Hunter & Hilo's Fun Friday

Last week our friends Gerald & Cynthia & Hilo moved to a new house - hopefully we'll get to spend more time with them now that they're a little closer. Since Hilo is Hunter's 'hen hao de pengyou' I offered to take him for the day so they could move without distraction from their little guy. Cynthia dropped Hilo off around 9.30am and the fun lasted until about 6pm!!!

Nothing like a little manual labor to start the day off right - this gave Hilo a purpose which distracted him enough to stop crying when his mom left. Good thing the water delivery man came earlier than usual - otherwise there may have been more tears!


Hunter's showing him how it's done!

Of course they were fighting over the fireman hat so thankfully I had another... though this was more of a 'blind wrestling' match than a role-playing game.

Suzanne came over with her double stroller so we could transport all of the kids somewhere to play. On a last minute whim we chose the sandpit - just the place to get the boys hot and tired!

Hunter and Michael got right into it...

Hilo was a bit skeptical about the coarse sand.

This was Helena's first real experience at the sand pit... she enjoyed the crunchiness of the coarse sand - we'll see how she goes with the California beaches.

The sandpit really did the trick - Hilo fell asleep in the stroller (so did Michael) so I brought him home and put him in Helena's crib while Hunter, Helena & I ate lunch. Helena went down in the pack n play not long after, but my turkey boy didn't sleep at all. So of course when Hilo woke up, there was no convincing Hunter to take a nap then... so he played with Hilo at the table and snacked on Hilo's lunch too!


Then we went outside again...


where they splashed around, ran up and over the bridge and made a general mess of themselves... but they had a blast!








I'm so thankful we've got our own little playground where the kids can just run around! What a total blessing!

After all that running around and playing in the water, I decided to turn on a dvd so the kids could relax while I pulled dinner together... Hilo & Helena weren't interested at all - just Hunter in his spot on the couch!!! Looks like he spends a lot of time there, eh? Rest assured - he only gets a very limited amount of dvd time.

The kids ate dinner together a bit before 5.30 and even had time for some frozen fruit treats before Cynthia returned.

Before Hilo left Hunter gave him a big hug...

then turned to Auntie Cynthia for a big hug, then back to Hilo for another... I love that he's so affectionate with people! He really is a good hugger! (and yes, his pants are wet, but I think that was from spilling his water at the table - can't be too sure though)

Thanks, Hilo, for a great day! Come back anytime!!