Spring has officially sprung here in Beaufort, and that means that Allen and I have started enjoying the outdoors again. In fact, yesterday, we spent just about the entire afternoon out of doors.
We started with almost taking a bike ride. First, on Allen's trike (he subsequently decided he'd rather not pedal), then on Mom's bike ... until she saw how far it was buried in the shed (Daddy will have to fish it out for them). Just because the bike ride got canceled, doesn't mean we can't still wear the helmet, though.
He wore it while he rolled around in the sand, and poured sand all over himself.
Then it protected his head while he poured rocks over himself.
Fortunately, he decided not to wear it to the park. Because, honestly, Mom would have been mortified. We enjoyed a snack (or picnic) at the park, and then played for awhile. Mom almost took him down the slide, but chickened out at the last minute. Can't get past that claustrophobia (it's one of those tube slides).
Then we were off to see Miss Nancy at The Storybook Shoppe. The best place in the world (other than our shop, of course). And we hadn't seen Miss Nancy since her return from Australia. Allen immediately found the little table at the back and started working on some Curious George puzzles, while Mommy and Miss Nancy caught up and discussed appropriate books for a certain six-year-old who is coming to visit soon. After a long visit, we left the shoppe with two Dr. Seuss books.
We got home just in time for Daddy's arrival, and then walked back up to the Marketplace to dine at our favorite local haunt, Maggie's. Bad idea. After the busy afternoon we'd had, Allen was too tired to sit still or behave at dinner. I won't go into detail, but let's just say it involved shoes on the table and screaming. Oh, and telling the owner that he didn't like the food. Not embarrassing at all ....
On the way home, Allen informed us that the word mail starts with the letter M. "Mail and Malcolm start with M," he explained. Genius. We quizzed him on a few more words, and he got most of them right. Child prodigy, don't you think?
We ended the evening with a casual family worship viewing of the David video (in our bed. Where the only DVD player in the house is).
All in all, it was a good day. A very good day.
xoxo,
AHC
3 comments:
Personally, I would privately (of course) like to hear about the atrocious behavior at dinner.
Can't wait to check out The Story Shoppe and Maggies (if you can show your face there again).
Glad to hear the weather is moving toward spring!
Hey looks so very grown up...what happened to that baby boy?
When H was little we were able to convince him that his was also a football helmet. So he would go in the backyard and wear it while playing football - really adorable. I H-A-T-E that I am going to miss the Spring Break trip and seeing Beaufort and all the great places you talk about. Guess I will wait for the updates here.
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