Saturday

is a special day....especially to share with grandchildren.  Scarlett and James have been staying at their Berenyi grandparents while Scott and Chantel are house hunting in Tucson-Oro Valley.  (They actually found a house and had their offer accepted by the owners, so things seem to be going well there.) But we got to have the kids on Saturday for the day.

We spent most of it outside in our backyard and also at two different parks.

We started in the  basement with cars and blocks.....

 then outside for swings and trampoline.

We headed to Ellison Park but everything was too hot so we ended up at the Layton Park where Scarlett and James were happy to watch the ducks for awhile and enjoy the trails.

James wanted to do everything Scarlett did, but he is just a bit short to make it work.  That and the fact that he had no nap made the park frustrating to him.  He liked running around on the grass and watching the ducks better.  He really tried to do everything he could though.  He is a pretty determined little kid.

We ended up home making our own little bagel pizzas and then playing outside again in our back yard.  Scarlett turned to me as we were swinging and said, "This is just like living in a park.  We have our swings, we have a trampoline, we have a climbing place with slides...(pause...) oh, and we have sand.  It is like a beach playground."  High compliment from a four year old.

PS  It takes  a lot of energy to keep up with little people all day.  Sometimes I wonder if I really did get five kids to school and activities and through many summers............I was a lot younger then for sure.  My hat is off to Grandma Berenyi who kept the kids since Thursday so that they didn't have to try to sleep at different houses while their mom and dad were gone.  She deserves a long nap when Scott and Chantel come home tomorrow.