Adventures with D-Man

 

We had the D-Man, Big D, Darian the Barbarian here for a visit recently.

The plan all along has been to get Kaelan and Darian together as much as possible post move.   Sadly, our spring breaks were not the same week this year, so that presented a bit of a challenge in either meeting for vacation somewhere or spending the week together.

However………..we made it happen!

Darian came to Oklahoma the week of his spring break.   Kaelan was in school, so I had the task of keeping D busy and entertained during the day, and then Kaelan took over in the afternoons.  

We did pull Kaelan out of school on Thursday so she could devote an entire day to her BFF.

The kids actually spent the night in the Science Museum for Star Wars night with Doug as their chaperone.  They had a great time, and I got to stay home with the little Jedi and get a full night of sleep.   Poor Doug.

The adventures were endless.   From the time we picked him up in Dallas, to the time we put him on plane (with Aunt Sara) back to Austin, we filled our week in a fellowship of friendship.

 

Despite the freezing temps, the kids spent a great deal of time outdoors on scavenger hunts nature walks around the property and neighborhood.

 

Lucky for us, the visit took place the week of St. Patty’s Day, so we had lots of visits from that pesky, sneaky leprechaun. 

Everything from mean tricks (mattresses flipped against the walls, missing shoes, green milk, waking up to 50 green balloons stuffed in the room, clothes covered in shamrock stickers, to name a few) to sweet treats (leprechaun treasure bubble bath, gold coin treasure hunt, shamrock shakes and cookies), we celebrated St. Patrick’s with great fun!

 

The big finale on the morning of St. Patrick’s Day was a huge rainbow maze all throughout the backyard, that ended with a pot of gold.   Hallie, Darian and Kaelan each had their own color of yarn to untangle throughout the yard to unveil the whereabouts of their treasure.  

The kids literally ran out of the house in their pajamas and started the maze.  It was stinkin’ cold that morning, but by the time they did all that running around and searching, they were all breaking a sweat.

 

 

We also had our annual glow in the dark flashlight egg hunt while Darian was here.   Several friends came and helped us enjoy a wonderful evening of egg hunting.   The glowing eggs were a big hit!   Thanks Aunt Sara for breaking your fingers stuffing them!

We ended the hunt with cupcakes and kids going crazy on the playscape and jumper. 

Wore those suckers out!

Kaelan and Darian did not even have the energy to yap themselves to sleep that night. 

We bathed them, put them in bed, and boom!  They were out.

I think we are still finding eggs from the hunt.  I know for at least a week after that night, we would see these creepy little alien glowing things out in our yard at night.   We would just send the kids out to fetch them.   They thought we were setting up a new egg hunt for them every evening.

We are such cool parents.

See you in a few weeks, D!