We had a small family gathering on Sunday for Fathers day and to celebrate Ryan's 4th birthday early. The weather was menacing for a good part of the day but we did manage to have a nice afternoon outdoors. We all had a nice visit while the kids played and squabbled around us! I always enjoy it when we have 'all' our of parent here together. Dad was handy with the BBQ for me this year. Saved me from running in and out 57 times! We wisely decided to eat indoors as the storm that had threatened all day arrived full force near the end of dinner. My mother always does too much and makes herself tired instead of sitting and enjoying the company. One day I will get her to sit down for more than a fraction of a second and let me do it! Ryan got some great gifts from his grandparents again this year. He is going to very much enjoy his new 'digger'. I find the dart guns very funny considering that I have always been very anti gun for the kids and I even bought them! But the darts stick to the windows and the sound they make when they hit makes me giggle! I know I need to get out more!! Mind you when they start shooting each other in the face, they will have to go to toy heaven.
We made out trek to a sorta far away place for baseball last night. Far enough away for a team of 6 and 7yr olds. The other team coach decided that instead of letting all the kids have fun we needed to bench some them. Not really cool. We are there for fun, for all the kids! But what ever....in the end we WON! HA!! I am trying to teach the kids that is all in the how you play ed the game and all that stuff but I am still way too excited when they win. Mind you that also means that they played their very best! Right? Right! What better reward than that.
We are down to 7 school days now. Ugh. I dread summer. I'm sure my mom did too. We have a basement full of toys and a yard with sufficient toys yet it is and endless stream of fighting and 'I'm bored' and we're hot...blah blah. I don't remember wanting to come in but at that time parents didn't worry about the kids being taken and we were always out and about. Our kids are unfortunately confined to the yard. The kids that are out and about these days are the one that we want to keep FAR FAR away form ours! Sad that no one seems to be there to parent them too.
Lets hope for the best for the summer season!! Time goes by so fast, I need to make more effort to enjoy what is here in front of me at the monent, no matter what it is.