Kids Day 2008

A few years ago Lance said, "Mom, when is Kid's Day?"

"Kid's Day?" I replied.

"Yeah, you know, you got breakfast in bed for Mother's Day, we made dad breakfast in bed for Father's Day, so when is our turn, when is Kid's Day?"

Hmmm, I thought, every day of your life is kid's day you spoiled little cutie, but going along with his logic, and it did sound logical, I said, "Oh, why it is coming soon!"

So, thus we celebrate Kid's Day each year. It comes sometime after Father's Day, on a Saturday when we have the energy and the weather looks like it will cooperate. And for the kids, not knowing the exact day it will fall on keeps them excited with anticipation. For 2008, it happened to be this past Saturday.

It begins with breakfast in bed. This is one of the biggest thrills of all to them since not even a crumb of bread is allowed to be consumed outside of the kitchen.

After breakfast, the kids proceeded down the stairs to find new fishing vests for each of them, complete with the pockets stuffed with Swedish Fish. They gathered their fishing poles and off we went for a day of fun. Sadie did not have her own fishing pole yet so we presented her with her very own Strawberry Shortcake pole. Her face was priceless! And it happened to be a full-size pole, much bigger than her brother's or sister's pole. That did not go unnoticed by ANY child and it only further added to her delight.

We took the kids to a fabulous farm that we love for its pick-your-own orchards galore, stocked fishing ponds, hayrides. . . too many activities to list or even get to in a day!

They panned for gemstones. . .

Rode the Cow Train. . .

Jumped on the ginormous pumpkin pillow. . .

Drove the pedal cars. . .

Ate some of Sadie's hair. . .

Played in the huge sandbox filled with dried corn instead of sand. . .

Zipped down giant tunnel slides. . .

Conquered Mt. Tractor Tire. . .

And completed the day with a hayride to the blueberry field. The icing on the cake for Lance was getting to ride on the tractor with the farmer.

Phewee, I think I need another Mother's Day to recover from Kid's Day:)