If you go down to the woods today....

Thursday, April 14, 2011

James was on day shift on this day.  He had training, and while I'm sure it wasn't a very exciting day for him, we were thrilled that we were going to spend the evening with him.  The boys and I spent the morning outside.  We began by playing in the sandbox, which quickly led to Drew and Hunter helping me in the garden.  Their job was to dig the weeds out...and stay away from the plants.  They mostly followed the instructions.

The day before, Drew had left his dump truck in our back garden, so our work moved there.  This garden is ridiculous, and needs some major overhauling in the next few weeks.  I've been told that there is going to be a sale in the rental department at Home depot starting May 1st, so we're going to wait until then.

This is what a garden looks like when you don't touch it for a season.  Pretty impressive that the crocus' and the tulips still came up.  Strong little flowers!

View to our north field.

My favourite tree to the right.

The boys decided they wanted to head out to the field....this led them wanting to head out to the bush.  I agreed, and on we trudged.  I should have known better.  A walk back to the bush takes a wee bit of energy, and I didn't bring any snacks, or drinks.

We made it to the creek, and the boys played there for a while.  Drew found the bridge, and inevitably fell into the creek.  Cold feet, hungry and tired boy do not make for the most pleasant walk home.  It was great to take them back there though.  The next time I will be better prepared, and then we will have a better walk home.  That place has special meaning to me.  As a kid, I spent a lot of time back there.  It was a magical place, where I could pretend I was anyone or anything.  My grandma took me (and then my brother too, when he was old enough) on hikes back there every spring.  We would hunt for leeks (so my grandma could make my papa soup) and my favourite flower (jack in the pulpit).  I always looked forward to those hikes, and couldn't help but think of my grandma as I took my boys back there.

Hunter throwing grass into the little creek.

Once we made it back to the house, we dried off, had lunch, Hunter had a nap and then we headed out to meet some friends at Springridge.  I bought a season's pass, so I'm sure we'll be back there a whole bunch this year.  The boys had a great time with their friends, I had a great time with my mommy friends and daddy surprised us by meeting us there after work.

On the way out, James told Drew to tell me that we were going to McDonald's for dinner, but that they would surprise me by going to East Side Mario's.  Drew turns to me and says, "mommy, we're going to East Side Mario's for dinner".  James says, "Drew you ruined the surprise!"  Drew says, "No daddy, we're going to surprise mommy and really go to McDonald's".

Surprise!

We went to McDonald's for dinner.  What a lovely surprise.  LOL

It was bedtime for the boys when we got home, James and I enjoyed a bottle of wine while watching our DVR'd survivor.

A great day/night for all of us.  LOVE when James is on day shift!!