Yesterday, The Clark Tribe had a great day. We went out to Waterfront Park in Mount Pleasant, SC, along with a couple hundred other people, to watch The Blue Angels fly over the Charleston area. Of course, Adrian was extremely excited about "going to the park". Micah was just being his normal, happy-go-lucky yet starting to become mean, self. And Sky and I enjoyed ourselves as it was a very beautiful day to get out.
Sky had an idea that we could do a picnic in the park. I thought it was a great idea, so let's pack those sandwiches...... oh wait, the turkey sandwich meat was exhausted the day before. We didn't let that stop us. So we did what any other American would do in this situation... That's right. We turned to the faithful Mickey D's. Now we usually don't do fast food, mainly because it's unhealthy and it tends to cost a lot more that preparing the food yourself. But we looked through coupons and found a few "get a value meal get a sandwich free" coupons and ordered a healthy as possible. For a family of four, the total was about $13. So that's about $4.25 a person. That's not bad.
We get to the park, find a spot in the grass, and it was great. The sun was out, there was a breeze, and the boys were having tons of fun. We got some good family pictures in (unfortunately sans me because I had the camera). Adrian and Micah had a blast running around in the grass and enjoying each other. Sky and I got to lay around on beach towels and just chill. These would have been one of those great "if we didn't have kids moments" for people who are dating. Not to say the kids took away from anything, because watching the kids play and enjoy themselves, really makes us, as parents, feel satisfied as if we did something right; it's just there wasn't a moment for us to just enjoy our own company because we had to constantly watch the boys to make sure they didn't wander off into the mirage of people that were there.
Granddaddy, aka Marvin (Sky's dad), makes his entrance. I had called him earlier and he said he would come by to see his grandkids. Of course, Micah cried as soon as he saw him (on going joke as Adrian did the same thing for about the first 18 months or so of his life). Adrian, on the other hand, was happy to see him. Marvin and Adrian had some good bonding moments, and then...
The Blue Angels showed up a little late, like 2:10 PM, but they flew over. Adrian was completely in awe. We didn't have the best view, as the Ravenel Bridge was in the way, but we did get to see a few of the insane "tricks" that the Angels had to offer. By 3 PM, the show was over, and now it was time to transition to the "playground" section of the park.
Adrian, who a month ago was afraid to climb ladders or go across the loose boarded bridge, was running through the playsets as if they were an obstacle course. Sky took Micah over to the infant swing set and they had their time while Marvin and I entertained Adrian. Then it was time to go.
Sky, the boys, and I went to Wal-Mart. Sky had actually commented on it having been a while since she went to Wal-Mart. We did our grocery shopping and then headed home. It was 7 PM. I ended up going through the freezer and throwing out a ton of food. A lot of it was over a year old with freeze bite all over it. So now our freezer is pretty much empty.
Since I am the cook of the household, I decided instead of cooking meals for two days in advance, that I would try to cook in bulk. I prepared some snow crab legs, flavored with Tony's, for Sky's dinner last night--steamed, opened, and extracted for her. Funny how 6-7 snow crab legs are converted into a handful of crab meat. I made my spicy Teriyaki salmon, hot shrimp and asparagus stir-fry, steamed rice---this will be Sky's lunch for the week. Then I made myself some whole wheat spaghetti with sliced turkey cutlet, green onion, mushroom, and tomato sauce.
From there, we got the boys bathed and put to bed and Sky and I ended the night with the Celebrity Apprentice.
It was a great day, and I'm sure more will follow. If it's sunny out, not to hot with a nice breeze, get out! Enjoy life!
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