On Saturday, we were invited to Logan’s friend Rohan’s house for a playdate.  Their classmate Bar was there too.  The boys immediately started playing together, but Bar did not want to join with the boys initially.  Rohan and Logan had so much fun running around playing with different things, and Connor enjoyed chasing after them.  They played, took a break for snack, played again until we broke for lunch.  Lunch was a bit hectic at the beginning as Connor wanted to sit at the small table with Logan and Rohan.  We finally settled him down at a chair next to them, then Rohan and Logan got upset with each other as Rohan wanted to sit closer to Logan.  After the meal, the kids enjoyed some TV entertainment.  Later, they resumed running around, then all three big kids were wild while playing a tug a war with a snake stuffed animal.  At that time, we knew it was time to say goodbye and go home.  After nap, we took a long walk with the boys in the buggy to a local park to play.  It was so busy at the park as there must have been several parties going on at the same time.  The boys enjoyed playing with the renovated structures.  On the walk back home, Connor all of a sudden wanted out of the buggy but he was too heavy to be carried too long, so he had a few minutes of meltdown before agreeing to return to the buggy.

    On Sunday Mother’s Day, Stuart let me pick the agenda for the day; we started by taking a drive to Capitola to hang out at the beach.  We left the house early at 9am to beat the crowd.  The weather was not as warm as we expected; it was cloudy and a bit chilly.  We all had jackets, so it was still fine playing at the beach.  We did arrive at the beach at a good time before the crowds appeared; we found close parking and a good spot for our beach blanket.  There was even live music playing at the beach.  The boys enjoyed playing with the sand; Logan especially had fun digging into the sand cliff.  We packed up after an hour to take our lunch so we could move on to our second half of our plan, the Roaring Camp.  But unfortunately during the short walk to the car, Logan tripped and skinned his knees.  He was very sad; a lot of tears were shed.  We could not find our first aid kit; so Connor and I went to the shops to find something while Stuart tried to console Logan in the car.  We managed to clean up his wounds and proceeded to lunch.  Logan was still sad, so he received some special treatment at the restaurant, sitting on and being fed by daddy.  We had to wait quite a long time before the food arrived, fortunately the kids were relatively content.  The food was very good, but not sure it was worth the long wait.  With the fall and the wait at the restaurant, we knew we would miss the steam train ride at Roaring Camp, so we decided to drive back home after lunch.  This change in plan ended up working well as we all could take a restful nap at home.  Afterward, we decided to BBQ to wrap up this weekend.  We played in the neighbors yard (with a Logan buddy) while taking a walk waiting for the food to cook.  After eating a big meal, the boys went down to sleep easily.