Playing with the camera a lot lately…

Backyard wild flowers

The Veggie Garden!

Daisy Doodle Schmoodle

The boy knows how to relax

Waiting

Heading home

Watching

Our fabulous friends got the boys a trampoline for Christmas last year and I, for one, have been DYING to put it together and get it into the yard.

We’ve had a fair amount of decent weather, but it’s Michigan, and it’s really not Spring until May…or June…so we’ve been holding off. I was sick of waiting, though, so yesterday, Matt and I made the trek to Sam’s Club and got the enclosure net for it (and about $200 worth of other crap, of course!).

A beautiful and sunny day, it only took a couple of hours to get it fully operational. In no time, the boys were bouncing and laughing and playing. Totally worth the wait.

Later, I got in and did laps with Matt; he chased me and I chased him. And seriously? Who needs a gym with a trampoline in the backyard?!

Today has been a good day.  The best part? When Preston fell off the swing.

Yes, he’s fine.  Yes, I laughed at him…but before you get all judge-y and stuff, HE was laughing too.  And I did wait until I made sure he was ok before I laughed (mostly).

I decided that it would make the day even more fun to draw some illustrations for you.  (I’ll never be able to do it as well as her, but it’s fun to try!)

So, here we are…I’m pushing the boys on the swing…see how happy we are?

And see how fast and high they are going?

And see how happy Preston is, specifically??

And then, SUDDENLY, the swing was EMPTY!!

Where’d he go??? *(Where’d WHO go?! – props to anyone who knows where that line comes from!!)

In the blink of an eye….

He flew out of the swing and landed flat on his back in the rubber mulch.  As I ran over to him I said “You let go!!” And my boy, flat on the ground, just about to cry from the shock of flying through the air said “You PUSHED ME!!”

And that set me off.  Of course I pushed him, I was pushing him on the swing!

I gathered him up in my lap and hugged him close. We went back and forth for a minute about me pushing vs. him letting go, while Matt went in search of Mr. Bear and juice. By the time Mike came to the deck to see why Matt had come running in the house, I was starting to crack up. And then? I couldn’t stop.

Suddenly, the very idea of Preston flying through the air and landing flat on his butt was the funniest thing I’d seen in a long time.

Luckily, Preston agreed with me, because when he first said “Mom! It’s not funny!” and I replied with “*snort* yes, yes it was! *snicker*” He gave me the look, but then started giggling along with me.  We must’ve sat and laughed for 10 minutes.  Neither of us could get a grip; I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt. (of course, as out of shape as I am, it was a fabulous ab workout, too!!)

FYI: This is my first post of NaBloPoMo – consider yourself warned that there will be much silliness to come in the next 29 days.