Nathan didn’t nap today so we had lots of afternoon fun time. Around 2:30 I made us some “daddy popcorn” which is more aptly called as “the greatest snack food ever created by man” or maybe “so darn good I would be burned as a witch if I lived in that witch burning time in Salem and tried to make it” (SDGIWBBAAWIILITWBTISATTMI for short). Of course in our house the kettle corn greatness is just called “daddy popcorn”
Anyway, I thought it would be fun to have some this afternoon. It was a little scary popping it with Noah under my feet, but he just won’t stay put anymore. He is crawling all over the house now and even though I stuck him in the den with Nathan he still ended up at my feet.
Well, the daddy popcorn tradition is to eat it while watching Lingo on Game Show Network. Normally we watch it on the DVR, but it happened to be time to see it live. While I was getting the popcorn ready I put Noah in the den with a snack of chocolate Cheerios (which taste like burned chocolate to me, but Noah likes them). By the time I got to the den the wonderful baby moment that you see in the picture below had already begun so I chose to just let him have fun and clean it up after our snack.
Both of the boys were too cute not to take pictures.
We had our annual church picnic at the park and had lots of fun in the hot hot sun. Nathan played and played barely stopping to eat, only because I made him. As we were finishing our hot dogs Nathan asked me to go push him on the swing. I told him I would after we all finished eating. I looked up a few minutes later to see five year old Kennedy who is no bigger than him pushing him on the swings. Not sure how he conned her in to it. Noah took ride after ride in his little red car and grinned and played shy for lots of people. With his ear infection and teething he wasn't feeling too great and clung to mommy a good bit. When the sun was almost gone and everything almost packed up I told Nathan it was time to go. Expecting some rebellion and tears from him, he tiredly said, "Mommy, I think I want some more hot dog now." The hot dogs were long gone so he settled for a rice krispie treat instead. Shane played hard with the big guys and wore himself out playing ultimate frisbee. A fun day with lots of friends. I know they are a lot of work for the people who do all the prep work but I think we should have church picnics more often.
