Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Kids on the Carousel




And eating their grub at the food court...
I am utterly and completely exhausted. I stayed up way too late last night, and then tried to fit in way too much physical activity today, so tonight I am paying for it. The kids and I took off this morning on our bikes. We went to the bakery and met up by surprise with Lynette and her kids and Meri Carpenter and her kids. We hung out for awhile and ate donuts before heading to Lawrence St. park again. We didn't stay there very long and we biked home so Sadie could nap. Ryan still was in Grand Haven for court, so after Sadie woke up, we went to Melissa's to swim. She had called to invite us while we were gone biking. Julie and her kids and Marijo and her kids went as well, so they all had a blast swimming. Brooks got so adventurous and was jumping off of the diving board. I couldn't believe it. He usually sticks really close to his float and me, but all the other kids were doing it so he did too. Sadie went off the diving board too a few times. We stayed there until almost 4, came home and changed, and headed to Grandville to the mall. Ryan had gotten home a little before us, so it worked out nice that he got paid over 6 hours of overtime today! We picked up the gift cert. for Josh and ate at the food court. This is where my exhaustion hit me. Ryan went on the carousel with the kids, and I felt like I could collapse!!!!! So now we are home and Sadie is screaming and Brooks is whining and I am ready for bed! No pilates tonight! :-)

4 comments:

Amanda said...

Wow - sure was a busy day for you! Sounds like the kiddos had a fun day!!! I would say you could skip pilates b/c you did a TON of physical activity already! Hope you sleep good and are ready for more swimming tomorrow! We swam at Tammy's today and it was so nice - the rest of the day I worked my A*S off cleaning - argh.

Lynette said...

Sounds like everyone was tired! It was fun meeting up downtown, random but fun! Your kids seriously are so sweet! Have a great day tomorow, enjoy the sunshine! TTYL

Nina_VK said...

I so can't wait until my kiddos are old enough to go bike riding and play at the park for a long period of time. Eva could I guess, but we can never stay long 'cause Isa still takes her two naps (sometimes 3.) Everytime we head somewhere fun it seems like we have to head back home 'casue Isa needs a nap. Oh well such is life, for a little while atleast.

Ditto what Manda said, all that activity--I say you can go ahead and skip pilates today. :)

Kimberly said...

I said I would try to find your blog and I did. Just thought I would stop and say hi.

I ditto what Manda & Nina say - it's amazing to me that you can fit all that stuff into one day!