A Trip to Peachtree City

On this morning, Kelley decided to drive the kids down to Peachtree City.  We drove around town to see houses that she lived in, as well as Grandma Eloise with Papa Steve and old friends.  Then we went to Huddleston Elementary, where she went for fourth through sixth grade.  The kids had fun playing on their playground.  Of course our little monkey loved the monkey bars.

They both liked the balance beam because it was curvy and not like the boring straight ones.

Owen and Kelley played catch with a tennis ball.  The boy was all over that!

And the girl child played in the dirt.  She is fascinated by playing in the dirt.  Always.

We cooled off in a little pergola before it was time to meet a friend for lunch at Partners II Pizza.

Owen asked for photos to be taken while his sister studied the dirt.

He was so cooperative and surprised me in continuing to ask for his picture to be taken.  Yay Owen!

Chloe found a lightning bug.  She let it crawl on her arms for awhile before she asked if she could squash.  She was a bit disappointed when she was told she was not allowed to squash the lightning bug.  And then even more disappointed when she wasn't allowed to bring it in the car.  Silly girl.

Our Evening With Chloe

Owen got picked up from after-school by the Grandmas, so we decided to take Chloe out for dinner.  We let her choose between Waffle House and IHOP.  She chose WH and snuggled up next to Daddy.

Then she wanted Daddy to move over to my bench and take pictures of the two of us.  Chloe did a great job takings pics!

After dinner, we went to Kidstock Park where she could be a little monkey.

Chloe climbed up on top of pretty much everything in the playground.  :)

She swung from the monkey bars and did an excellent job getting across them all by herself!

I love the tongue being used in concentration to help her from one side to the other!

We were surprised that the misters hadn't been turned off yet with the colder weather.  Leave it to our child to test them out and then keep pressing it over and over.

And over. Apparently this helped quench her thirst.

Can you tell she got her hair pretty wet in the mister before we made her stop?

Back to the monkey bars...she just couldn't get enough of them!

So determined!

Merry Go Round Fun

Todd had a tennis match this morning in another neighborhood.  The courts were surrounded by tall trees a good fifty years old and there was a wonderful playground right in the middle.  One of the few that still has a real merry-go-round that hasn't been removed in fear of liability law suits.  The kids have no memory of ever seeing a merry-go-round before.  But I remember one at Blanchette Park in St. Charles that I absolutely loved when I was a kid.  It was the source of much fun, running and laughter.  

They had so much fun running around the merry-go-round!

Hopping on and off as they pushed it as fast as they could go.

They took turns pushing each other.

And worked together running to make it go even faster.

There wasn't any arguing.  Any.  None.  Nada.

There were a couple of falls and then they were dragged a few feet as they hung on.  But surprisingly, no tears.  Just muddy knees.

I love it when they have so much fun together and just play.

When they are effortlessly the best of friends.

Owen and Todd played a little volleyball together with the green bouncy ball.

And Chloe made a new friend.  Do you remember when it was so easy to make a new friend?  To walk up and just begin playing with a complete stranger?  I wish it were so easy to do as an adult!  Chloe played with this little girl for several hours and never learned her name.

The kids also rested and watched Daddy play tennis.  They cheered him on and encouraged him with every shot he hit.

This was a fun morning out.  The kids played hard.  They watched their Daddy play tennis.  They laughed.  And there was no complaining, whining or arguing.  It was heaven. :)

Picnic and Play

After church, the kids changed clothes and we walked up to the tennis courts and playground with Dylan.  Chloe ran ahead of us.

The kids ate lunch in the shade of the deck while we watched Daddy play tennis with one of his friends.

Little mush faces!

Like their Momma, they both just love peanut butter and jelly samiches :)

After they were done eating, we walked over to the playground so they could be little monkeys.

My hamstring hurts just looking at this picture.  But the Bean is so limber.

Little Monkey and Little Dangle :)

Then is was Chloe's turn to see the world from up high.

Once they tired of the playground, we moved to the sand of the volleyball court.  They had fun burying their feet in the sand, as well as the nerf football.

It was a hot afternoon and there were some teenagers hanging out with dirty mouths, so we didn't stay very long.  Which was just as well.  I had forgotten to put sunblock on any of us.  Thankfully, the kids didn't get burned.  But I got a nasty sunburn on the back of my neck and top of my shoulders.  Sunburns in April.  Wow.