today, i FORCED q to get out of the house. okay, i lured him out with the promise of feeding kitties. we headed over to the king george memorial park where there is a whole herd of feral cats...that we're not supposed to feed :-) this park is pretty amazing. it has a soccer pitch, a nice walking/jogging path, and a nice two-level playground.
q started out playing around with his soccer ball on the soccer pitch. he attracted the attention of an older gentleman who spent about 15 minutes playing with quinn, coaxing him into kicking the ball into the net, and cheering him on. q got one of his feet trapped in the net and wiped out pretty hard, so that ended their game and led to lunch.
i think q's in a growth spurt b/c he keeps telling me he's hungry every hour on the hour, and he keeps devouring whatever food i prepare for him. he inhaled his picnic lunch and then started telling me he was ready to go home for lunch :-)
after his picnic lunch, we played on the playground, fed a feral cat, took a restroom break (nothing like changing a poopy pullup while the pooper is standing (while q is doing great with staying dry, he is not yet staying clean)), and then walked to a nearby grocery store for some necessary provisions.
we had a great time, and q took a great nap after our outing. this afternoon wasn't quite so full of rainbows and unicorns, though. i needed to finally get some boxes to the post office, and i told the kids if they behaved, we'd go to jumpin' gym afterward. they did not behave. at all. livie, sassy pants that she is, kept asking me "did we lose our privilege yet?" i don't think i've been this eager for bed time in a while :-) they are now tucked in and it is blissfully quiet in the apartment!
oh, and a random thought about kitties. i think waffle knew we were paying attention to other kitties. the treats we took to feed the feral cats are some crunchies that my mom sent for waffle and that he turned his nose up at. as soon as we came home from our adventure, he dived into my bag and started nosing the bag of treats he had previously rejected! he then inhaled a handful of the crunchies like he'd been craving them his whole life.
q asked me to take this picture of him
i am fascinated by the root structures on a lot of the trees here. that hairy mess above q's right shoulder is part of the root system of the tree behind him as is the mess on the wall.
the text is very tiny, but i put some text to show which of the high rises is our building. i stopped to get a shot of the church and noticed our building was visible.
q asked me to take this picture, too. i was trying to snap pics of him climbing the twirly thing, but he got down and asked me to take a pic once he was at the bottom.
q enjoying his picnic lunch
fun shot of q's soccer ball in mid air
sporty q
this picture doesn't do her justice, but i couldn't get her to turn around. this little kitty had the most stunning turquoise eyes.
haha I love the last picture of the cat. Her ears say, "I am tolerating your presence and photography... but barely."
ReplyDeleteThe "Sporty Q" picture is too cute. It looks like he was posing that way intentionally, instead of just being mid-step.
Aiden and James go through periods of the insatiable appetite, too. Can you imagine what it will be like when our boys are teenagers? Josh and David will have to get weekend jobs to support the grocery budget.
hahaha...you are right. the little kitty turned around and looked at me and even started to walk up to me, but as soon as i whipped out the camera, this is the attitude she gave me.
ReplyDeletei can totally see that your boys have been eating you out of house and home...they both have grown SO much. yes, there will need to be extra jobs when they are teenagers...not relishing that thought ;-p