Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun...

Ah, what a glorious spring day! Too bad we pay for such days by having 6+ months of winter weather, but once we start having nice days, boy, does my attitude perk up. Oooooh boy!


And a BUSY day. Bode had preschool so we were up and gone before 8:30. Keegen and i spent a few minutes at the park on our way to his little gym class at the Y in the neighborhood. I love that this class is when B is at school so it's just K and me. We haven't had a lot of that time. I feel like K has to always be the tag-along. Maybe that's just the fate of the younger sibling. The class is a hoot. We sing and jump. And jump and roll. And roll and chase. He has his eye on an older woman. A 2 1/2 year old named Mia. He totally seeks her out, goes over to her, leans in and puts his arm around her and then very softly pats her head or rubs her hair. I find it completely hysterical. And they do a lot of chasing/running back and forth across the gym. He's good and tired by the end.



After that class, we headed off to do some visiting teaching. I have a new route. Just two sisters which feels very manageable. It was fun to get to know them better as well as my new companion. People i've known in our congregation for the two years we've been here, but haven't had a chance to actually get to know.


Then we swung by school to pick up Bode and it was so gorgeous that after lunch we spent a good couple of hours on our bikes and planting seeds with Emily and Marianne.
We had plans to go to the children's theater put on "If You Give a Pig a Party" so i wanted the boys to nap. Well, i got Keegen down so late that he only slept about an hour before he woke up CRAZY GRUMPY. I swear if he's not down before 1PM he doesn't take a good nap. And Bode is evidently unable to nap anymore.


Then the boys played outside a bit more, we chatted with the neighbors fixing our messed up house (THEIR trampoline hit the side of our house, smashing our gutter, ripping a screen, smashed the fence and made various gouges and scrapes on the siding--these are our neighbors on the other side), and then we played inside so i could get things ready for our pizza party. Emily, Marianne and her big brother Duane were coming for dinner before our theater date.


We ate yummy pizza and were off to the Pikes Peak Center. We got down there and it was deserted. Parking garage gated off. Ticket office closed. I realized only then that the show is NEXT MONDAY. UGH! Doug got these free tickets and told me they were for tonight and i never double-checked. Luckily Emily thought it was very funny, we got ice cream and played at Acacia Park. The kids had a blast.




It was so nice to be outside almost all day long. i've really missed that option! The boys were exhausted and dirty and will hopefully sleep soundly in their beds tonight!