DONE day ONE: "Special" Park

James is officially DONE with his first year of law school. He finished on Thursday and I have had every second since then (2:30 pm, on the dot) planned to a t. You really can't understand how excited I am to have my husband again, even if it is just for a week before his big summer job starts! This year has been crazy busy, busier than I can even say, so a vacation in our hometown was definitely a must! We have been playing, playing, playing everyday and I have lots to report.

T and I were waiting outside Daddy's classroom and greeted him when he finished his test. We headed out for Central Park, which T calls Special Park, and enjoyed a picnic (and ice cream).

Talmage was in 7th heaven having his Daddy around. They were pretty much inseparable. Here they are watching the sailboats at the Special Park pond.

After watching the toy sailboats in action, we decided to take a boat out on a spin ourselves. Daddy rowed us around the lake, and T and I sang row, row, row your boat, a sailor went to sea and some Little Mermaid ballads! It was so peaceful, and definitely didn't feel like you were smack in the middle of the city (well, except for the crazy skyline).

The flowers were in full bloom around the park and were gorgeous! And PS--JIM'S DONE WITH SCHOOL! Woo-hoo!

We hit up the carousel so T and Daddy could take a spin with the horseys. Talmage loved all the horses in central park--real and plastic!

Our last stop was a playground in the park where T and Daddy went down slides, ran around the jungle gym and played in the sand. They found a Lightning McQueen car and had so much fun burying it and digging it out again.