Mother-daughter picnic date
Hannah has been asking if she could go on a picnic for some time now. She has some books with picnic scenes, complete with the red-checkered blanket and she never fails to point it out to me. Well, tonight the little lady was granted her wish.
For our date, Hannah and I packed up the bike trailer with the necessary items for an outdoor meal and headed to the nearest park with grass, which isn't as close as you might think for all the parks they have in NYC.
Here's what was on the menu, designed by Hannah:
pasta,
tomatoes,
chips,
apples with peanut butter,
yogurt,
pink lemonade and
chocolate milk
In addition, Hannah wanted some time for activities so we brought along bubbles and water balloons (again, her choice). Hannah has been wanting to play with water balloons since she saw kids filling them up at the park, but I realized tonight when I pulled them out that she didn't know what to do with them.
I said, "OK, do you want to throw them now?"
She looked at me incredulously, eyes wide and slowly said, "Nooo!"
"Well, what do you want to do with them?
"We can put them in the grass."
Eventually, I convinced her that the divine purpose of a water balloon is for it to be thrown with great force. I threw one and after it popped and splashed, she was eager to throw one herself. She made me proud as she launched each one.
We blew some bubbles and then it was time to go.
I really enjoyed having the time to focus only on Hannah. We definitely need to do it more often.
When we came home, we ate some of these simple and delicious treats that I saw on Natalie's blog this morning.
Hannah saw them on her blog too, and wanted them for our date so we made some. We decided to share them, much to Dan's delight. Dan said that's how s'mores should be- he's one of those who doesn't care for the dryness that a s'more can offer. I can see what he means.
We watched The Princess Bride to end Hannah's date night. She often asks to watch it, but she can only watch it with us- "It's scary!" but she loves it anyway.
I so look forward to date nights.
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6 Comments:
looks like you finally got your s'mores. they look really good too! i think maybe it's time wyatt and i went on a picnic - yours looked like a lovely evening.
I love how neat and matchy all your plastic ware is for your picnic. Mine is mismatched and not so pretty with the tomato sauce stains on the inside.
ooh, you made 'em! they look soooo yummy - can't wait to try them, too! and what a fun idea - love the mother daughter picnic. i really need to do that with maya.
You are such a good mom!
So so cute. I absolutely love the picture of you two. And I love that you "smother" your girls with lots of love which will turn into wonderful memories :)
You cannot deny the mother daughter resemblance!
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