I will post photos of the boys birthday later. Suffice it to say, Chuck-E-Cheese with 20 of our closest friends and cousins was the bomb for the boys. Add to that the Star Wars cake from Jewel, and it couldn't have gotten any better. Rock on! My home is now flooded with ugly looking action figures that are as beloved to a boy as a pink taffeta clad princess doll is to a girl, so I love it.
Thursday nights in Mchenry are band concert nights in the summer, and we love them. Last night, we packed a sandwich, chips, watermelon (read: Cleaned out the cabinets and fridge) dinner, hooked up with our good friends, and headed north. There's a beautiful gazebo thingy where this big band plays big band music with the cheesiest of singers (whom you love for her cheesiness, especially when she's begging old people to dance), and a park where the kids play until it gets too dark. Then they come back to where the music is playing and dance, dance, eat and dance some more. They are exhausted when we get home around 9 , and they sleep the sleep of the dead, especially after Chuck-E, or going to the pool all day, or just running around like fiends. Summer is good here. Summer is very good.
Except for when at 12:30ish the storm starts and you get a call from the sister in law saying the sirens are going off, a tornado has touched down get those babies in the basement. So we did. Jack was so tired, he fell asleep on the concrete floor and I am pretty sure he has no recollection of being down there. The other two...who knows. The tornado was close, but not close enough, but of course after an episode like that, ever noise you hear in your sleep either wakes you up instantly to run to the windows, or you have nightmares. I'd probably have not thought twice about it if it weren't for these 3 babies.
Iowa continues to be in the news. Ya'll are in our prayers!!!
Jack and Nate are at Nate's first baseball practice. Should be interesting given that John is the coach and the fields are probably saturated. Nate was cute though. He had to wear baseball clothes, meaning his little Cubs outfit. Go Cubs....or in Nate's case, Team Gray! Games start in 2 weeks. Should be fun to watch a bunch of 3 year olds playing in the dirt and running bases backwards. I so totally can't wait.
Have a great weekend! Tomorrow is baseball for Jack, and then Happy Father's Day!
2 comments:
Had fun at the Chuck-E-Cheese party! Kate was so tired from that, and her swimming lessons that evening that she peed (sp?) in the bathtub last night. That's right....I heard her crying so I went in there, her pants were at her ankles and her bum was hanging over into the tub. She had no recollection of it this morning so I have to assume she was asleep when she did it. Talk with ya soon, C.
Sounds like you have been having fun!!!
I LOVE the cd!!!! I think I love it more than Baylor. Thanks so much, you rock. I'd totally come up...except we're landlocked EVERY road is closed or bridge is out..it's unreal!!! Thanks again
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