field trip

You know the days when the husband leaves in the morning before the kids are up and isn't going to be home until the kids and you are asleep?  Well, we are pretty lucky that those days are few and and far between, but Friday was one of them.

I knew it was going to be a good day because the sun was shining...

...and,

Alli insisted on wearing these boots she found in her closet, and I love them.  But if I love something too much she totally won't wear it.

So after the usual entertaining of the library, the grocery store and even a little baking, I knew 2 in the afternoon was too early to think we could spend the rest of the day until supper at the park.

AH HA!  Just the idea.  A 'field' trip.  I had been meaning to go to this field on a trip for quite some time.

We went and saw the horses.



Went through through the tall grass.

Played pirates.

I love that Alli is giving the most genuine hug here.  So serious, with her eyes closed and all.

James was so excited about his own horse he found to ride.

And all this, across the street from my cute little house!

And Alli took some pictures too.  It looks like I'm all happy and smiley, but I'm really I'm in the middle of telling Alli, 'Don't drop it!'

I'm listening to James cry right now.  We are both teething.  I can feel one of my wisdom teeth poking through (is that ok?  it doesn't hurt.)  and James has a few giant swollen places on his gums.  We were doing good phasing out the bottle, he only takes it before bed (which, to all my dentist readers, is horrible i know, i know, but he spits it out and takes his soother as soon as he's done so i choose not to feel guilty about it.)  and then this more teeth thing happened.  Now he kicks back one bottle if not 2 before bed.  Does anyone have any tricks to get him off the bottle?  Alli never took a bottle so I have no idea how to do it.

That's all.  That's my life.