Yesterday morning found us all shivering at Rotary Park. It was Momstown's "early" earth day clean-up. Since actual earth day falls on good friday, Momstown decided to hold it's event a week early. There were only a couple families that showed up for this event, probably because of the weather. It was FREEZING! It was windy, and brutal outside! Thank goodness for the sun at least.
We were outfitted with our gloves and garbage bags as soon as we got there, and then off we went...hunting for garbage. We found some pretty nasty things near the baseball diamond. I'm sure you can imagine...apparently it's the local teenager hangout. I'd say that between the 3 families that were there, we did a pretty good job of cleaning up the area. Drew really got into it, and was so excited whenever he found a piece of garbage. They have been talking about littering at school, so this really hit home with him. I was very glad to have James there with me. He stuck with Drew, and that allowed me to take Hunter back to the playground when he started freaking out because of the wind. Not sure how I would have handled that if I had been on my own.
Once the park was cleaned to the children's satisfaction, the kids had fun at the playground. Rotary park is one of the few parks with sand under the playground. We had brought our recycling box full of trucks, shovels, buckets and tractors for all to enjoy. The kids had a blast, and a snack (courtesy of Momstown). Once we were all frozen, James and I packed the boys into the van and headed over to the Ivy Arms for lunch. It was delicious, but we were disappointed when we went to pay. We had bought a WagJag certificate and tried to use it, only to find out that it wasn't applicable to the lunch specials (which we had ordered). We were annoyed, but on the bright side, we will just have to go back again sometime! I'm thinking a date night, perhaps??
After lunch, our next stop was the Woodbine centre to play at the Fantasy Fair. It's an indoor amusement park and playground which we had bought a WagJag certificate for. Thankfully, this certificate was accepted. The boys had a blast, and we ended up staying there for the entire afternoon/evening....having dinner in the food court of the mall. It was exhausting, I had a huge headache at the end of the night...but totally worth it. Drew was talking about all the things he did today. Love when that happens.
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| The boys were adorable. Full of hugs for each other the whole time. |
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| Drew and Hunter rode on the train in a seat by themselves (James and I were behind them). They were so excited. Drew had his arm around Hunter the whole time and was pointing things out to him. So cute! |
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| He was so mad at this ride. The boat wouldn't go anywhere....I thought at one point, he was going to jump out and push it. |
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| Cherry chip timbits! So exciting, not an easy find. We had to take this photo to send to Nana and Papa. |
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| Hunter wanted to show his timbit too. |
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| Tonka trucks at the dollar store?!?! Hell yes!!!! |
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| This Baskin Robbins must be a gold mine. It is the bargaining tool that most parents use to get their kids out of the amusement park. Constantly a line there. The ice cream was super good though! James and I each had one of their new mini-parfaits. I had a Reese's peanut butter cup one....YUM!!! Also, note how exhausted the boys are! |
Another great day!!
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