It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood...

Yesterday was our last mom n tots group for the summer (*sniff*), so we all climbed the many stairs up into a large bus and found our way to Ballymena for a picnic!
The ride was....interesting. The main road to Ballymena starts out going up the side of a mountain, and then winds tightly through the countryside. Many hills, and tight turns are involved, making for a very bumpy ride. I think many of us were bright shades of green by the time we arrived at The People's Park. A great little park that had a large playground seperated into an area for kids over 8 and another for under 7. We went in, and with the sunshine like it was, we immediately slathered the kids down with sunscreen. It's a good thing, too, b/c the very first thing Hazel did was lay down in the sand pit and ensure that the sunscreen acted as an adhecive btween her skin and the sand. YAY! She spent the better part of the trip face down in the sand, making sure that she was fully covered in it. The rest of the time was spent on the slide. We then went to feed the ducks. They had grain for sale and we got a big bag and shared it amongst the 3 of us mama's. There were just gobs of pigeons who were more than thrilled about the short armed throws to the ducks. Lunch quickly followed and then we were on the road home!
(Hazel with Betty, the group organizer. This woman is tops in my book as she goes above and beyond what most M&T organizers do. She knows all the kids' names, treats them all as individuals {and not one big group}, takes an active interest in all the moms. She's amazing.)
Hazel's become a big fan of "Let's see what we see." We saw Windmills, which prompted about 5 minutes of "roun roun" statements from Hazel, informing the bus what windmills do. We saw cows, which had a screaming announcement everytime she saw one..."COW! COW! MOOOOOOOOOOO!", and sheep. It makes for a noisy Hazel, but a happy one, so that's all I ask.

Tubby time promptly followed our return home as well as nap time, so that gave Mommy free time to get moving stuff done.

BT sucks. Just so you know. I spent well into an hour on the phone with them, trying to make sense of the whole move. It was painful, and it's still not completely sorted out, but it will be shortly. Even if it's the death of me. Grumble grumble BT.

Well, we're off to do shopping for the day, nice walk into town to take advantage of the pretty weather :)

Laters!