Oh, how I wish I had stopped to snap some photos last night. But when you are running around the backyard with your 3 year old it's tough to remember things like that!
Last night Scott was able to come home from work early. We had dinner and then spent some time working in the garden. We trimmed our tomato plant, which is MASSIVE and watered newly planted squash and eggplant. Then we decided for a walk around the neighborhood.
Sam loves to ride his John Deer tractor, so he took the lead as our official "line leader." Being the line leader means that you get to be super bossy with the rest of the family making sure no one tries any funny business....like cutting. It's serious work.
We made it home which is a miracle in and of itself. Reagan usually becomes bored with riding at the halfway point and chooses to walk by herself. When you are 1 year old everything is big and exciting. Every rock. Every dirt pile. Every neighbor. You get the idea.
When we got home it was still warm outside and I was thinking about baths. So, despite protests from my husband, I stripped the kids and got out the water hose in the backyard. They ran around the yard and I hit them with the water, soaped them up, and rinsed. Reagan has too much Scott in her and decided this was no fun at all. So, she and Scott snuggled while Sam and I played. Sam has a little of his momma running through his veins. He loved the silliness. He ran around for almost 45 minutes. Part of that time he took the hose and in the end we both ended up soaked from head to toe.
I wish all that running meant that he fell right asleep, but no one was that lucky. I wasn't in the mood to fight bedtime so I opted for a camp out instead. We used the kitchen chairs to build our tent and then slept underneath it together. Of couse we didn't have to worry about bugs or wild animals...Sam had his trusted lantern on ALL NIGHT to keep them at bay!
What a great start to Mother's Day weekend!
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