Oh, Claire. Your weekend sounds deliciously sinfully swanky!!
My weekend, am I supposed to say? Well.....it was our 22nd anniversary Saturday! Wahoo! So, we'd been tossing around ideas of what to do. Hubster wanted the sea, I wanted Disneyland {again}. But, it was blacked out for us so we put that off for another day. Wah. So my second choice was Julian and the mountains.
So, forward through our debates on why do what and voila! the choice was made for us. The house needed to be tented and guess what days they chose? Well, it worked for us to use those dates as the Hubster had already taken those days off.
The older kids went their merry ways, had to load up one with food and $$ but he was fine.
So, we chose the mountains because the cabins accept dogs. We loaded up all we needed. The Boy came with us, much to his chagrin. He doesn't get why he has to go places with us when his older siblings don't have to. I told him that life sucks being the youngest because you grow up too fast so chill, little man. So, we brought him a system, games, and his scooter. It gets dark early up in the mountains for some reason we get tired earlier. Anyone else experience this? We do wake up way earlier, too.
Anywho. So, we get up to the cabin, unload. Hit up the store {always spending $$} and then I take the boy for a walk/scooter ride. He enjoyed the hill in the lot but it made me nervous. He was getting a bit squirrelly...
But, I dismissed it as he is a boy, and, it did look fun, I had to admit. If I were a kid, I'd be doing it too.
So...Hubster bbq's while I bake a cake {at a higher altitude, no less, with no measuring cups! I actually had to FIGURE IT OUT with just a tbs. and tsp. the measurements!} The boy is playing with the dog and running around the cabin.
I have to say, it was clear and the sky was beautiful. The colors were simply gorgeous.
Okay, to I see the boy is getting restless. I suggest to the Hubster to take the Boy for a walk. One of us has to stay with the dog as he is quite protective over us and the area was populated with kids roaming around as well as other pets. So, I say I'll clean up while he goes and he {Hubster} says he will go wash up from cooking. The Boy grabs his scooter, helmet, and heads outside.
Now. Did I mention this cabin's front faced the road and set on a porch about 3-4 feet high? Hmm. I don't think so. And that it doesn't have a rail? No problem, we've stayed there before. So. Everything is cool. Until the Hubster goes outside. The Boy says 'Look Dad!' and flies off the freakin' porch on his scooter, crashing big time. He lays there. He has hurt his leg. No blood or bruising. Just can't put any weight on it.
Remember how I said the dog is very protective? Well, when the Hubster was bringing the Boy in {carrying him, hands all over him} the dog wanted to get him! It was almost funny but the dog wasn't kidding. I had to take him into the next room. When I would tend to the Boy, the dog {should I be putting 'Dog'?} would come a few feet from me and just watch me. Don't mess with him.
Anywho.....
So. We come home, open up the house {and I know they say it was clear but it made me blech!} and wait for the appointment for the Boy at the doctor. They said the injury, if there is one, this doctor couldn't really tell, was right at the growth plate. So, they put a boot on him and sent him home wth an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon in a couple of days.
Back home to unpack all of the crap we had to pack earlier.
Claire~ well, we are working on more 'kid free' days. I have picked up concert tickets for us out of town and even in town {if you can believe SD is actually having some cool shows in some cool places!!
}. I love to hear your stories because they are so much fun!! Seems we've been so busy with work and kids we haven't seen past that and WA-freakin'-HOO we are enjoying ourselves now!! You have been a great motivation to me. I've seen you do a great job juggling your life and nothing seems to suffer. I haven't gotten to the point where nothing is suffering but I will.
Ugh, I forgot to mention, we have no gas so no cooking or hot water!! We have until 5 o'clock to see the gas person come out and fix us up.
And no, I don't need anyones own personal gas until then, thanks.
