Fun Thursday!

So, Thursday didn't start out all that great with Hannah waking me up at 5am (partially my fault...she looked really uncomfortable in the position she was sleeping in, so I carefully moved her around, which woke her up.) I nursed her for over an hour hoping it would lull her back to sleep, but no such luck.

NOTE TO SELF: NEVER BOTHER SLEEPING CHILD NO MATTER HOW AWKWARD THE POSITION THEY ARE SLEEPING IN.

I was seriously grouchy for pretty much most of the morning due to my early morning faux pas and tried to plan the rest of my day knowing that Hannah would need to nap early to avoid the catnap in the car. (Plus, I wanted to nap as well, so I wanted to be sure to take full advantage of the nap time). Sammy wanted to go to Lacy Park to ride his bike around, but I just kept envisioning a grouchy Hannah (and a grouchy me) at the park and just couldn't face doing it.

I decided to put Hannah down at 8:45am, figuring she would nap until 10:30 or so and then we would go to the park. Nope. No nap.

I finally gave up at 9:30 and finally took a shower and got ready to go. We went to Lacy Park and had a great time. Hannah wasn't grouchy. It wasn't too hot or too crowded. We ate a snack, played a bit and left at noon to meet Samuel for lunch at work. We had a nice lunch and drove home and Hannah FINALLY fell asleep. YAY!! Perfect timing, because I could put her in bed when we got home and I could nap too.

Sammy usually will entertain himself on the computer while I nap and leave me alone (it's nice to have a responsible 4-year-old whom I KNOW won't get into trouble while I'm asleep and will wake me if he needs something. I will NEVER be able to do this when Hannah is 4).

But, no such luck today, he came upstairs every 30 minutes or so to ask me something, so I finally gave up on any hope of taking nap and decided to get ready for our afternoon outing.

Dana had mentioned this nearby park that has a wading pool in it that is perfect for toddlers. As soon as Hannah awoke, the kids got on their swimsuits and we were off. We all had such a great time as it really was the perfect pool for them. There was a lifeguard and they check the ph levels in the water every hour, so it's not yucky. Plus I didn't have to get in too, I could just sit with the other moms and chat. So great!

Everyone out of the pool while they checked the ph levels

Nice to sit and chat!

Look! I'm actually in this one!!! (Thanks Dana)

Does she have the best tan or what? It's sooooo not fair!!Sammy goofing off!

Lots of fun!

Thanks Dana for passing along the pool info--we had a great time! And thanks for sending me these cute pictures, they turned out much better than the ones I took.

I went to bed that night at 8:30 and it was so heavenly and luckily the kids didn't get up until 7:45 this morning. Ahhhh, I needed a good night's sleep!