that area to play with little plastic bb's because there were TONS on the ground, which the kids LOVED to pick up. At least they aren't using paintballs and ruining the woods. haha
Our weekend shopping which featured a stop at Cold Stone - both kids got cotton candy ice cream. LOL! Riley helped mow the lawn while we pulled weeds and cleaned up. We have a push mower which I use when I'm not in a hurry because it saves on gas and gives me a little more exercise. Riley loves to use it and did a great job, though got tired about half way through - it's tough to push it.
Sunday the weather was even better. Riley had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon. He wanted one of us to stay there with him, but we talked him into just letting us drop him off. He's at that age now where we can do that, and we would have been bored staying there. He had a GREAT time and didn't miss us at all! COOL!
While he was gone, we did more yard work, pulling more weeds, spraying weed killer on some, fertilzing, etc. It was sooooo nice to be able to wear shorts again! I turned on the sprinklers and made sure they were all pointing in the right directions.
When Riley got back, he and Maddie took turns driving his electric Jeep. He almost doesn't fit anymore! And after a few times of needing some help, Maddie was doing really well! She really liked that, and having Riley drive her around. Riley got bored with that and started racing Marci on their Razors. From about 9am until we went to bed at 8:30pm, we had the windows in the house open. Ahhhhhh.....
Today (Monday) it's supposed to be about 72 (it's 65 at 11:20am). I was tempted to call in sick and stay home to have some fun. But Maddie's at her preschool and Riley is at school. So I probably would have stayed inside playing Guitar Hero World Tour all day. haha
We got a lot of stuff done but also had a blast doing stuff as a family. It was really a great weekend!
Our weekend shopping which featured a stop at Cold Stone - both kids got cotton candy ice cream. LOL! Riley helped mow the lawn while we pulled weeds and cleaned up. We have a push mower which I use when I'm not in a hurry because it saves on gas and gives me a little more exercise. Riley loves to use it and did a great job, though got tired about half way through - it's tough to push it.
Sunday the weather was even better. Riley had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon. He wanted one of us to stay there with him, but we talked him into just letting us drop him off. He's at that age now where we can do that, and we would have been bored staying there. He had a GREAT time and didn't miss us at all! COOL!
While he was gone, we did more yard work, pulling more weeds, spraying weed killer on some, fertilzing, etc. It was sooooo nice to be able to wear shorts again! I turned on the sprinklers and made sure they were all pointing in the right directions.
When Riley got back, he and Maddie took turns driving his electric Jeep. He almost doesn't fit anymore! And after a few times of needing some help, Maddie was doing really well! She really liked that, and having Riley drive her around. Riley got bored with that and started racing Marci on their Razors. From about 9am until we went to bed at 8:30pm, we had the windows in the house open. Ahhhhhh.....
Today (Monday) it's supposed to be about 72 (it's 65 at 11:20am). I was tempted to call in sick and stay home to have some fun. But Maddie's at her preschool and Riley is at school. So I probably would have stayed inside playing Guitar Hero World Tour all day. haha
We got a lot of stuff done but also had a blast doing stuff as a family. It was really a great weekend!
