Weekend of Fun

For not planning much of anything for the holiday weekend we did a lot and had a great family weekend. For July 4th, we went to the late afternoon parade in a town next to us with friends and then watched the fireworks from their neighborhood that night. I have to say I'm not a parade person...I find them kind of boring and am always annoyed when they are TV. However, kids change things. They really seemed to like it and I loved watching them...of course Rory was mesmerized by the fire trucks and antique cars and all that. Shelagh, for some reason, has been asking about soldiers lately, so she was excited to see some at the parade and was very appreciative waving at them and screaming thank you and hi. It was pretty cute. I don't know how they keep such a poker face the whole time (the soldiers, that is).


Saturday we went to the toy store to get a baseball T set for the kids. Shelagh can hit the ball across the yard and Rory, with a gentler touch, did a good job making contact although he holds the bat like his little golf putter. He also likes to play it like an instrument.

Saturday afternoon we went to Kimballs, a farm, golf and ice cream shop in Westford, MA. We drove all the way out there primarily for the ice cream, but I convinced Joe that the kids could handle the mini-golf too. They had a great time putting up in the moutains last month so I thought they could handle it. They did really well overall. A little fidgety by the end, but they enjoyed running right to the hole, dropping their ball inches away and "sinking their puts".

We wrapped up the day with the much-anticipated ice-cream followed by a quick pony ride for Shelagh. She couldn't believe that the horse had braided hair and that he had "pony-tails".


Yesterday we had some friends over for an impromptu pool day. The sun was in and out, but it was warm and the kids swam from 1130 until 4. Miraculously, Rory kept himself busy enough to survive without a nap. We tried skipping his nap earlier in the week and he lost his mind. Live and learn.


I never enjoy travelling on holiday weekends and never regret staying home.