Well, today’s the end of another weekend and another big day of playing.
This morning, Bethany went out to breakfast with a friend while the kids and I stayed home. The kids rode bikes, played on the trampoline, played on the swing set, played in the mud kitchen… You name it. These kids want for nothing as far as toys are concerned.
Norah spent some time on the swing – her new favorite activity.
After Norah went down for her nap, Bethany took Louisa and Margaret to the library and left Jack and me at home. I put the sprinkler on the trampoline for Jack and he had just the most fun ever.
As he was jumping on the swing, he kept yelling “Best day ever!” over and over. It just meant so much to him to be able to do this. At night, Jack prayed and thanked God that he could jump on the trampoline with the sprinkler. It’s one of those things that I, as their parent, don’t anticipate and don’t fully understand, but it sure made him happy.
In the evening, Jack and I went over to Julian’s house for our first “boys’ night” of card playing and generally horsing around. We started out playing Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza and then moved on to Uno. Jack brought the card holders (compliments of Noni) for himself and Julian and they were a big hit. After Uno, we went into the basement and played superheroes, which was basically wrestling with lots of super power talk. Jack had so much fun. We finished the evening with some Spot It. Jack did such a great job walking Julian through the instructions of the game. Jack’s already excited for the next boys’ night, and I am too.
