Mother Nature

Today I had plans to spend time with my other best friend Hannah and her children. Hannah has a five year old and a two year old. She has decided to take her kids to many of our state parks this summer, which I really didn't know that we had like thirty of these?!?!?! Anyway, I really don't see much of her because she lives in Fayetteville ( making it hard for me to visit her because B and I share one car), and as many of you moms know, it's hard to travel with kids!

We planned on visiting Goose Creek or Pettigrew to cut back on travel time, but low and behold,  Mother Nature hasn't wanted to cooperate! Many of the trails at these parks are closed due to all of the rain that we seem to get everyday..not that I don't enjoy the rain, but it kind of puts a damper on activities that are outdoors. (And might I add that it was supposed to rain today, and it has been beautiful! GRRR) Our biggest fear was getting all the way to the park and it deciding to pour, and no one wants to tell a two year old and a five year old that they can't run freely in the woods...especially after you have chalked them up about exploring and having a picnic!

We ended up canceling...boooo!!! Since the weather is so unpredictable these days, we re- scheduled to go to the Kids Marbles Museum in Raleigh later in the week. When I recommended it she said, "well there might be a TON of kids there, and I don't want you to go into teacher mode!" LOL! Am I really that bad? I think that I worry about kids getting hurt or wandering off probably because I don't have kids...?? She always seems so relaxed while I'm covering my eyes and saying "please don't fall, please don't fall!" I promised to relax....and actually I feel like I am the MOST relaxed on field trips, especially when I brought my third graders to the museum in October..my field trip theory is....keep your eye on your adult at all times, and have fun! Aunt Jecaduh will have fun no matter what :)