Our kids riding to Kathy’s house for playtime.

Gotta love friends! And a car seat that can face forward now 🙂 Michelle and I carpooled in her big fat Jeep Commander to our friend Kathy’s house for some backyard shenanigans. We had a great time and the moms actually got to speak to each other in full sentences as the kids ran around shooting water guns and blowing bubbles. Ben slept in Caleigh’s crib (thanks Cal!) and flirted with Eva on the way over and back. Love the Jeep – it seats 7!  But really love the Peugeot van we rode in (it was a cab) in Aberdeen. Now you can fit a LOT in one of those, maybe even a pitched tent!  We discussed my birthday festivities and which “events” the ladies would most prefer for their day of adventure with me. Kathy, adventurous amazing soul that she is, called me later and said “yah know?!” (I’m always afraid when she says this – she’s daring!) “I’ve always wanted to jump out of a plane!” And you know what, I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, secretly hoping I never made friends with anyone daring enough to do it because then I’d HAVE to! Dave says not this year, mom says not until the kids are 18. Your thoughts? What if it’s like only from a couple thousand feet, tandem, with a SEAL who has done 5,000+ jumps? (yes, I have such a friend in mind). We have a lot of other ideas, like rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running, horseback riding…too many activities to choose from! It will be a fun birthday week 🙂