So Matt was really sweet and took the day off just to hang with us. I was so glad because we were able to have a ton of fun. They're such a great family.
We started off the day pretty leisurely, ate some cinnamon rolls, the big boys played trains at Adam's train table:
And AJ tried to do bubbles with Dizzle:
Dalton rolling his eyes at the quality of the Dollar Store bubbles :)
Not really.
I quickly observed that Adam sometimes doesn't want to smile for pictures, but he did make me this face:
The kid sure does LOVE to take pictures though. He likes to do it side-by-side with another photographer it seems. I'd seen him and AJ snapping pictures of one of my kids, and he was my picture taking side-kick a time or two as well. I wanted a picture of me and him but he wasn't going for it at the time, so I had to turn my camera around at the last second to get this one:
Sneaky. Sneaky.
Our hosts were so sweet as to let Dalton get in a nap before we headed out for the day. So, while he napped we all showered and played and read stories:
I like how even though Easton is the one with the pen thingy, Adam is sending concentration help vibes with that tongue. :)
Some more jumping on the bed too, of course:
The grown ups even snuck in a game of Scene It: boys v. girls...and the boys kicked butt, gosh darn them.
Once Dalton was up we went to lunch at one of their local favorite Mexican restaurants followed by a trip to Wilson Park. Look how cute me and my new BFF are:
Matt took that.
The boys got to do some swinging:
Yet another of their Rebel's pics.
It was so cold that day that the boys wouldn't even hold onto the chains with their frozen fingers.
You can tell those above are with my weak little camera. When you see him from AJ's camera look at the detail you get:
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! It looks like he's a snot licker but really he's just got a very curious tongue. I think his real mom must be a lizard. Or a camel.
It was freezing at the park and the kids' noses and fingers were turning red, not to mention Dalton's was more than a bit runny...so we headed for some indoor fun at a place called Lokomotion. When we pulled up Jason said, "How did I know it'd be spelled wit a 'k'"? I'm not sure what that means.
The boys rode some rides, a lot of rides:
That curious tongue again:
Taking a pretend spin on the motorcycle game:
They had a mechanical bull which AJ was begging Matt to ride. She would've if she wasn't pregnant, I'm sure. It was located in the middle of a bounce house looking thing and poor Easton thought it was a bounce house and took off his little shoes to climb in. :( But Diddle got to "bounce" on the edge since he's too little for much else:
We moved outside where it had started to flurry just a bit, but we braved the elements in order to feed these fish:
The 75 cents or whatever didn't last too long with my grabby guy:
"Now what?"
So we headed on back to their house for some really delish burgers Matt did on the grill. The crazy little boys still wanted to play outside in the cold. Adam was gracious enough to share his ride-on John Deere with Easton. Apparently he's very willing to share as long as he still has his mower:
Dalton stayed warm inside with us girls. He is practicing walking with a "walker":
Eventually the little dudes had to come back in to warm up with some more jumping:
Adam did these cool round-off tricks to land on Easton's "flower bed" as E referred to it:
Easton was having so much fun that he waited too long to head to the potty. He would've made it if we were home with his little potty but at Adam's he had to move a little stool to get onto the potty himself and he let loose a bit in the process. :( Darn. He'd been doing sooooo well. I felt awful that it was on Adam's monkey rug. But again, our awesome hosts acted like it was no big deal and even let us do laundry so we wouldn't have to travel with pee pee pants! Next time I'm in Arkansas I'm definitely going back to their house.
Easton had clearly had a long day and was starting to get too cranky so he had to have a very short bath and go straight to bed. I felt bad but it really was best to give him that early bedtime. Dalton went right to bed too as he'd refused to take an afternoon nap even though I tried twice along with Jason and AJ each giving it a go as well to try to get him down. Oh well.
With all the little guys in bed so early we were able to play some more Scene It and Trivial Pursuit where I successfully embarassed myself at both. Good thing I was still having fun as some of you know how competitive I can be. We never did finish Trivial Pursuit...that can be a long game! We had to pack it up so we could get to sleep! It was a long, but super fun day in Springdale...and Fayetteville too, I believe!
5 comments:
Great pics! Moo
Yeah, I'm still jealous. LOL. I LOVE that photo of you and D at the park, it came out beautifully! Sounds like such a fun trip!
Man, that was a fun day! I remember having lots of "down time", but when you see all the pics it seems like we were REALLY busy the entire time!
And don't worry about the games that night...you didn't embarrass yourself any more than I did! :)
PS Matt said to pass this along to Jason. "You are special!"
Was Matt meaning to say, "I'M A WINNER"? Because well, I am. ;)
-J
J, I already wrote Kristin back explaining that I'm the one that's "special." Yes, I was supposed to remind you of being a winner...but you obviously don't need any reminding. Such a humble guy! ;)
And I haven't given the pee-pee incident a 2nd thought. You must remember that I live with a dog, that when sick has spontaneous projectile diarrhea. A few pee pee drops don't even faze me!
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