The ONE FUN Rule

This place has a lot of potential...but nobody's home most of the time-so mother nature takes over!

This weekend was supposed to be all about taming the wild jungle called My Yard and spending Sunday at the beach with Jayden! However, the off-and-on thunderstorms made it not so conducive to weed spraying and yard work. Plus, there's nothing quite as frustrating as getting your umbrella, beach blankets, sand toys, cooler, etc. all settled at the beach and then it starts to rain! So all of that will have to wait...in the meantime, I have a One Fun Rule in place for every weekend.
Believe it or not, yard work is actually fun for me and I was looking forward to having a less ugly mess in my front yard BUT what I ended up doing was pretty great. Hey, what about those huge weeds! I bet if there were a contest for the biggest yard weeds I could at least make the semi-finals with these beauties!

Back to the One Fun Rule.
This is my fail-safe. I would never dare violate it! The rule says that I must do at least one fun thing every weekend. I adhere strictly to this principle because I work 60-70 hours per week and go to graduate school full time. Without the One Fun Rule I could get way too unbalanced...all work and no play. So, for this weekend, I made the best of plans that fell through. . .The weeds can wait!
Here's Jayden getting some attention from Auntie Courtney. She's pretty AND fun-what a combo!



Here's Jayden with his beloved "Unka" Trevor.
First thing this morning, I played a little Horse Bingo. It's just like slug-a-bug only with horses. Here are all the lovely equines I met on my way to church this morning:


I know I'm obsessed but aren't they the most beautiful creatures?

Jayden and I went to church. When we got there, not enough parents were available to help with the 2's and 3's so Granny stepped in. We played with the trucks and cars, built stuff with legos, played with lil people farm sets and kitchen stuff. The story was about Daniel in the lions den and how God kept Daniel safe even when he was surrounded by hungry lions and how God can take care of us even in the most extreme of circumstances-He keeps us safe, gives us courage and support when we need it most! We had a little music, then coloring of course, and the grand finale-juice and teddy grahams-YUMO!
Tyler joined us at Red Robin for lunch. More coloring, a balloon, and the dankest burgers around!

Then off to Huizenga Park...We took all the stale bread in the house there to feed the ducks and geese. Jayden was a bit intimidated by all of the ducks and geese coming onshore for the bread. He kept asking, "bite?" and clinging to our legs. Funny thing is, last time we did it he wasn't afraid at all. I think at his age fear of things comes and goes. There's a lot of funny little stages kids go through. It reminds me of when my boys were little and they loved to go to Clackamette Park in Oregon City by my parent's house and feed the ducks. It didn't matter if we got there at 10 at night or 5 in the morning, they would always ask to feed the ducks.
Ahhhh, the magic of Play-doh!





Followed by a round of bubblemania...


Jayden's a cheap date. All of this for about $3.00. The best things in life might not be free but at least they are reasonably priced! The amount of joy he gets out of all these simple things is priceless as is the joy we feel at watching him and doing these things with him. There's nothing like a little kid to make you feel young and full of wonder. It's getting in touch with that inner child once again.

Topped off with a romp through Timbertown:



The many moods of Jayden Glazek.

Mission accomplished! One Fun Rule intact!
Bye, bye!