Busy Weekend..........

Because of the slow times at Phil's job and taking the week off to see his father through surgery we had very limited resources to do much this weekend. We didn't even leave the town we lived in by more than two miles. But it was fun.......

There were plenty of events a few miles from our home. Saturday, we took the kids to the town festivities which included water slides, free gifts, watermelon eating contest, free lunch at the VFW and parade that the kids came home with baskets filled with candy. During the parade, Phil taught Jack to yell "Semper Fi" to the Marines as they rolled through. One of the Marines stopped dead, looked at Jack and said, "Semper Fi son."

When we made it back to the house the kids all went down for naps and I joined them it was GREAT!!

Later we had friends over for dinner and watched the race it was lots of fun with good laughs. It has been a long time that we were able to just laugh with friends. Phil grilled the food, my friend made homemade and I made the brownies. I have to say there is nothing like homemade ice cream over fresh made brownies in the summertime. Of course when topped with Hershey syrup I would eat it anytime.

Sunday Phil and I did not feel like doing much. Because Phil was gone for five days, last week, we had some of our favorite shows to catch up on. I don't usually like to watch them without him. Later Sunday we discussed taking the kids to see some local fireworks. I declined to take them. I think Phil was a little disappointed about my choice but the end result was much better than I could have ever thought.

Living in a small town, surrounded by other small towns and you get the coolest firework display. I walked through the house about 9:30pm and checked all the windows. I discovered that out one of my bedroom windows from the 2nd floor you could see some of the best fireworks. I called the kids to my room set it up where the three of them could sit and watch and just backed away.

Three little kids sitting on an old foot locker trunk, with wet hair from the shower, in there pj's and all you hear is "OOOHHH!, COOL!, Did you see that one mommy?!?!?!, WOW!!!!" Maddie kept saying, "irework mommy, irework!!"

I don't know how my parents did it taking us all to the river to watch the fireworks with the crowds and craziness that went on. I don't know how old we were when they started taking us. I do remember laughing a lot and just having alot of fun.

I hope my children remember that night because all I could do was smile as I listen to them commentate about the fireworks.

However, I wished Monday was as fun.

We decided to take the kids to the Rec. Center to the water park. This has become their favorite thing to do. We had just planned to go for two hours in the morning and that is usually enough for them and us. Today we ran into lots of people we knew. One of Katie's cheer leading friends and her family were there. Phil ran into a former co-worker and his family there. So we were having a great time.

However, they had to call everyone out of the pool because one of the parents decided to not follow the rules with their small child in diapers. The child left a present in the pool. Each child in diapers must where one of the swimmers pants and the plastic rubber pants then their swim suit. This prevents the presents in the pool.

Since this was not the normal 10 minute break for all the kids we were not prepared for it and neither was Jack. He and Phil were throwing a ball back and forth in the pool. Phil overthrew the ball or Jack just missed it. Jack went under water to get the ball when he came back up he hit his head on the edge of one of the water slides.

It was very chaotic at this unscheduled pool clearing and I had Maddie and Katie I was starting to panic when I could not find Jack. When I finally found he and Phil together Jack was crying and Phil said his head was bleeding. Phil took him in the bathroom and checked his head. He appeared to be ok with a minor cut. Unfortunately, head wounds bleed way too much.

Jack will let me put ice packs on it but when Phil and I mentioned stitches he screamed bloody murder and just started wailing with huge tears. I asked Phil again to look at it. He will only let Phil look at. Phil said it looks ok but it will be at least 5-6 days before he can swim again. He took a bath instead of a shower tonight and went to bed with an ice pack for his head. He said the ice packs feel good on his head.

My poor little man was having such a good weekend. I felt bad it ended this way. The only good thing is that I have to work the next 3 days so maybe by then his head will be scabbed up good so swimming will not bother it. Except for Jack's head wound it was a great weekend!

TTFN~