Saturday I attended an all-day La Leche League leaders' workshop, so Chris spent the day with both kids. He did such a great job! I know he's doing his job and doing it greatly when he works in his office all day, but that is sort of "invisible," and seeing him have a day with the kids is more visible to me. I was so grateful to be able to focus on my volunteer work today without either child in tow.
The NASCAR track was having a free day for spectators, so Chris took the kids there, then out to lunch, and then to the Equestrian Center, also free. He also took them to the grocery store and I walked in at five o'clock ready to scramble together a dinner and he had cooked dinner too! (Unfortunately, his phone camera was inadvertently set to take very low-data pictures, which is why these are so small.)
Ha ha! I notice Mary is looking at the camera in these!
ReplyDeleteHow do you guys find out about these sorts of free family-friendly events?
ReplyDeleteI think it is also great that Chris dutifully took pictures to record the day and for you to post on the blog!
We did a craft event at a Nascar event ....and ended up having to wear ear plugs! As John and Mary seem to be enjoying the spectacle, perhaps this was more of a demonstration than a full-blown race!
ReplyDeleteDaddy-time is a good thing (for everybody)!
Sarah Wood: The Equestrian center is always free. It's on the same road as Latta Plantation. Once or twice a month there are competitions going on there, so there is a lot of horse-riding activity for little kids to watch, and those are free too.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the race car driving, what Chris attended was the Richard Petty driving school, so these were just regular folk paying obscene amounts of money to drive race cars at about 100 mph. Chris thought to look at the Richard Petty website to see when they would be at Charlotte's NASCAR course, which is several times per month.
Sarah: I'm trusting that the kids didn't need ear plugs, since these were amateurs driving 100 mph. Anyway, I hope that is true!
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