The Perfect Day, aaaand, Dawson Melts My Heart!

Yesterday was awesome! It was one of those days where it was reconfirmed to me that the simple moments in life combine to make perfect days. 
Yesterday morning after getting the kids and myself ready, I dropped them off with Tyler's mom (she is always so sweet to watch them for me) and went to SLC to meet Tyler for lunch. I have never done that before, and I loved it. He took me to this Deli called "The Grove" and we got a pulled pork sandwich. And HOLY HUGE! That Sandwich was bigger than a newborn baby! It was so so yummy though. Messy and hard to eat, but yummy! 
I went back to the office with Tyler and got to meet his co-workers and see where he makes the mula. It was so nice to just hang out just the two of us. We could talk without hearing "Mom, mom. . . .MOM!" in the background. We love our kiddos, but we love each other and being able to talk with each other too. Tyler's boss is way nice and even let Tyler have an extended lunch break since I was there. 
After that I went back and picked up the kids from Shelley's. Dawson didn't want to leave. He loves grandma's house, but I finally talked him into it. I decided that before we headed back to our place, we would stop at the Smith's near Shelley's house because they were having some good deals and I wanted to pick up a few things. That Smith's happens to be not far from Mine and Tyler's first apartment, so I stopped there on the way and showed Dawson where we used to live. He didn't really get that he had never lived there and said "And I loved living there too!" 
Then we were off again to Smith's. But before we got there I saw a park that I used to take walks by when I was pregnant with Dawson. I remembered how as I would walk by I would imagine taking my little boy there to play one day. As I drove closer to the park I almost didn't stop. I am a very planned person. It is really hard for me to be spontaneous and do something I hadn't already planned for. As I almost passed by I thought to myself "Well why in the world should we not go there?! I don't have anywhere to be, and Dawson and Addy would love it!" And so I just told my planned out, non-spontaneous self to go to that park, and I was so glad I did.
Dawson had a blast. I wanted to swing Addy in the baby swings, but they had been sitting in the sun too long and were super hot. So Addy just sat on my lap and cuddled and I loved it. Pretty soon a little girl about Dawson's age, her mom, grandma, baby sister and little dog showed up. Dawson loves making friends and he got right to business. "Do you want to go down the slide with me?" he asked her. She said yes and he excitedly turned to me and said "She wants to go down the slide with me!!!" Then he went over to the grandma who was sitting down with the baby and the dog. He just sat right up on that bench next to her and was asking her things like "Do dogs eat sand?" When she told him no, he said "Your dog was just eating sand." Ha ha, he was totally trying to correct her. Then he pointed to the baby she was holding and said "We have one of those babies! Her name is Addy Rose!" Oh Dawson, you melt my heart. I just love watching him interact with others. 
We played at the park for a long time and the it was time to go. As we drove away from the playground, Dawson said in the saddest voice ever "I am going to miss that little girl." I would be lying if I said that did not almost bring tears to my eyes. I am such a mom!
At Smith's Dawson got to sit in one of the carts that has a car in the front and he thought that was pretty awesome. He didn't want to leave when it was time to go because he was having too much fun. But alas, it was time to go home. On the twenty minute drive home, I listened to my little Addy babble adorably to herself, and thought of Dawson having so much fun, and thought about my lunch date with the hubby, I felt so content and happy. And that's when I decided it had been the perfect day. I love my life!