The Parks: June 2010

Mother's Day 2010

Soooo, it's been quite awhile since I blogged. So long that I have really forgotten what has been happening since mid-April which is when I last blogged. Thank goodness for my trusty camera...according to my camera this is what's been going on for the last month and a half!

Spending time with Gma and Gpa pretty much every weekend. Now that it's such beautiful weather we spend a lot of time outside in the sprinklers, riding bikes, blowing bubbles and just plain having fun! This particular weekend was Mother's Day weekend...and yes, they are running around in their socks. Don't ask.

Mother's Day 2010.

I love this girl...

St. Augustine weekend vacation, #1 - Memorial Day. Got to spend some time at my dad's office...Like a Good Neighbor!

Can you tell he was happy to see us?!

Fun times at the pool...

Got new car seats...thanks to my coworker who made me realize that our old carseats only lasted up to 40 pounds. Oops!!!!

Next up...bikes!

Bikes

Last year my coworker, who has boy/girl twins that are 5 years older than TJ and Olivia, asked if I wanted their old bikes. I rarely turn down hand-me-downs so I gladly took the bikes/training wheels off of their hands and hung the bikes up in our garage. Thanks to Gpa we finally got them down for the kids to ride. I was SURE that they weren't big enough for bikes with training wheels. Boy was I wrong! I can't believe how fast they've grown. We took the bikes to Gma and Gpa's house where they would have more room to ride.

We discovered a flat in one of the bikes...but here are Handy TJ and Olivia to the rescue!

They were pretty excited about helping to fix this flat;)

My two favorite men!

Once the flat was fixed, they started riding...

...and didn't want to stop! Olivia, at times, was more focused on her bag o' potato chips that Gma gave to her. You can see her munching on some in this picture.

There is a Spiderman and a Hummer bike. They don't seem to have a preference...

Notice Olivia's face while riding...

...and this is Olivia's face when we told her it was time to come in.

Of course Gpa (the posterchild for a grandparent) was willing to stay out there as long as she wanted!

I think she has a little more growing to do...like 3.5 feet...before she can ride Gpa's giant bike;)

But, of course, you couldn't tell that to Olivia!

This is one of my most fond memories that I have as a child with Dad...walking up the length of his legs and then flipping over. Olivia is following in my footsteps!

Next up...St. Augustine weekend #2!

St. Augustine Weekend, Part 2

What was originally meant to be a weekend trip to Columbus, turned into an impromptu St. Augustine vacation. So wonderful and relaxing!

We originally set out on Friday morning to take the kids to play at the neighborhood playground but RIGHT when we were about to get the kids out of the truck, a man with his pitbull decided that the playground was an appropriate place for his pitbull to run around while he did pullups on the swings. So since we are not familiar with playgrounds in St. Johns/Duval County, I went to the Parks and Rec website to scope out some possible alternatives. Here we are at this terrible playground in Jacksonville. I won't name any names, but this was a terrible excuse for a playground. F. The kids did seem to enjoy themselves a little...I mean, anywhere that has a slide and rings is okay with them...

After the terrible park, we headed to Larry's Subs. Yummy!

We finished just in time to take the kids to see their first movie at the movie theater - Toy Story 3. They loved it! TJ definitely takes after his dad in that he will sit at attention and watch an entire movie...no sweat. Olivia is more like her mom. She sat quietly through it, but you could tell she was a little restless and was fighting sleep. My girl! (I have been known to fall asleep in the theater before the OPENING credits...darn previews get me everytime).

Although they don't look like it in this picture, they did enjoy the experience. They haven't stopped talking about it!