Ditched for Golf

Rick decided to bail on the family for a round of golf today, so it was up to me to attempt to entertain our 2 rugrats. I had high hopes of fulfilling my coffee quota this morning, and beyond that, I didn't care what we did. A neighbor told us about a nearby park last night when we were hanging out in the driveway, so I thought it would be a perfect place to check-out, just the 3 of us.

First, here was our view. Spectacular.

Our house is down there somewhere. We were the only people at the entire park. There were plenty of trees to set-up our picnic under, and Loudoun picked the best one. We laid out the blanket and started to grub. I have to say, out of the sandwiches and fruit and drinks and snacks I packed, they only wanted fruit snacks and capri-suns. But whatever. That's par for the course. I sure hope they eat more at school than they do with me. Anyway, I tried to grab a few shots of them being themselves and eating tiny morsels of food...

 

But I made the mistake of telling them out loud that I wanted to try a self-timered shot, because of course they both wanted to set-up every shot. That was pretty entertaining.

is that thing on?

After pecking at 2 bites of food, we moved over to the playground, which I have to say is really fun these days because both kids can do it all by themselves, and I can chill and not lift a finger. OK, so I lifted a finger because obviously I took these pictures....geesh.

 

  

we eventually left to go home and attempt naptime, but really that just turned into "kids you must stay in your room for the entire movie while Mommy looks up restaurants she wants Daddy to take her tonight." It's only fair for having a day of golf with the guys.