A fun (mostly free) family weekend

 Cinco de Mayo weekend we enjoyed a lovely family fun weekend together. Dave had Thursday/Friday off of school after finishing his last 1st year final on Wednesday. He only had a short break since summer school started Monday so we made the most of it. We hung out and took it easy Thursday and Friday and then on Saturday we decided to go to opening day of the Hay Market Farmer's Market! It was a pretty hot day, so we took water bottles with ice water to stay cool. We got to the farmer's market and walked around. About half way through we saw this big fountain with a bunch of people sitting on the edge cooling off their kids. We walked over and Dave held Linc as he sat and splashed his feet around in it. I'm pretty sure Linc would have jumped in if we would have let him. He splashed around and got them both pretty wet and then we continued to walk the rest of the farmer's market. Our purchases of the day...fresh honey ($1.50) with a free stick of mango flavored honey because the guy was convinced that even though I didn't like honey I would like that and bag of kettle corn ($1.50), which was soooo gooood!!

 After the farmer's market we walked many many blocks away to the children's museum. Since we have a family pass we don't have to pay admission! Linc loves the museum. This time he spent lots of time flying the airplane...

 

and playing volleyball! Just look at his moves...this little guy sure is a sporty little guy. We spent about an hour there and then headed home for Linc's nap, which we all enjoyed! Since it was cinco de mayo Dave grilled up some carne asada and we had a delicious dinner with some flan for dessert. It was a good day.

For dinner on Sunday we decided to do a picnic in the park. Dave had been wanting to do a picnic all week, but the week got a bit crazy or the schedule was off or the weather or something seemed to come up. So we decided that Sunday was a good family day. Linc loved being outside and the weather was nice...but then got a bit chilly. 

Dave planned the menu and since he is a fan of cheese and meat that's what we had...a good variety of it all! We also had some crackers, bread and fruit to go with it all. It was really good...until we realized that one of the meats was raw and needed to be cooked!! Luckily, Linc and I only ate a little and none of us got sick. 

Linc walked around after he was done and enjoyed the big green cup. He loves drinking out of real cups and doesn't really care for his sippy. He just wants to be like his mom and dad and always notices when he gets something different than us. He is such a sweetheart!

I'm pretty sure Linc always has some kind of a ball (or 2 or 3) with him. He is seriously the most active kid we know! Everyone notices his constant exploring and energy...and everyone loves it. He isn't partial to any particular sport and loves all sports. He is starting to do a little jump shot in front of the basketball hoop. He actually throws the ball in and makes practice jump and throwing baskets motions...it is really cute! I'm so proud of all his skills.

 Linc walked around for quite a while throwing the ball and running after it. He was even trying to engage the tree in his playtime activities.

Of course, he loves playing with daddy best. They run and tackle and chase after each other. I love watching them...they always have such big smiles on their faces. 

Linc loves finding sticks at the park and this time the boys played sword fighting. Lincoln really enjoyed it! I think this might have been his first time playing this type of a game, but let's just say he caught on super fast.

He was not afraid to swing back at his dad's stick and you could hear the clack as they hit together. Dave looked a bit worried at times and almost fearful that he was going to get hurt! I remember him saying that Linc swings and hits pretty hard. They both had fun and no one got hurt.

Before we left there was some time for a little hide-n-seek. Dave would run and put Linc behind a tree and tell him to stay there while he went to hide. Linc would stay behind the tree and then slowly poke the top half of his body out from behind the tree bending over sideways...it was the cutest thing and I kept trying to get a  picture, but never was able to. I guess my mental picture will have to do. Linc loves finding daddy and runs to him as soon as he sees where he is at. He is also good at hiding. Sometimes at church he will even play hide-n-seek with the other kids, just the way daddy plays with Linc.

It was a wonderful family weekend and you can't beat the fact that we spent less than $5 for it all!! Dave has been busy back at school, but I know that Linc and Dave (and of course me) enjoyed the time we had to relax together.