Stuart left at 6am this morning for his business trip, so Mother’s Day was a bonding time for me and the boys.  I initially had considered taking them to watch the Jungle Book, after we talked about if it would be too scary.  However this morning the boys suggested a change in plan to go play miniature golf instead.  We decided to go as soon as the park was open to beat the crowd, and we did it.  We were the first group on the course, and we finished the entire course before anyone caught up to us.  The boys did great; Connor even out beat Logan in a few holes.  Logan did not want to keep score this time, but they tried to argue who the winner was at the end.  After mini golf, they were excited to play some arcade games, a mixture of shooting games and air hockey.  Next I wanted some French fries, so we had our lunch at In and Out.  The two of them were quite into playing with the little sticker activity they were given while they ate.

    After a little quiet time and some Monopoly time at home, the boys played video games and I actually caught a quick nap.  I convinced them to take a walk later but we ended up at the school playing basketball, Connor and I vs. Logan.  Connor is getting better shooting basket and could make several baskets at these higher baskets.  I also entertained them by playing Four Squares with them too.

    The agreement to change plan this morning was to also include a movie night.  I finally found a movie that I was interested and the boys had not seen, Rio.  Before we started the movie, we also agreed to let Connor be the teacher and pretend teaching us some facts about animals for awhile.  With the movie, the two of them were quite engaged.  We took a break to eat dinner while we chatted with Stuart over the phone.  We finished up the movie after eating, and we still had some time to play basketball in the backyard.  I joined them after I finished cleaning.  We then proceeded with shower, story time and bedtime.  We had a productive day as we tried to keep ourselves busy while we miss having daddy with us.