Saturday mornings

The weekends in our house are about negotiating time. Mum and Dad both want some time out for exercise and both want some good family time. Hubby and I have worked out what works for us. Saturday mornings are Dads cycling mornings and Sunday mornings are my running mornings.....( although I haven't run for some time for obvious reasons but am looking forward to getting back to it soonish.) Saturday afternoons and Sunday after church and it's family time, relaxing, more park visits, afternoon snoozes and the likes.

So Saturday mornings have turned into park mornings. The kids are up bright and early and I see the morning stretching out ahead of me so the idea of letting them burn energy at the park is far more exciting than the idea of breaking up fights/doing housework/kids sitting in front of the telly all morning.

It's usually Duck Park or Secret Park (our names for the local parks). We are usually one of the first families to get there, but not the first, kids waking early is a universal problem I guess! I have usually made a coffee to take with me. The kids jump out of the car and head off to play. I drink coffee, push a kid on a swing every now and then, and just enjoy the morning chatting to my buddy if she turns up, people watching if not.

We don't go every Saturday, some Saturdays we have company (they are always the best) some Saturdays are colder than others, some Saturdays end up surprising us (like last Saturday where we ended up in the middle of a community celebration with jumping castle, petting farm, stalls and lots of people). We are usually out for a couple of hours and all come home feeling good.

Coffee in hand, my view

I know how you feel swan, I know how you feel

Not just ducks at Duck Park...

but Duck Park does get its name from all the ........

Levi and Phoenix climbing and Brooke watching on from the swing

Rico conked out, he loves sleeping on his tummy

I really enjoy our Saturday mornings out.
I'm looking forward to taking our new baby out on our Saturday morning adventures too.