Here we are...3 weeks into the vacation and so far we still have more in the postive category than the negative. Actually we're having a GREAT time! Let's see, since last time I posted we really haven't had a lot going on. Dan is still in Houston and we miss him. The kids are ready for tomorrow when he comes home...I don't know how people do it with frequent travelling husbands...hats off to you!
Saturday we enjoyed the fabulous community pool party...the most fun you can get in 'Southbridge on the Potomac'. Good times. We really just spent the day doing normal summer things, swimming, eating bbq, etc.
Sunday after church we were able to attend the final performance of the season of the 'Mormon Choir of D.C.' and watch Grandpa sing and narrate. It was a great Sunday evening activity, we enjoyed some time at the temple visitor's center (the 'Mormon' temple...The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and then the concert. The kiddos were well behaved and Aaron really got into the music, dancing up and down the aisle for most of the concert :-) Tyler was able to be a bit of a stage hand helping to set up and take down some chairs and equipment. I'm so proud of them, they are really being great this summer! It was really fun to watch the performance. This is the first time I've been able to see a live performance of the choir and hear my Dad. The kids think it's cool that Grandpa gets to sing AND narrate.
Monday we did some yard work and then just hung out the rest of the day. Kyle had some birthday money burning a hole in his pocket so we made a Target run...fun times, normal summer day.
Tuesday my Mom had to work so I had planned to spend the day at the pool and/or playground with the kiddos...it rained all morning, grrrr. Things were going pretty well though, the kids were playing very well together and I was thinking how good this vacation was for them to get to spend time together, etc. I even managed to get in 30 minutes of exercise, happy day! My Mom came home for lunch and made a 'subtle' hint that we should make cookies and organize her tupperware cupboard. Fine. I was doing some laundry, baking cookies,and washing tupperware when one of my children informed me that 'in the bathroom upstairs the toilet is closed but water is running out under the lid and it smells bad in there'. Really. I pull some cookies out of the oven quickly, burn my hand, and run upstairs. Clogged toilet, raw sewage on the floor. Luckily I was informed of the situation before the water hit the carpet...but after it covered about 80% of the bathroom. I had just finished washing a load of towels...darn. While we were cleaning up the bathroom (positive note, that bathroom is now spotless and smells like bleach, not poop) I hear Katherine say "just unlock the door Aaron, it's okay, just turn the lock." I go into the hallway to find that Aaron had, in fact, locked himself in Tyler's bedroom. I didn't panic because it appeared that it was one of those locks that you can easily pop open with any straight object. I sent someone to find a Capri Sun so I could steal the straw for a key. That didn't work, hmmm. Paper clip, screw driver, some random metal stick...nope, nope, nope. Okay, now I'm worried. After about 30 minutes of trying to pick the lock I decided I needed to get Aaron out so I found some tools and took the handle off the door. I finally got him out, whew. It was done raining so we went to the playground...it was a little soggy but I didn't care, we needed to get out of the house. After about 90 minutes there Aaron managed to pee his pants...while wearing a diaper...I don't know how he managed it but I guess he thought I needed to do more laundry ;-) We went home and I decided it was a pizza day. I found a coupon and ordered some pizza...it was a carry out order so I figured out where I was headed and off we went. We get there and guess what?!? They sent my pizzas out with the delivery guy...I don't know why they did this since I did not supply them with an address but they did. He brought them back, I took them home. We ate pizza and went to sleep...I was done with Tuesday.
I slept for 7 1/2 hours without moving...I didn't even get up to pee (new record for me). I woke up, realized that I did not have children in the bed and that they were all still in their own beds, went to the bathroom and fell back asleep for another 2 hours...Wednesday was looking like a winner! My parents were both at work all day so I decided to just jump right in and take the kids into the city by myself. That's right. I did D.C. alone with 4 kids. Woohoo! We did Natural History and part of American History today...there is just too much to see to do it all in one day. We really wanted to finish American History but I could sense that we were not far from meltdown time and I needed to get them back to the metro and all the way home before this occured. No stories here, which is a good thing. I didn't even get lost driving to or from the metro station. Amazing. Seriously. I get lost all the time. We can home and enjoyed a nice evening together. Tomorrow we get to see Daddy again, all is well! Happy summer!!!
Wow, sounds like Tuesday was a doozy!!! Sounds like you're having fun though!
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