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Field Trip Friday to Maddie’s House

Yesterday, we spent our Field Trip Friday hanging out with Henry’s new friend, Maddie, and her mom, Beth! Henry and I met Maddie and Beth at the Highland Rec Center after Itty, Bitty Splashtime, and the kids hit it off immediately playing in some ice and collecting treasures in the shrubbery. We have had a few play dates since then and it is too adorable watching them play.

They spent an hour and a half splashing around in Maddie’s awesome pool, which had a dinosaur basketball hoop, small slide, and a spraying palm tree. They liked shooting hose water at each other the best, and also drinking from the hose (a summertime must, as long as the water is safe). The adults stayed safely in the shade, drinking perfect ice coffee.



After lunch, the kids set about playing with as many toys as possible (i.e. causing as much destruction as possible) in Maddie’s room, making minion hair out of play dough, and dumping board games out. After we did clean up, they had a special treat – they jammed out in the front seat of Beth’s car to kid tunes and had a blast pushing all the buttons. Henry loves Maddie so much that he can’t wait to have her come play at his house next week (we have to plan when to see her next before we leave, or else Henry will not get in the car)!


Field Trip Friday to the Lindeman Lair

This past week, Henry and I took an extended Field Trip Friday to our good friends’ home – the Lindeman Lair – in Coral Springs (where we used to live). We spent around 48 hours just relaxing, playing and hanging out; we never even left their house to go anywhere once we arrived. We spent tons of time outdoors swimming in their super sweet pool (Hen even tried the slide!), trying out our racquetball skills (nonexistent for both of us), and playing swords and light sabers (Hen and the other kids did this, not the adults). It was so much fun!

   

     

The Lindemans have three kids: nine and six year old boys and an 11-month-old girl, and Henry loved playing/chasing after the big boys and loving on baby Divya and her pink cars and toys. Our other friends, the Millers, came over each day with their kids (ages 14, 12, 8), and we had a little party Friday night getting together with the Donners and Budas, too. Hen having so many playmates allowed us adults to catch up after not seeing each other for 7 months. Gosh, it’s just so nice and fun to be around people who love you. In Henry’s words to describe the weekend, “I happy, mama.” Exactly.