Picnic Time!!!

Today is about the nicest day weather wise that you can get! After preschool, I fed Colby lunch and laid him down for a nap and then Maddy and I had a nice picnic out in the front yard. She was so excited when I told her about the picnic. She helped me get all of the food ready and of course we had to bring the picnic basket out as well (even though we really didn't even use it ;-)) It's all about the experience, I guess!
Some days after I get Colby down for a nap, my 1st inclination is to either shut down and just try to relax for a little bit or to check email, do laundry, etc....I am really trying to take some of the time to do some fun things with Maddy as I know in a just a few months, she will be in school and I won't have these afternoons to spend with her like I do now. Seeing how excited she gets about just the littlest things, makes it almost hard to NOT do these things with her!!!
Here are some pictures from our picnic:


The spread! We had meat and cheese kabobs, strawberries on a stick, banana bread bites, heart-shaped banana bread, bagel dogs from Costco (so good!), and of course some gum for the end (put in a bowl by Maddy; just more for looks ;-)) Maddy kept asking, 'So, what are we going to have for our 'real' food?? When I told her this was it, so couldn't believe this was going to be our lunch! She had to ask me several times! It was really funny!


Maddy in her 'fancy' hat:


Me in my 'fancy' hat (ok, not really, but it's the best I had :-)) Grandma K, do you have any of your old fancy hats laying around??? I might need to borrow one!


And some ice cream for dessert! I used to love those little ice cream cups as a kid, so bought some today for our picnic. I remember Grandpa K used to get them for us at the store sometimes and I always loved them!!