Great Day Off

Collin and Dad had a fantastic day off yesterday.  In the morning, they met up with Hawkins, Foard and their Dad to hike through a local park we have not been to before.  Collin was really excited about hiking but had hiking mountains and rocks in mind and not walking on flat surfaces.  Dad helped him understand that their our not mountains where we live so our kind of hiking is through woods on flat trails.  He did understand had had a good time.  Along the trail, the boys pointed out the animals and insects they saw.  They found a massive spider web with a spider in the middle waiting for food.  Then, they saw two garden snakes to the side of the trail.  Ummmm....no thank you!  The boys took a break and climbed on a tree with really cool looking branches.

After hiking around, they stopped at the river to look for alligators....and they found several.  One was over 8 feet long and just starred at them.  Fortunately, they had a safe place to watch the alligators from.  They then went inside the park office to check out the animals they had inside.  The weather quickly turned to torrential rain, so they left the park.

After lunch, they all went to the movies and watched Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  It was a great movie.  Even Dad said he really enjoyed it.

The younger boys then watched Hawkins' football practice before everyone went their separate ways.  Dad and Collin went to Target to look for more Halloween decorations for the front yard.  I was still at work when Dad sent me a text with these pictures.  I can see they were really focused on the decorations.  Looks like fun though.

Time to eat dinner, so they went to Taco Cabana for quesadillas and chips and queso.  That's a great way to end a fantastic day with each other. 

Later when I got home, Collin told me that he was happy to spend time with Dad and he had a good day BUT he was excited about going to school.  He did not understand why he had to have the day off. 

He did have a great day today at school.  He said it was "awesome"!