Park Day Weather!!

Friday we had beautiful weather and so I told the kids we'd have a picnic at the "castle park" we saw coming home from Cameron's t-ball game the night before. So we called the neighbor to see if her 2 girls would like to go also! They brought along their own picnic basket (easter buckets- that became very important later...) We all had so much fun! The park was just like the "playground of dreams" park in Kennewick, for anyone that knows that one. I couldn't believe that I'd never seen it before. We ate our lunch and the kids had non stop play for almost 2 hours!

























About 1/2 way through, there was discovered a tire swing! That quickly became the favorite thing to play on and many of the kids were on it for most of the time there! In the video is Cameron (with the back pack), Melanie (in purple) and one of the neighbor girls (in pink).

Does this make you sick to watch?:


Well I thought that it was so funny, so I decided to video it! The kids of course kept saying "more, more, faster, even faster!" I didn't realize that later (about 10 mins.) it would be the evidence of things to come! We soon were ready to leave and the little neighbor girl said she wasn't feeling well and the laughs turned to "uh oh, what have I just done?" As we were hurrying to clean up I moved all of her picnic stuff from her bucket to her sisters and told her if she needed to throw up, to use that. Of course she didn't want to throw up in her easter bucket, but I nicely told her that it would wash out and I didn't want her to throw up in my van. We didn't even get to the main road before "IT" happened! I felt so bad dropping her off sick! I was trying to make it a nice break for my neighbor, not make it more work! Luckily she fell asleep when she got home and slept off the sickness. Lesson learned, all things in moderation, not all at once!






Comments

GSGC StrongFamily said…
Oh my! That Easter bucket really did come in handy! I'm sure your friend was very appreciative of you taking her kids to the park with you-how nice!
April 27, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Mikaela said…
Man, I miss tire swings! Now just watching them make me ill. Glad the kiddos had fun. What a nice time. Too bad about your neighbor's daughter...good thinking about the Easter basket though! :)
April 28, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Enriquez Family said…
UHH! just watching that video makes me sick! But that pictures of Alyssa in the stroller is a KEEPER! SO cute in it! Love it!
April 28, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How close have you been to a Prophet?

Image
David, and two other guys he works with, were invited to the Jazz game last Friday night. I have come to find out as a construction wife, to get business, you gotta play A LOT ! Here is a short list, not limited to, of what I mean by "play": Golfing (about 3 times a week-depending on the week and in warm weather of course) Snow skiing (about 2 times a week, again this depends on the week and when there's snow) Fancy dinners (this can also be counted as lunch, which happens more than I know I'm sure!) Executive Retreats (this will be happening in February for about 5 days in AZ, which will have all 5 days full of golfing, guaranteed!!) Jazz games (again, when in season) I don't know about you, but I think I'm in the wrong career!! This house wife things just does not include ANY of those benefits!! Anyway, on with the story at the Jazz game... These weren't just ordinary tickets. Where do executives and people in high places sit? Oh yeah, ...
Read more

Our New Family Pictures

Image
I have been on the hunt for a really good photographer for a long time here and there.  And I think I found one that did everything I wanted.  First, she comes and looks at the feel of your home.  For us I just sent pictures of our living room where I wanted the pictures placed.  Then she suggests colors to wear and sent pictures back with our room and picture placements she puts on the walls.  And with 5 kids, especially Jenna, you really have to photo shop A LOT!!  Almost every photo with Jenna she had to photo shop.  She did amazing!!  I was so nervous when we went over and viewed our pictures at her house.  As David put it after our photo shoot “She has to be a magician to get anything good out of that!  That was a disaster!”  After looking at our proofs I said, “well, you are a magician!”  And David said after leaving and climbing in our car to go home “That was worth every penny.”  Success! I do have a few faces to...
Read more

Melanie’s Calling in Life

Image
Two Days ago Melanie was getting ready to go out the door.  She had her coat and was looking for her other jacket.  I asked her why she needed it when she already had her coat on.  She said she was going to take it to her friend at school, Humana, because she wears 3 jackets and doesn’t have a coat.  5 minutes later Melanie asked me “Mom, can we buy Humana a coat?”  I had already been thinking about that but told Melanie I would look while I was out to see if I could find one.  I went to 3 different stores to look!  Winter coats in that size are hard to find these days!  But I finally found something at Walmart and got gloves and a hat.  My friend, Angela, who drove carpool that morning called me while I was out looking.  She called worried because Melanie had said on the way to school that her friend didn’t have a coat and was sleeping on the floor.  I told her I knew about the coat and was getting one but Melanie hadn’t mentioned ...
Read more