Praise Him for family time.

How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me? Psalm 116:12

This week has been all about doctor's appointments. Monday I had to go in for blood work, Tuesday I had to take Emerson to the pediatric dentist for his broken tooth, and Wednesday I had to meet with my Ob/Gyn. By Thursday, I was so glad to just be home. The weather has been pretty rainy all week, which doesn't help my PMS, but hey, what can you do?

I was so glad it was nicer today. Brian did a little work in the yard this morning and the kids actually slept past 7. Thank you, Lord, for small miracles! I had planned for us all to go to The Butterfly House since Sydney's class just finished an entire unit on bugs, especially focusing on the life cycle of the caterpillar/butterfly, but after a "money" talk with Brian, we decided to wait. It will only cost $16 for all of us to get in, but we are trying to be really frugal. Our plan is to be better at scheduling those types of things ahead of time so that we can really budget for them.

Instead of The Butterfly House we went to the Arnold City Park. We played on the playground for about 20 minutes first. Emerson's favorite thing is the spaceship that's attached into the ground. You sit on it, and it bounces. Of course, sharing is out of the question. When he's on it, he does not want me to join him. Oh well, I just had to wait my turn.

While at the park, I also had to remind Avery that the slide might be a little wet/dirty. Last time we were at this park she slid down through a little muddy water and was not very happy about it. She was better after I let her use a baby wipe on her pants, but then the rest of the time she kept announcing to me, loudly, "Mommy, I'm going down the slide again, but I will be VERY CAREFUL of the pee!"

I didn't want other parents to think there was actually pee on the slide, so every time she said that, I would respond, "OK honey, but it's not pee. It's just dirty water."

Another big hit at the park is the geese. The kids LOVE them, especially Emerson. Although, he thinks they are all ducks, which he adorably calls, "duck-uhs." It takes all my energy to keep him from chasing them all over the place. I wouldn't mind, except that I have heard that geese can be pretty mean, and I don't want them to turn on him.

After playing, we had our picnic of drinks, apples, cheez-its, and sandwiches (which tasted better than usual because Brian made them so I didn't have to). It was starting to get windy by that point so we didn't linger. It was about time for rest time for the kids, then, so we loaded up and headed home. All in all, it was a great morning!