Summer Weekend Warriors 6/30 - Picnic and a Whole Lotta Nothin'

Well, the warriors took a break this weekend. It started out ambitious with my annual company picnic, which just Lucy and I attended on Friday evening. It was held at the picnic area at Minnehaha Falls Regional Park, which is a great park and although it was hot (when isn't it lately?!) we had a good time catching up with people and eating some delicious cheeseburgers off the charcoal grill. Even though I work with these folks, it's nice to see their families and compare how the kids have grown over the past year. Plus, with an office of over 80 people now, I don't see everybody and there are a lot of new faces to meet. I appreciate getting people out of context!

Lucy enjoyed the kiddie-sized picnic tables.

After the picnic we strayed over to the nearby kiddie pool, and I remembered that I actually had a swimsuit for Lucy in her daycare bag in the car, so we changed and I let her jump in. We stayed awhile and she enjoyed splashing around. This is a nice little pool because the depth varies from 6 inches to 3 feet and the shape and size of it make it so the kids are always within eyesight. Lucy is getting a little more independent in the water, and it's fun to see her discover what she can do on her own. This little pool excursion was an unexpected but very enjoyable part of the night. The only unenjoyable part was trying to get her out of the pool, and her playing me like a fiddle by wading out to the 3-foot part, because she knew I didn't want to get my capri pants wet! Stinker.

The rest of the weekend we did a whole lotta nothing. I shouldn't' say nothing exactly, because we caught up with some stuff around the house, including cleaning out the shed. It was SO hot and humid, but once Husband gets an idea in his head, there's no turning back. :) It really needed to be done and I'm glad we got it out of the way, and Husband really took the lion's share of the work anyhow. The rest of the weekend was just putzing around the house, playing in the kiddie pool, that sort of thing. I guess it's perfectly fine to not stray far from the house sometimes!

And June has ended...where did the month go?