Picnic at Callaway

Last Saturday we had absolutely nothing on the calendar.  A blank white day.  No soccer games, basketball games, scout activities, recitals, birthday parties, primary activities, church meetings, or house showings.  The kids and I decided to enjoy the great weather with a picnic at Callaway Gardens.   (Dad was still in Arizona having fun on his golf trip with Grandpa.)  The kids made and packed all the lunches and did a great job.  We ate, played around on the grass and then explored some trails we’d never done before.  We met a big dog on our walk.  I could see it bounding down the trail and knew that Megan up ahead was going to have an absolute breakdown.  I sent Ryan quickly to ‘save her’ but it was too late.  Megan was sure that dog was coming straight for her, screamed and started running.  It was both hysterical and sad to watch.  Poor Megan does NOT like dogs.  The dog owner came to apologize to Megan even though the dog didn’t touch her.  We also found climbing trees on our trail and stopped for awhile to play.   We saw daffodils and were so excited about new spring flowers and GREEN grass.  Our outing ended with tired kids, a hungry baby and a two year old tantrum --- like all good outings should.