Hannah and Hayden....oh Boy!!!

Hannah, Hayden and their mommy, Teresa, came over for a late afternoon swim and dinner. We have know their parents before the kids where born. I used to run almost every morning with Teresa when we lived in the same neighborhood. Things have changed for both of us in the last 5 years (Hannah is 5).

They had not been to the house before so Collin enjoyed showing them around and playing with them. They started off with a swim. Hannah and Hayden are like fish. They both swim really well without the aid of floaties or other devices. Collin had not seen kids his age swim before, I guess, because instead of getting in the water and swimming, he watched them most of the time.

By this time, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Paul and cousin Timmy came over. We had already seen them early in the day at the museum. They were nearby because they dropped Dustin off at a pool party. Timmy did not want to get in the water much. He wanted to play on the slide and drive the toy car since he had the play area all to himself because the other kids where in the water.

Here they all are when it came time for dinner. For the kids, hot dogs, strawberries, grapes and water. The adults had shrimp and crab penne pasta and salad. Cookies were later.

The adults continued to sit around the table after they finished eating while the kids played on the toys, rode the bikes or slide down the slide. At one point, they used the rings from the ring toss game and were being silly. Only pictures can really describe what we saw.

Timmy and his parents had to leave. The rest of the kids stayed and played with Collin a little longer. When it was time to go, Hannah told Collin to get in the car while the parents were saying their "good-byes". Collin was ready to go to their house and spend the night. Hannah and Hayden wanted him to go home with them. About 20 minutes later, I had to crawl in the back seat and get Collin because he did not want to come out. Of course, he cried really hard when I did this. He was OK by the time we got into the house.

Maybe from all the activity from today, he will sleep in at least past 7:30am. Doesn't he know it's Mother's Day tomorrow.