The kids were out of school for election day this past Tuesday and we decided to have some fun. I worked really hard prior to that day, so that I could be "off" that day and spend time with my precious children who are growing so fast. We slept in on Tuesday and then went to a sweet friend's house so that she could help me with my blog. She was so nice to share her tips with me. And the kids enjoyed playing together with her son. Then we left there and picked up some food for a picnic. We had packed our bikes, soccer ball, scooters, a frisbee, football, and a picnic blanket. And we headed over to Heritage Park. It was an absolutely gorgeous day again (Thank you God!) and we love Heritage Park. It is not that close to our house, so we don't get to go very often. We have always enjoyed parks and playgrounds since the kids were born-they love to play and I love to see them happy and playing together and we all enjoy being outside. One day, we even went on a park marathon where we went to about 6-7 different parks in the metro Atlanta area.
So, we headed to Heritage Park which is a really big field with bike paths and wide open fields for sports. But one side has some hills that the kids have a blast on. We staked out a hill and put our blanket on the top and had our picnic. The kids then had a blast sliding down the hills on cardboard (And sometimes without any!). They could have done this for hours. I spent my time laying on the blanket with shoes off looking up into the sky and listening to my kids play nicely together. There was never one single cross word-I LOVE IT when that happens. Then after a while, we got the bikes out and played "follow the leader" going up and over hills, across grassy areas and even on the trails. When our bottoms got tired, we put the bikes up (Sorry, no pictures as I didn't want the camera on me while we rode bikes) and Justin got his scooter out. Jennifer played with her soccer ball for a while. We stayed at the park about 4 hours and none of us wanted to leave, but knew it was time to go. We left and grabbed a Frosty on the way home. Then we cleaned the car (inside and outside), had dinner, and made shoeboxes for the kids in Haiti. We had more stuff than what could possibly fit in the shoeboxes. We made 4 this year, but had enough stuff for several more, thanks to my Mom and her donations.
Today was election day, but we had a day of peace as we never had the radio or television on all day. Now we did start checking the internet for news that evening, but enjoyed our day together immensely.
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