{first float ever of the season}
We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and made our way to a park nearby that has a quiet lake where the boys could practice their skills in the water. We called and invited my in-laws to come have lunch with us and do some fishing as well.
We've had nothing but rain in our area for a month straight so sitting in the sunshine wearing shorts was the best feeling in the world. The kids played frisbee and fished (with no bait) for quite a while.
It wasn't long before Jon and David came back from their "learning" and invited the kids to take turns, thankfully we had a life jacket for them to share.
Of course they didn't catch a thing on their little Spongebob pole, but they didn't care one bit because they weren't sitting in the house, they were burning off energy in the sunshine.
Jon said it was so peaceful out on the water, the kids nearly fell asleep on the ride!
{papa fixing the pole one more time}
We ran uptown to find bait but no luck so we bought a couple of beef sticks and cut small pieces off...still no luck but we tried!
When Nonna offered to play catch with Ryan he told her "sure but only for a few minutes because girls don't play catch."
{let's race}
{dad cheated}
As we were getting ready to pick up and go, Haylee said she needed to go pee but there wasn't a bathroom nearby so I convinced her to go behind a tree. I told her to drop her skirt and underwear (take them off) and then squat to pee.
In her three year old mind I said "drop your skirt and underwear to the ground and wizz all over them...actually just stand there and stare at the pile of underwear you are peeing all over!" We had no idea how we'd get her home without pants or underwear so I panicked and then came up with an idea.
Her brother wears boxer briefs...how happy do you think he was when I asked for them?
After being cooped up all winter because of the snow and then weeks on end because of the rain, so this day couldn't have been more needed. We had so much fun as a family doing the simple things and we're already talking about doing much more of it this summer!















