Family Day

Family Days are a wonderful tradition that our group of friends has tried to begin so that we know that at least once a month all the children and parents will get together. It is mainly for the dads, since the moms and the babes are together a lot. (It keeps us sane.) It's amazing to watch our growing brood interact with each other when the dads are around. While they are content to go and play by themselves and pretty much leave us alone, when the dads are there, they really want them to be involved.
There were plenty of leaves to keep them occupied. They would build themselves big piles and promptly destroy them, simultaneously being showered in a downpour of leaves.
It was a perfect day for going on lots of adventures, eating yummy hot dogs cooked over the fire, collecting hickory nuts, collecting dinosaur bones, and driving all over on the golf carts. The children loved having smores and getting them all over themselves. A few of us even ventured out over the marsh all the way to the ICW. This trip was extra exciting because there was a sailboat that had run aground across the river. This, of course, prompted all kinds of questions from curious little minds. "What's it doing there?" "How did it get up there?" "Is it going to be there forever?" I think if they had had a row boat, they all would have gone over to check it out.
After everyone left, we stayed in The Back to clean up and let the boys run out the last of their energy. Reeves showed Bennet the ins and outs of his blue jeep, and they even got some good bounce time in on the home made joggling board. Daddy is a good bouncer.
We are looking forward to our next Family Day. It won't be long before we're once again turning Family Days into Family Boat Days. We can't wait! Thank you to everyone who came out. You all made it a wonderful, memorable day!