Like most kids, my boys love to be outside. We vowed when we moved from Utah we would buy a house with a yard already. No such luck. We fell in love with our house, a spec home at the time, and there was no yard. We live on a corner, so that meant view fencing, it meant only one neighbor to the north of us and it meant a basketball court and greenbelt behind us. We payed to have this premium lot...and it was worth every penny (even if it was thousands and thousands). But, because of the equity we made on our house in Utah we were a lot quicker about getting our yard in. About 6 months after we moved in we had our backyard. Suddenly our house felt a gazillion times bigger! Tons of grass to race in, plenty of room to play baseball, lots of space to have "car" washes, picnics, camp outs, birthday parties, play dates, barbeque's, water games. It is honestly where we spend most of our time. I have my patio furniture and beautiful annuals surrounding the orange tree and Austin has his three gardens--yes three! (the man is Mr. McGregor). The boys are happy, I'm happy, and Austin is happy.
Christmas came along this year and we are all even happier. Santa brought the boys got a play set. It could not be more perfect. It has the best combo: swings, a glider, monkey bars, a slide, a picnic table, a clubhouse, and a look-out deck. To say the boys love it is an understatement. They play outside everyday for hours. Dax mastered the monkey bars within a few days, Wyatt claimed his captain's wheel and periscope the second he got them, and the have managed not to kill themselves when they ride that crazy glider together. It really was the best Christmas present ever...for all of us.
Today Dax finally figured out how to pump his legs and swing on his own. I was so proud. I love seeing him learn new things and grow.
And all of a sudden, in a blink of an eye, I was disappointed. Horrified actually. Because for all these months I was actually counting those 30 minutes of pushing him on the swing as my physical workout for the day. Some may say that would be a stretch, but in my little world, I also count vacuuming as part of my "workout" routine. I say it's legitimate, but whatever. All's I know is now I can't because he figure out how to swing on his own.
Rats. It's back to the gym for me.
5 comments:
How awesome! We got to play on ours yesterday....santa also brought ours! And I love the first picture of W and D's feet hanging in the background...at least I think that is what it is!
Your boys are sure cute!!!!!
Oh, how fun! Boys sure do love being outside. I need to talk to Santa Clause. See if he would be up to bringing such an amazing gift to my house :) How completely fun that Dax has learned to swing by himself too. Love it. Both your boys are such cuties.
Something I am very much looking forward to in Kansas is getting the girls a swing set. Yours looks like so much fun! Gabs loved look at Dax with "all his curly hair." So cute.
Such cute pictures and it made me miss the warm AZ weather that you are having right now!!!
It was so good to talk to you today! I love you so much and miss you dearly!!!!
OK, this makes me want to get a swing set so bad! You have the cutest boys!
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