Bird Watching is Fun

Another nice day.  Took the kids outside and played for a few hours after supper.  Jason put up bird feeders in the yard so now I can be a bird watcher and take endless pictures of them.  Birds are amazing!

Park Hopping

It turned out to be another beautiful day today.  Jason's mom came over and went for a walk with the kids and I on the trail and played at the park across the street.  SO nice to feel the warm sun.

After Nana left we decided to go park hopping.  First we stopped at Pettibone Park, then Hokah Park and finally at Houska Park.  We enjoyed every bit of sunshine the day had to offer.  The kids went to bed great tonight after all that running and playing.

Hungry Seagulls

After work my mom and I took the kids to Riverside Park to feed the birds.  It was supposed to be 70 today but the wind nearly blew us away.  Always nice to be outside.

Norskadalen and Outside fun

I love rope swings.  I love that we have one hanging from our tree in our front yard.  Jason would like to cut it down but I love it.

 

Norskadalen is one of the best places to visit.

 

A deer decided to join us.

At the park.

Perrot Park Sunset

Today was beautiful.  Took the kids to a "Veggie Tales Party".  Riley's little friend from daycare had a party and invited us to come.  There were about ten kids there and they all brought their own pillows and blankets to watch the Veggie Tales movie.  It was cute and I am glad we went.

I went for a 20 minute run on the trail today.  It was the first time it was dry enough to run on. 

Then after dinner I drove to Perrot Park to enjoy the sunset.  I was the only person out there and it was so peaceful.  There were hundreds of tundra swans in the distance and they were making that high pitched sound they make, it was so beautiful and peaceful.  Wasn't expecting to see the tundra swans so that was a nice surprise. 

Here are some pictures of some sparrows in my parents back yard.

Here are some turkey vultures, at first I thought they were eagles and I was all excited.  Turkey vultures sure are big and ugly. 

Went in the kitchen and found Austin in a laundry basket.

There is always tomorrow.

Today pretty much sucked.  This morning Riley woke up at 4am because his night light burnt out, then somehow he ended up in my bed until it was time to get up and I let him because I was too tired to protest. 

One minute prior to heading out the door for work/school, Riley bonked the corner of his eye on the corner of our coffee table.  He was screaming bloody murder and I was afraid to even look.  His eye was bleeding but luckily no severe damage, he just looked like he got punched.  That was probably a good topic at school today.  When I picked him up he said the teacher took him to the school nurse and he got an ice pack to put on it.  Poor kid.

After work I had the bright idea to take the kids to A & W for supper because Jason hadn't slept all day and I thought it would be good to get out of the house.  I forgot that two kids in a public restaurant is a lot of work and one does not have enough hands to take on this small, yet stressful task.  The kids were good but Riley had to sit next to me in the booth and then Austin had a fit because he wanted to sit next to me too.  So I was at a booth with one kid on my lap and the other right next to me.  Then I ordered a PLAIN chz burger kids meal for Rye and of course they delivered it with pickles on it.  I took the pickles off right away and since there was nothing else to scrape off I thought it would be fine.  Riley took a few bites before he declared "the cheese tasted funny like pickle juice or something."  I was not about to wait another 20 minutes for them to make another burger so I somehow got him to eat most of it even with the pickle juice taste on it. 

Riley of course has to go to the bathroom during our meal too.  When I left to help him Austin started fussing so I let him go in the men's room alone to go poop.  He came out when he was done, with his pants up at least, asking if I could check his butt.  He is not the best wiper and at home he always wants us to check and make sure it is wiped good but at the restaurant I could have done without a butt check. 

Finally we were about done eating and I was getting ready to go.  The waitress comes over and asks if the kids would like their ice cream cones now or to go.  What do you think they wanted?  They wanted them now.  So we got some tall, soft serve, drippy, messy cones for my kids to eat with just me trying to keep them from making a huge mess.  That was a challenge when both cones were dripping all over.  Fun times at A & W.   

So that was my day. 

There is always tomorrow.=)