Awesome 4th of July Weekend
We had a fun family weekend at home over the Independence Day weekend. Thursday afternoon, Kristi and the boys went to the farmer’s market, and got lots of great veggies and fresh fruit for us. Then we went out for dinner and ice cream! Since I didn’t have work on Friday, we just hung out at the house and ran a few errands, but then we took Graham and Reid to see the new Disney movie WALL-E. It was their first time at the movie theater, and they had a blast!
Afterward we just grabbed dinner at Chick-fil-A since it’s right there next to the theater. Sadly due to the rainy evening we didn’t get to experience any fireworks, but that was okay since the guys could only concentrate on WALL-E!
Saturday, Graham and I got up and went out to grab donuts and coffee for breakfast, which was cool. We mainly just hung around the house in the morning, but then we packed a picnic lunch and headed to the pool for the rest of the day. We hung out until well after naptime, and then came home and cooked baby back ribs and fresh corn for dinner. Graham even had a small ear of corn.
Sunday we really did lay low, basking the glow of all the fun we’d already had. We took some pictures of the baby birds living in our yard this summer. Then as a special surprise, we took the boys to a baseball game in the late afternoon! We have a triple A team the next town over, and it’s great to head to the ballpark for an afternoon game. Our team started out slowly, but we got to see a home run and several nice hits.
This was another first for the kids. We really had fun although it was super-humid. Graham loved seeing the mascot Wool E. Bull, the games that were played between innings, and of course he had a thousand questions about the game and what was going on. Be sure to check out all our pictures from the game.
We thankfully got seats under the covered area behind home plate, because it started pouring rain in the middle of the 6th inning. That was okay, because it was bedtime about then anyway. We bought a new hat for Graham, and we headed home and got to bed!
Big-time family fun weekend!
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Our family had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. We first went to the NC Zoo, which is the nation’s largest walk-through natural-habitat zoo. We saw tons of animals up close, and got some great pictures. We got there as early as we could, and I think we beat most of the crowd. The boys did a great job of making it all day, considering that they did not get their normal nap. Graham was mesmerized by the Harbor Seals and Sea Lions; I think they were his favorite.
He was very excited to see the Polar Bears; but Willy was feeling very lazy when we got there. He was not all about moving around; he just slept sprawled out on the rocks.
We saw Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Ostriches, Bears, Cougars, Alligators, Rhinoceroses, and lots more. Be sure to check out all the pictures we took from the trip!
The following day was the first day of pool season at our neighborhood club. Daddy and Graham cruised out there in the late afternoon. We figured that it’d be packed right at the beginning on opening day, and also the water was a tad chilly since it is very early summer. Graham jumped in the big pool twice, and played in the baby pool a lot. We had a great time, but only stayed about an hour.
However, after pool time, we came home and our family quickly ate dinner outside so that we could make s’mores in the back yard! We have a little decorative fire pit thingy that we placed on the back patio (naturally, we had water and baking soda in case the fire got out of control)(it didn’t). It was a big hit, although Graham was somewhat partial to the marshmallows, and Reid didn’t get to have any.
So that was a ton of fun… The next day we packed up a picnic lunch and headed to the pool, where we hung out with friends and swam for a couple of hours. It was busy, but bearable considering the date. The water was still a little chilly, but Graham jumped in, and watched Daddy jump off the diving board, and all that stuff. Reid is still a little young to be slathered with sunscreen, but he dipped his feet in the baby pool (and did not like it).
Other than that, we ate al fresco on the back patio for several meals, and really enjoyed the nice weather.
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During Mother’s Day week, Kristi enjoyed a Mommies Party at preschool, which was lots of fun. We had a great Mother’s Day visit with Sassy and Grandaddy. We also visited with Graham’s and Reid’s Great-Nana and Great-Papa, which they enjoyed immensely!
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