A Quickie weekend Review

Thursday - we played t-ball in the morning, no Tanis - no Lochlyn - no Steven and Jakob!!!! Unfortunately the guy with the pants that don't stay up and the very hairy bottom was there. The trio did fairly well. They all batted and it was neat to see how they have really improved over the weeks. Running the bases still confuses them, Caitlin hit a great one and then ran straight for second! I looked up at one point to see some cute little girl with braids laying on top of Jonathan. face to face giggling away! I tried to take a picture, don't know if it came out.
That night we had Gabe's game. We saw several people we knew, including the tiplets pre-k teacher. They were so excited. Our friends Janice and Joe were there so I chatted with her and another girl we went to school with, Lisa. Gabe did super! He even caught a ball while playing first base. We still are working on throwing with him, he kind of kicks out his back leg and does a crazy leap when he throws!
Friday - we got up and packed a cooler for our Family Fun day! We drove to the Loudonville/Mohican area and took the kids rafting. Not white water! We all got paddles and went down the Mohican river. It went great until we reached the mark where they were supposed to get us and NO ONE WAS THERE!!! We tried our best to get to the shore, but the current didn't let us. So we went past, managed to turn around and try to paddle against the current. Nothing, but tired arms!!! About 200 ft. down river we were able to get over to a muddy bank and pull up. Sean hiked back through thick weeds, trees, plants and who knows what else to try and find the people while I dealt with 4 kids and ankle deep mud. Needless to say it was not my favorite part of the day. Sean came back, said the guys were there (they were late!!!!) and told us to go down to the Mohican ramp and they would pick us up. So we get there, covered in mud! and they didn't know who we were or why we were there and didn't help us! We managed to get the raft out of the water and the kids settled down and went to a table to wait for the other guys to show up. They didn't! Finally Sean left to walk the 3 miles down the road to get our van so we could just go. After he had been gone a few minutes a nice Mohican worker came over and talked to me. Then he called down to find out where they were. Gabe ran and got Sean, the guy showed up to pick us up ( I think he was on something too) and we finally got back to the van and left. Thankfully I had packed a bunch of wet wipes so we cleaned ourselves as best as we could and sanitized our hands. Then we drove to a spot to have our picnic. It was where Sean and I had gone in February of 1998 together for a just because day. We ate our lunch at outlook gorge, took pictures and relaxed. Then drove to the firetower to let the kids climb a little ways up. Three of them opted out by the first landing. Luke wanted to go all 100+ feet to the top! We got him down after he was almost to the halfway point and he kicked and screamed for about 20 minutes that we were unfair! Then we made the 1 1/2 hr. drive home only getting lost once! After we had showered and cleaned up we made smore's in the oven and watched a movie. It was a fun day.
Saturday - We went to some garage sales. Played at home. Sean and I went to buy a new washer (our 3 year old one bit it) and then walked around toys r us to get birthday ideas for Luke, Caitlin and Johnny. Then we joined my mom and neices at BKing for dinner. It seems like I am missing something here..... I know we did something else, but I can't remember!
Sunday - Played hookey from church, except Gabe who had to acolyte, and then went to Avon. The city, not the make up products. We did some school shopping for the kids at Old Navy and Kohl's. and took them for funny face chocolate chip pancakes at IHOP. Apparantly the Old people in the booth behind us did not like us as they got up and moved to the other side of the room. I was embarassed, the waiter said not to worry about it at all. The kids weren't being awful, just being kids! Then I ran into Target where I found cool t-shirts for the boys for 40 cents!!!!! yay clearance! When we got home Sean and the kids played outside while I did laundry.
Today - we are doing storytime at the library and then who knows....

Hope you all have a great day!