Today was a crazy day with the kids. We left the house at 8:30, drove an hour to the Beardsley Zoo, walked around looking at animals for 3 hours, got food, blew some money at the gift shop, drove home, changed into our bathing suits, and met a friend and her kids (one in Jack's kindergarten class) at the pool, where they swam and ran around for 3 hours before we wearily headed home, bathed, ate, and piled them into bed.
And they were incredibly happy, almost all day, and I realized that maybe that's one of the secrets to this whole parenting thing. Much as I might want to relax and kick back or whatever, they want to be busy, racing about from one thing to another. I don't want to overschedule them, and I realize that's a bad thing too. But they're happier -- less whiny, less complaining -- and cheerier when they're busy.
At dinner, Jack chattered away about the different animals at the zoo. Kate sort of sing-songed away about the pool, and "swimming" in 1-foot deep water in the kiddie pool. And when they fell into bed, and didn't make a peep, it was with smiles on their faces, I think.
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