A Weekend Away

This weekend the kids were away in NY with Dan.  He took them down to spend some time with his parents and play in a temple alumni softball game with his dad.  They drove down first thing Saturday morning and after some playing and napping at GG and Grandpa's house, everyone headed out to a neat playground.

 Dagny was very proud of doing everything all by herself, but thank you to GG for being right behind her just in case!

 Dagny's really improved her upper body strength this summer!

 They also played some baseball, soccer, and frisbee in the park.

 A big highlight of the day was feeding ducks AND swans! Good thing we always have cheerios in the diaper bag, which apparently made excellent bird food :)

Grandparents = McDonalds and the kids couldn't be more thrilled!

Thank you to Grandpa for all the great photos and for sacrificing himself to be behind the camera, I sympathize!  The rest of the weekend was lots of fun as Dan and Grandpa won their softball game, Finley made friends with the son of one of Dan's best friends from growing up, and Dagny got some special alone playing time with GG.

And don't you worry about me, I stayed home to enjoy some girl time with good friends.

 Then, I worked on a project for the natural playground at the kids' preschool.  I removed and cleared out the raised bed on the left to make way for the mud kitchen that Dan is going to build this month.  

Also, I cleared out and painted the bed on the right to make a "dirt box" for the children to dig, plant, and create in using gardening tools.

 A great weekend was had by all!