Water Park Excursion...

Yesterday was our annual trip to the water park with Wyatt and Henry's school. A great time was had by all, again. Todd was really sick at the beginning of the week, but thankfully, for the rest of us, it was only a really bad sinus infection. Two days of abx and steroids in his system and he was feeling back to normal. Now, if only work stresses would lessen for him. But, we had two days with the kids and a little get away to help him decompress.

We got up to the park at about 4:00 yesterday and the kids were off and running. Wyatt was seen only when he was hungry and when he wanted to brag that he went down the single person slide which he "double-dared" himself to go down. Last year, none of the kids went down this slide because it is really narrow, really fast and really dark. You go down with your hands crossed over your chest and without a tube and it is very intimidating. Wyatt was determined to do it and he was the first of his friends to go down and then the rest followed suit. He was so proud of himself. Henry and LC hung out with Todd and I the whole night and LC was able to go down the big slide with me for the first time. She laughed as we went down and then announced "no more" after we were done. LOL She and Henry both loved the outdoor hot tub as did I. It is an interesting experience to sit outside in below freezing temps but still be really warm. LC's hair was even freezing up. The kids loved it so much that it was hard to get them out.

After the park closed down, we headed back upstairs where our family and our friends were all in one area of the hotel. The kids were going back and forth between 3 rooms and having a blast, as were the adults. Finally at 1:00 am I dragged my kids to bed. Unfortunately for me, their internal alarm clocks do not permit them from sleeping past 7:15, so it was a short night's sleep. We headed back down for another day at the pool and we got home, finally, at about 2:00 this afternoon. Wyatt was so exhausted, he asked to go to bed at 6:00. Poor guy was spent, but happy.

It was another successful outing for our little family. Pictures to come...

Mother/Son Bowling 2008...

Catholic Schools Week was this week and it always culminates with an afternoon of bowling for all the boys at the school and their moms spent together throwing a ball down an alley at ten pins. Wyatt and I had so much fun made all the better that we were able to spend it with both of his best friends, Cameron and Ben, and their moms. Wyatt is super competitive now and was getting very bummed about his skill until he was able to hit 2 spares for a personal best game of 71. He was so proud of himself and finally started to relax and enjoy himself.



Many kudos to the moms who planned this event for us. They do such a phenomenal job and our gift this year was the shirt that I am wearing. On the front, it says SJS, and on the back, it has all of our names listed on the bowling pins. I am not really a t-shirt person, but I absolutely love this one and am so glad that I ordered one for Wyatt.