We’ve been blessed with beautiful weather lately! You know, the kind of weather when it feels like a crime to be spending any amount of time indoors?? Yeah, that kind.
As I was just about to do my usual boring reheat the leftovers from last night’s dinner for lunch thing, I looked at Clara and said, “Forget this! Let’s go kidnap Daddy for a MANDATORY picnic!!” Which elicited a fantastic response, not unlike this one….
And just like that, we ditched the leftovers, grabbed a couple of sandwiches on the way to Mark’s office…..
….and whisked him away for his lunch hour to a nearby park for our very impromptu mandatory picnic lunch!!
An easy, simple way to make the day extra special!!
So much fun!!
May 12th, 2011 on 10:38 pm
Dear Valerie,
I didn’t know that you could kidnap a grown man!
Love,
Mark
May 12th, 2011 on 10:43 pm
You’re welcome.
May 12th, 2011 on 10:45 pm
What a cute idea — bonus time for everyone in the family. We have already had lots of humidity down here. But Madison wants to go and have lunch with Daddy at his work — they have a great cafeteria with the general food areas, but also a Blimpies and Chic-Fil-A.
May 12th, 2011 on 11:13 pm
Yes, bonus time indeed! So grateful for sunny days!!
And Clara was talking about this little adventure ALL day long… so fun!!
May 12th, 2011 on 11:15 pm
Such a great way to spend a lunch hour. And I lover Jimmy John’s – their beach club is the best
May 12th, 2011 on 11:46 pm
We do that to my husband all the time. He works at Notre Dame which is a beautiful campus. The kids like to go on nature hunts while we picnic!
May 13th, 2011 on 7:36 am
Send some of your weather our way!
May 13th, 2011 on 8:53 am
I second Christy’s request!
May 13th, 2011 on 12:06 pm
I’m inspired!
May 13th, 2011 on 9:47 pm
I love LOVE summer weather!
May 13th, 2011 on 10:37 pm
I wish someone came and kidnapped me once in a while!
May 14th, 2011 on 11:23 am
Well, we were spontaneous yesterday, taking a picnic lunch to the beach…unfortunately, it was 49 degrees and windy at the time. Still fun, but we didn’t last long. Looking forward to sunny days someday.
May 16th, 2011 on 8:53 am
I just discover your blog, and I am in love!!!! I am a Spanish teacher for a preschool /daycare. Have you ever thought about doing some of your projects to teach Spanish??? I will like to borrow some of your ideas to introduce Spanish words in a fun way to my kiddos if that is ok with you
May 16th, 2011 on 3:00 pm
What a wonderful, spontaneous idea!