A Relaxing Day...

Today was a very nice smooth relaxing day.

Lincoln and I got up about 8:2o or so. I made us bacon and eggs for breakfast. Lincoln only likes his eggs scrambled. We had a nice leisurely breakfast and then played some 'hockey' with golf putters in the living room. Lincoln's suddenly taken a big interest in hockey. I don't really know where it came from all of the sudden, but he quite enjoys it. He runs around the house singing 'The best game you can name is the good old hockey game." It's very cute.

After out hockey game, we went to Bubba Baloos. For those who don't know what that is, it's this big indoor playground with tubes, ball pits, tunnels and slides. There is also an arcade section, but Lincoln is obviously too small for that nonsense. So, basically, you pay for the child - adults are free and then you can stay and play as long as you want.

Lincoln's always been a little timid when we go there. He's never gone in the ball pit before at all. He wanted nothing to do with that. Also, he used to just go up one section and come down the slide, but I did get him going through a few tunnels last time. Today, Allen came with us. He went crawling around in there with Lincoln. Lincoln started out with the slides only, but eventually, Allen got him going up through the tunnels and nets. Allen couldn't get him in the ball pit though. Going down the slide...
I love that he'll jump off a diving board
yet looks terrified on a slide!

Just exploring the mesh tunnels...

Peaking out at me from inside one of the hanging mesh tunnels.

Lincoln and Allen.
Way up high in an enclosure with huge inflated balls.
By huge, I mean, they come up to mid chest on me.
That's the corner of one ball in the right hand side of the picture.

And here's Allen coming down from that big ball enclosure.
It's a pretty tight fit - he had to belly crawl out of there!

Climbing up the rope bridge... Something else he wouldn't do last time either.

Sliding down the 'rolly' slide.
The heavier you are, the faster you go.
So needless to say - Lincoln didn't go too fast.

But when I took him down, I thought we were going to go through the wall!! They actually have this padding on the wall at the bottom of the slide. I'm sure it's because other parents (and heavier older kids) have almost flown through into it when coming off the slide.!!

Now trying it head first like superman.
But he didn't go any faster that way!

We had a nice time there though. Lincoln ran off a lot of energy and just as we were leaving, the ball pit was empty and I managed to talk him into going in it. He had some fun throwing the balls around and then this other little guy, Axle his name was, who was 3, came into the pit with his dad. Axle immediately charged at Lincoln in an attempt to hug him. Lincoln was trying to get away and thus, Axle managed to grab Lincoln around the neck and the two of them rolled over into the pit while Axle hugged Lincoln and then kissed him too. He was a very cute little guy -- and very affectionate too obviously -- but Lincoln's still too timid for that kind of thing. The dad kept trying to keep Axle away from Lincoln, but it was a tough job. Poor little guy just wanted to play, he just plays a little rougher than Lincoln is used to. Near the end, though, they were playing pass with the balls so that was nice.

Still not really sure how he feels about the ball pits.

But he's coming around and liking them a bit more.

Looking up at the ball Mommy's going to drop on his head.
I love his eyes!

We then came home and Lincoln had a nap while I caught up on some laundry, it never seems to end.

After naptime, we played a little more, then had supper, a bath, stories and bed. Lincoln's getting smart these days. He'll pull out a book and then say, "one more please, Mommy?" when we're done reading the first one. He has this sweet little look that gets me every time - so about ten stories later, we finally head to the bathroom and brush his teeth before tucking him in.

It's back to work for me tomorrow and Lincoln will be starting his first day of daycare at Auntie Christine's, so I imagine I won't have much to write about tomorrow. I'm wondering how our first morning of waking Lincoln up at 6am is going to go. He usually isn't awake until 8 or 8:30 so here's hoping it goes well!!

Anyways, that's all for now.

Take care, and goodnight.

I still haven't figured out how to put these video clips in after I write the text without having it attach at the end. I don't know if you have to just insert it and then keep typing after, which doesn't work for me since I do all my typing and then go back and add the pictures. The pictures I know how to cut and paste in, the video won't let me do that!

Anyway, that's Lincoln copying the little penguin in the move "Happy Feet." Before you push the play button on the DVD the penguin is doing that little dance and Lincoln always seems to want to dance like him. PS... Lincoln did have pants on at some point before this video was taken, but he had just been to the bathroom and doesn't like to put the pants back on when he's done so he just runs around in his underwear.