The Benders: Playdates for Mommy, Daddy, and Jackson

The past few days have been full of play dates for the Bender family! All three of us enjoyed some special time with friends, and I had to share pictures of all our "get-togethers."

Thursday, Jackson and I enjoyed a morning with Ashley, Addie and Tucker. After playing around at the house, we headed to Chick-fil-a for lunch and some time in the kid's area. Jackson was a little daring Friday and climbed up to the top. He and Tucker had so much fun. And I had so much fun catching up with Ash!

In a few years, these two are going to be trouble :-)

Look at me Mommy!

Friday, after Jackson's 18-month check-up (All's good!) we headed over to Kate and Sam's house for a play date. Wesley and I went to Lipscomb with Kate. She and her husband Ben recently moved to the Cumming area, and we have been able to reconnect. Kate invited us over for play time and a delicious lunch - taco soup and Green Hills Grille Iced Tea! Yummo!

Jackson's favorite part of Sam's house was a new toy - Sam's diaper box. We put one of the boys in the box while the other pushed it around. They thought it was hilarious. I stole these pictures from Kate's blog:

Saturday started with a Girl's Day. The Encouragement ministry at the church had a card making session to make Valentines for the Jail Ministry. I joined a few of my friends at the building for the morning and then we headed off for lunch. A big thanks to Wesley for watching Jackson for the day. It is so nice to be able to get away every now and then for a little girl-time!

Meredith, Kate, Cory, and Misty at Lunch

Saturday night we joined our friends the Wyatts for play time at the park. It was a beautiful night and we all enjoyed watching the boys play around on the playground.

Jackson loved the swings!

Wesley and Rocky played "Frogger" with the boys. Rocky tried to see if he could get across without being hit by the moving swings. They all loved this game. Can you see all the smiles?