Old fashioned fun!

Remember the pictures of us as kids? All of us shoved into a baby pool in the back of someone's yard. We'd be diapered (maybe), or wearing goofy grins as we showed off our bathing suits. Inevitably, you'd also see the picture of the parents, lounging about in their lawn chairs (remember the metal ones with the criss-crossed plastic fabric??), maybe with a beer in hand, or at the very least, just kicked back and enjoying life. It seems like those were easier times. Times where you just hung out with friends while the kids played. Now, it's possible that I'm remembering them fondly just because I wasn't the parent "on duty" back then. But today, I got a chance to experience that same kind of good old fashioned fun.




Today we went to a birthday party for Bennett's playgroup pal, Taylor. There wasn't a ton of fuss and overscheduled activities. It was a kickback, relaxed good time! She had a couple of baby pools in the back yard, a slide for the kids to play on and some finger painting set up. Not to mention a spread of food set out, so you could eat at your leisure. She had plenty of lawn chairs (NOT the metal kind, but he nice kind we can appreciate now!) and so I was able to chill out and socialize with the other adults at the party while Bennett hung out in the baby pool. He had a good time, so did I!

Of course, in true Bennett fashion, he really spent the majority of the party eating. Because that's one of his signature moves. He really enjoyed the watermelon!


Thanks for the good time Cindy. I loved the relaxing old fashioned fun! It was perfect, right down to the homemade Mickey Mouse birthday cake! Happy second birthday to the beautiful and sweet Taylor!