Summer

We’ve been on the go since Thursday, so I apologize for my lack of posts lately. Summer is a busy time for us, with birthdays and festivals and concerts and fairs… We try to cram as much fun into these few months of sun as possible.

Thursday,  The BF’s mom invited O and I to the pool. He had a blast playing in the sprinklers of the splash pad, and while he played I got to have some grownup conversation with MIL (seriously,  The BF’s Mom is just cumbersome. She will from now on be MIL) and some of The BF’s cousins.

Of course,  what happens when the whitest person you know goes to the pool and forgets to out on sunscreen?

Is there a color whiter than white?

She gets sunburned,  obviously.

On Friday, O and I spent the morning at my mom’s house, then we made a run to town with MIL and The BF’s nephew. As we were walking through the store, MIL pointed to a guy that was checking me out. When he saw that he’d be caught, he just shrugged as if to say he couldn’t help it and walked away. We had a good laugh about it, and Nephew wanted to know what was so funny. Rather than explain, MIL just pointed in a random direction. Apparently,  at a woman in a wheelchair. We got a ten minute lecture on how we shouldn’t make fun of someone that was hurt from Nephew for that one.

Saturday, O and I drove to Lebanon to pick up a dozen donuts I’d ordered for Father’s Day. I’m surprised they made it home, let alone until Sunday.

Yep. That's bacon.

We got home just in time for O to nap while I watched my old high school softball team play in the state championship game… They lost 1-0, but it was a great game and I’m super proud of them.

On Sunday, O and I went to the Strawberry Festival with MIL while The BF was fishing.

Giant tenderloin... The bun is hiding under that enormous, delicious hunk o ' fried pork

O ate almost half of my tenderloin and a bunch of MIL's veggies...Plus strawberries and ice cream.

He loved his great-grandpa's pedal tractors

As I was getting the condiments for my tenderloin,  a guy walked up behind me and exclaimed,  “That’s huge! Where are you going to put it? You surely can’t eat the whole thing!” Little did he know that I absolutely could eat it all, but I explained that I was sharing it with my bottomless pit child.

After coming home, we let the boy nap for about an hour before heading out again. Our first stop was The BF’s grandpa’s house. He loves donuts,  so we brought him one jelly filled and one bacon donut, plus some strawberries from the garden for good measure. O loves going to his house because he can play with the dog, a sweet, old beagle named Daisy. 

We had dinner at Rancho Bravo. O loves the chips so much that I think he ate a whole basket of them, then he started in on my chicken nachos. Bottomless pit, that kid.

After dinner, we wished my dad a happy Father’s Day while O ran around like a maniac and counted water bottles with my mom.

Our final stop for the night was to visit The BF’s other set of grandparents. We chatted for a bit while O inhaled a snack of Goldfish, yogurt bites, raisins, and puffs (maybe a growth spurt?), and as we said goodbye they handed us a chocolate dessert to take home.

O was asleep not long after we got home, and The BF and I were both worn out. I poured two glasses of milk, grabbed a couple of spoons, and we ate every bit of that chocolate dessert. Poor little O didn’t even get a bite.

Worst parents ever.

I think The BF had a great day. The present I ordered didn’t show up on time, he didn’t catch any fish, and he had to replace a belt on the van…but he still wore a smile on his face all day, and that’s really all that matters.

  

Posted by ashleemae in Dad, Food!, Happy, Humor, Life, Love, Parenting, Summer Tags: family, Father's Day, Festival, food, Humor, Summer, Toddler, Weekend