Johnathon's Arrival

Taking a break at the playground along the bike path

My nephew Johnathon came to RI to stay with his Dad (my brother) for two weeks.  I was very excited about his arrival since I haven't seen him in years.  Since Johnathon lives full time in Ohio with his mom his trips to RI never coincided with our trips back to the States.  While I've heard about his life from my brother and seen pictures on Facebook it just isn't the same as being with someone in person.  Once he arrived the girls and I headed down to spend the day with my brother and his two sons.  We had a great day together.  We went for a nine mile bike ride on the South County Bike Path.  This path was great b/c it was long and flat.  I wasn't sure about the distance since our kids have never biked that far but paved and flat is much easier than the slightly hilly trail through the woods that our girls are used to biking so it all went fine.  Johnathon is quite a talker so the two of us actually spent the majority of the bike ride side by side chatting.  It was a great chance for me to get to know my nephew and for him to get to know me.  By the end of the ride he was comfortable enough with me to try to splash me going through a puddle. 

After the bike ride we headed back to my brother's house for lunch and then playing outside.  We played basketball and frisbee and the kids played together on the swing set.  Basketball was a lot of fun since we just played Around the World.  Our girls have never really played basketball so it took a while to get it in the net but they eventually figured it out.  Ali seemed to really enjoy it.  We will definitely need to get a hoop for our own driveway soon.  Frisbee was fun as well since my brother had this giant soft frisbee.  There was no need to worry about hitting anyone with it b/c it was so soft.  The kids all played well together too.

We stayed until my parents arrived and we all had dinner together then we hit the road for our drive back home.  It was a fun filled day!