If there is such a thing as a perfect day, today was it. For no particular reason other than lots of great family time, beautiful weather, and our super adorable kids. Clarke took the day off from work and we all went with Huston for his 9:30 appointment to get his cast removed. He had cried every time we mentioned getting his cast off, and just truly seemed to have grown fond of it and did NOT want it taken off. I don't know if he was really worried about it hurting, but all he would say was that he was going to miss it. Thankfully, though, he woke up excited this morning and didn't utter so much as a word of complaint - just bounded up cheerfully to the doctor's office, immediately recognizing which door it was, and going right inside.
I love the picture below of the nurse showing Huston how the saw used to remove the cast actually kind of tickles. Huston giggled about it. He wore those silly pink sunglasses (and another pair of Arden's purple flower shaped sunglasses) all day. They were his "thing" of the day and he threw such a fit when I dared to tell him that they were actually Arden's glasses, not his. He said, "They are my glasses! They're real! They're my glasses, they're not Arden's!"Sweet, silly boy.
Getting the cast off took no time, and Huston was super brave and awesome the whole time. We had contemplated going to the zoo, but when we saw the spring break traffic, we decided to skip the zoo in favor of the little train that runs outside the zoo. Huston suddenly became not so brave at the site of the train and kept crying and saying he didn't want to go on it. Then he ran away and Clarke had to chase him down and pull him up out of the dirt that he dove into in his attempted escape. Somehow Clarke managed to convince him to get on, and of course Huston immediately loved it. On the ride, we went behind a bunch of buildings - one of which is the kids' pediatrician's office. Huston immediately recognized it, even from our weird perspective and location, and said, "Isn't that the doctor's office?!" It never fails to surprise me how good he is at remembering places and locations. He's like a GPS with photographic memory.
Arden loved it too, despite the serious look on her face in this picture. She kept pointing and saying "Duck! Duck!" every time we passed ducks in the water. It actually was a really fun train ride, and just the right length.
After the train ride, we headed to Gloria's for lunch and ate outside to enjoy the gorgeous day. While we were eating, Huston said, out of the blue, "Isn't that just so great that I got my cast off? Now I have two hands!"
Arden had a blast running around after lunch through the gate that Huston kept opening and closing. He still has such a love for opening gates. And Arden has such a love for running away and trying to escape. Especially if she knows you want her for something, like to put her shoes on or to change her diaper. She gets this impish look of glee in her eyes as she prepares to run away, and never fails to squeal with delight.
I was trying to get Clarke to take a self-portrait of all of us in our Saint Patricks' Day green after lunch, when a nice lady passed and offered to do it for us. I can't believe that it actually didn't turn out too bad.
After nap time, we took the kids out to the park by our house for some more playtime because Huston was anxious to use both arms while playing. Then we came back home and Huston begged to watch "Up!" again. He's obsessed with this movie lately and watches the entire thing pretty much every day. A few weeks ago his favorite movie was Monsters Inc. No telling what it will be next.
And that was pretty much our day. Wonderful and relaxing and fun. I'm so grateful for my family, for spring break, and for a healed arm on my sunglasses-wearing, gate-opening, inimitable boy.
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