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Last Saturday (a week ago) we went to Daniel Island Park Day with Caroline and Fordham. It was tons of fun, and we (mommies) particularly enjoyed stopping to get a latte (me) and a smoothie (Preggers). The boys might not have enjoyed that stop so much. Shortly after ordering, we turned and realized why we heard fussing. We had parked their strollers about 5 inches from the drink cooler, facing it. Basically, it looked like we had rushed in the door, pushed the children away as quickly and thoughtlessly as possible because we needed caffine and fruit, damnit! It was too funny to us, maybe not so much to the boys! Anyway, after that, we were on our way. The park was packed.

Luckily, we immediately found a huge bubble machine that kept them quite riveted.
We had hoped to catch Jimmy B. in the dunk tank, but we missed him by about 15 minutes. Oh well, there's always next year! We did get to see Beth and Betsy, though, so that made up for it!

I can't believe how fast Betsy is growing up! And don't worry, Dorothy, Beth agreed that next year, her Halloween dress would have to be black and "not that awful orange!"

Reeves loved dancing to the music, but it was a bit loud (for all of us but him), so we headed over to the kids area. Unfortunately, there wasn't too much for these little ones to do, although, they did spend a lot of time bemoaning the fact that they were too little to get in the jump castle.

There was a sand pile, but it cost a dollar or two and the kids got to look for treasures. Unfortunately, those treasures were tiny little shells and rather than paying to have our children do exactly the opposite of what we have trained them to do, ie, not pick up little , choking hazard objects, we chose to let them play in the hay with the pumpkins. It was free, and it was fabulous.

We tried to get them to pose for pics, but of course, that was an exercise in futility. It was like trying to pose two butterflies. They're both beautiful, but unless you are supremely lucky, there is no way to get a good shot.

It's much more fun to throw hay on me. Why is that so much fun for them? Then of course, there were the feats of strength where they wrestle then hug!

We met up with Morn and Leeze shortly after that and had a picnic of fried shrimp, chicken fingers, french fries, and hush puppies. Veggies! Get them away from me! Is a potato not a vegetable? We are nothing, if not health nuts! But the kids loved it and ate ravenously. And that, of course, made us happy.

Needless to say, there were three great naps that took place that afternoon.