Little Diddy For Dad

Learning to Love Chaos

Ya know that really old movie with Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman? Where he learns he is terminally ill with cancer while his wife is expecting? Oh it is so sad and so good!! I cried for days after watching that. Well, in that movie there's a part where he talks about his deep fear of riding roller coasters. His therapist/healer friend tells him he needs to come to terms with this fear because it analogous to life in general and specifically with raising kids. The healer tells him that learning to love a roller coaster is a way to learn to love life and enjoy the chaos- or at least be o.k. with it. I've thought about this a lot since having children....trying to find meaning and happiness in the chaos.....and every year I get closer and enjoy it more. That's why I love this picture of me and Sienna screaming while riding on this roller coaster together. This was my favorite part of my Mother's Day weekend.

Mother's Day Weekend

This Mother's Day weekend was by far my favorite. I loved, loved spending the day with the kids at the local Peach Festival. The best part was probably riding the "old-fashioned" roller coaster (whose structural integrity was questioned with every dip and turn). Each time we've gone to the farm before it's never been operating. We had such a blast.

Sienna is just like Nathan- an absolute thrill seeker, adrenaline junkie, or roller-coaster "enthusiast" as Nathan puts it. She went on the roller coaster 6 times in a row, and only stopped because we forced her. Sheesh! The first two rides were with Nathan. He taught her to raise her arms the whole time! I very reluctantly got on the ride with her and showed her how to hold the bar with a death hold grip. I actually loved it. So I went on it again. Poor Wesley, he was just roasting in the sun watching us scream and laugh.

Wesley loved picking the peaches the most!

Me and Pooh Bear in the flower garden at the Peach Festival.

More of Peach Festival

After all the peach-picking we grabbed some frozen treats and made our way around the rest of the farm. The first picture is Sienna hiding in the gorgeous garden so I can't take a picture of her, or get any more bites of her treat.

We of course, have to, have to, have to ride the Carousel at least 32 times before we can see anything else. You've never seen two kids love the Carousel more - that's why I have so many pictures like these! We go to this farm throughout the year but I've never seen the flowers as pretty as this weekend.

Peach Festival-the Scoop

The weekend of Mother's Day I really wanted to do something fun as a family on Saturday instead of our typical "duds" (try and clean but usually bicker and get on each other's nerves while the kids climb the walls). I really wanted to have one of those days where you're happy to be a Mom- a fun "Mom" day as opposed to all the ho hum, run of the mill, make you wanna check into an asylum kind of day. I was thrilled to have a reason to get out of the house and go to the local Peach Festival.



It was hot, not gonna lie, but we had so much fun. Nothing was perfect......but overall it was probably the most fun day I've had with the kids and Nathan this whole year. We went on a "hayride" down the the peach orchards where we could roam around and pick our own peaches to buy and eat. Wesley loved doing this.....Sienna not so much. Wesley was all over the place picking up every overly ripe and under-ripe peach within his reach while Sienna moaned about the heat and having to do "too much work."