Bzzzzzyyyyyy

Friday marked Derrick's 9th time leaving me for the annual MN fish opener.  I remember a time when I would have tears in my eyes at his exit and now I am just so used to it and so busy that the weekend's without him fly by.  Lucky for me Friday was my day off and I spent it with my favorite little boy running around like crazy and enjoying the beautiful weather.  We started off the day with a refreshing 2.5 hour nap followed by a quick pit stop at a friends house to deliver some Happy 30th B-day flowers and a sneak peak   at our "mommy and me" pictures.   Some I absolutely love and some make me cringe...you can check them out if you want at  http://rstrand.photobiz.com/cart/ just type in your email and the password is "riley."  He had a blast sitting on their comfy couch with the lights turned down low while listening to music and watching our pictures appear on the wall screen.  He couldn't help but yell out Mommy at every new picture that appeared and when he saw a bridal picture on the wall he got uber excited and cried "Tee tee" which is code for Katie.  Afterwards we stopped at McDonald's and Riley ate his first ever happy meal and boy was he happy with everything from the super cool box to the milk jug, apples, chicken nuggets and of course the donkey toy from Shrek.

I thought he could use the playplace but he is still a bit too small but gasped in amazement as we entered into it.  He even got a little bag of cookies-I would have to say that for 2.99 it was well worth the fun and our nutrition could be put off for one meal.  Although that is the most I have eaten apples for awhile!  We headed straight to the dam for some Mom's club park play and had a blast soaking up the sun.  Riley is at an age now where he can go up and down the ladder and slides without my help (at least the toddler slides) so I just sat back and watched him play with the kids while I talked about the June calendar and upcoming Mom's Banquet next weekend.  I did eventually go down a few slides racing Riley as he requested but he giggles too much when we sit slide by slide and I always won no matter how hard I tried not to because he just sits and giggles and giggles and giggles.  I also had to get a few quick shots of Riley and the river and am very pleased with how they turned out!

We raced home to meet Tee Tee who brought us over some pizza and company to close out the day and even more exciting Riley peed in the potty!  YES, I said he actually went wee wee in his big boy potty chair!  I was shocked and so was he!  When I picked up the bucket to show him he stuck his head in there excitedly and then spilled the wee wee everywhere.  He still earned his M & M's though and was smiling ear to ear.

Days off with Mommy are sooooo fun!