Today turned out to be a wonderful day filled with friends and fun - relatively impromptu gathering at a park near our house. 
The weather held off long enough for us to have lunch, play, ride bikes, and get all soaking wet in the fountain. 
Reeves and Spencer quickly tackled the "Hill of Doom". (Reeves and Fordham have ridden this before, but it takes an older first grader to come up with such a fearsome moniker.) Those boys were unstoppable. They never got tired of pushing those bikes up the hill and then racing them down. Bennett, on the other hand, quickly tired of pushing his bike up the hill and then ...
pushing it down. 
I must admit, I was a little worried that he would try to ride it down with the big boys. Maybe he does have a little caution in him and there is a chance that he won't be the first of our children with a broken bone.
The weather held off long enough for us to have lunch, play, ride bikes, and get all soaking wet in the fountain. Reeves and Spencer quickly tackled the "Hill of Doom". (Reeves and Fordham have ridden this before, but it takes an older first grader to come up with such a fearsome moniker.) Those boys were unstoppable. They never got tired of pushing those bikes up the hill and then racing them down. Bennett, on the other hand, quickly tired of pushing his bike up the hill and then ... pushing it down. I must admit, I was a little worried that he would try to ride it down with the big boys. Maybe he does have a little caution in him and there is a chance that he won't be the first of our children with a broken bone.After a while, we went on an adenture over to the fountain and memorial. Aileen and I briefly questioned letting Reeves, Spencer, and Bennett ride so far ahead that they were out of our sight, but I assured her that Reeves knew where he was going and there wasn't really anything up there that could hurt them. Naturally, as we approach, we see that workmen have blocked off the whole memorial for cleaning or something. (Great, I just sent my two year old unsupervised into a work zone. Please add that to my Uber-Mommy status.) 
I think Bennett was the first to ride his bike through the fountains. Once the others realized that he was not getting in trouble for getting wet, it was katy-bar-the-door. 
Off went the shoes and socks, up rolled the pants legs, and, in one case, who needs anything but the undies? 
Wilson took great pleasure in getting his bicycle super clean. I wish my children had thought of that!
The children had a blast. I think part of the fun was that this was really the first warm day where they could truly enjoy getting playing and getting wet. It was a true taste of summer (isn't that what spring break really is?), and they loved it. Like Aileen said, "These are days they are going to remember."
I think Bennett was the first to ride his bike through the fountains. Once the others realized that he was not getting in trouble for getting wet, it was katy-bar-the-door. Off went the shoes and socks, up rolled the pants legs, and, in one case, who needs anything but the undies? Wilson took great pleasure in getting his bicycle super clean. I wish my children had thought of that!The children had a blast. I think part of the fun was that this was really the first warm day where they could truly enjoy getting playing and getting wet. It was a true taste of summer (isn't that what spring break really is?), and they loved it. Like Aileen said, "These are days they are going to remember."After the playground we headed back to our house so that Rossi wouldn't have to drop Aileen and her kiddos off at Tire Kingdom to wait endlessly for their car to be fixed. (Yes, you heard right, Rossi drove out to carless Aileen's this morning and not only picked her and her children up, but also their two bikes. What an awesome friend!) Anyway, what was supposed to be a play for the rest of the day, turned, for the most part, into a watch cartoons afternoon. But honestly, that was OK by us. We were tired, and we hadn't done half the things they had. Luckily for me, everyone stayed for dinner. And I say "luckily" in all honesty. Feeding my children is my least favorite part of motherhood, and somehow, I find there is power in numbers when it comes to mealtimes.
Thanks for such a wonderful first day. I can't wait to see what special memories the rest of the week holds in store for us.
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I bummed that we missed in this fun. I cannot wait for summer though! Will you plan filling the void for my children next week? Love ya!
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