Mother's Day Weekend

We had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. We took advantage of the warm sunny weather to go to the Coast on Saturday. It was Will and Nates first trip to the Coast and out of the Portland area. They were awesome. We only had minor spurts of crying on the drive. We got there in time for an early lunch at our favorite fish place. Then we all walked down to the beach. Derek was very good about holding hands and walking. Will and Nate hung out in a little tent we brought with. Mike and Derek went down by the water for a bit. Derek thought the water was too cold and the tide scared him a bit. He LOVED playing in the sand. We brought plenty of sand toys for him to enjoy. I think his favorite part was trying to put sand in my shirt and covering my feet. At 1:45 (about 30 minutes after his normal nap time), Derek announced he was all done with the beach and sand, put on his shoes, and preceded to pack up his toys. All righty then.. so we all packed up to head home. I am sure we were quite the sight, each adult with a baby in a front carrier (MIke used an ergo and I used my new babyhawk), a backpack, and a 2 year old between us. It was a great day!

On Sunday we took a walk to Starbucks in the morning and played in the yard all day. We even ate outside for our meals It was great to be outside all day. I planted flowers during nap time. In the afternoon, Derek helped me plant the veggies. Derek also mowed the yard with his little lawnmower three or more times- he loves his lawn mower. It was nice and relaxing day!