I was able to (barely) get my mom dates in with the three older boys before school started. I am hoping to get a Saturday morning worked in for Lucas so we can just hang out. However, he is very much a mommy’s boy lately so I get a lot of snuggle time with him. The boys have been brainstorming and thinking about what they wanted to do for awhile.
Connor’s date: We had tickets to a Twins game last week Wednesday (15th) during the fair and Connor couldn’t really decide what he wanted to do for his date, so he chose to be the one to go to the game with me. We headed up a little early and the whole way there we either listened to Harry Potter on CD or Connor read to me. We have been reading through the series since the June and are on #6. I have read #1-5, but not 6-7, so I’m excited to be reading these two for the first time with him as well. It was great having the whole car ride to read with no interruptions like we usually have. At the Twins game we sat at a window booth at the Town Ball Tavern for lunch before the game started. (A random man came up to me and told me he liked my pig tails and Connor looked at me and said, “Now that was kind of weird. Mom, that was like asking you if you were single”. ;) Where do kids come up with this stuff ). We stayed for the whole game and then on the way back again Connor read for a little bit and we listened to some on CD. We made a stop at the Dairy Queen before picking up his brothers. Pretty good day in Connor’s eyes – baseball, yummy food, reading, and ice cream. It was so nice spending time with him one on one. It’s hard, even when I try to make a conscious effort to give them one and one it doesn’t last very long because someone else is needing me for something or interrupting. I really enjoy my one on one dates with these guys. It makes me sit back, appreciate who they are, and just soak them in. Thanks for a great day Connorman, you kind of get the short end of the stick sometimes because your brothers are a little more needy with my time and you are so self sufficient and responsible. Love you bud.
Jacob’s date: Jacob had about a million things planned and thought it no problem to get them all in. I did have to ask him to change his mind on going to Chuck E. Cheese. ;) Another thing he wanted was going to the water park, unfortunately it was kind of a crummy day (22nd) and thankfully, in the morning he rearranged our schedule! ;) We started out playing some baseball on the baseball field. Then we went home and played some Wii together before heading to lunch at the Pizza Ranch. There we also played some video games together. Then we went to go play some tennis at the tennis courts and cooled off with a treat from the Blast. We took our treat to a park and then played. To end our day together we went bowling. Oofta…it was quite a busy day, but so much fun. He is turning into such a little man. His laugh is infectious and he still loves to snuggle with me and hold my hand. He comes up with the silliest things sometimes. I enjoyed our very active day and it made me feel young! Love you Jakeyman.
Noley’s date: Nolan had to keep up with his brother and also had a million things planned for our day (23rd). We went to the library and he got his free book (for reading over the summer) and then chose to play the computer together there for a little bit. Then we went home and played some games, we built a zoo with all of our blocks and animals, and played some Wii. We went for lunch at the Pizza Ranch as well and also played some video games together. After lunch he wanted to try swimming at the Country Club (he really wanted to go swimming, but it wasn’t great weather) so we did, but were only there for about 40 minutes. We went to play at a park for a little bit and ended our day together with a treat from the blast. While eating our ice cream we went for a little walk along the path. Another busy day. It’s so nice to have Nolan not have to fight for attention and be so sweet. It is like night and day difference when it’s one on one. I love this little guy’s spunk, even though sometimes it is also what frustrates me. I was really glad to be able to appreciate all the “spirited” things about him during our day together. He is one determined little man and I can’t wait to see him soar as he gets to be himself and have “his” time in Kindergarten. Love you Noleyman.
