Overheard conversations...

Yesterday, Ken took the day off and we went to a local waterpark that is run by the county park system. It wasn't super huge and just perfect for us. There was large kiddie area where a huge bucket of water fell on the crowd every so often. The kids below would try to time it and count down to its tipping. But they never seemed to time it quite right. There was a large wave pool that even E* went in and floated on the waves with us...while we all linked up our innertubes! The park had 2 water slides. In the Raving Rapids, we were in a yellow rubber raft which E* did not like AT ALL. (Seriously, not worrisome...what is his problem?) And the other was a slide where you put down a rubbery mat, sat on it, pushed your self down and then slid down a windy slide system until you got to the bottom of a shallow pool. I went down first and thought, there is no way that E* is going to do that or he's going to come off screaming at me. I waited at the bottom to help him out...and he was SO excited! We of course rode that slide many times yesterday. The park was full but not crowded...plenty of chairs, innertubes, picnic tables. We brought in a cooler of food and drinks. Weather wise it was a perfect day. Sunny and bright, hot but not overwhelming b/c of the trees that were all around.

As in all crowds, you get to overhear conversations. And yesterday, I heard one that totally shocked me. I was raised, you get up and go and go early...but there was some question as what we were going to do yesterday. By the time we got to the park, it was just after 11am (it's opening time) and we had to stand in line for a bit to purchase our tickets. Behind us was a family...a mom with 3 teenagers. She started getting grumbly about the line and their talk turned to "cutting" and "how to cut in line." She instructed those teens that the "best way to cut in a line is to cut in front of a little kid b/c they won't say anything." Seriously I was shocked. Haven't mothers always taught their children to look after the little kids? To not take advantage of them? Good grief!

Then later while standing in line for a waterslide, some teen girls in front of us were talking about how they cheat in school. I wasn't too surprised at this. But why talk about it on a summer day at a waterpark?

Moral of this story is: I told my older 2 kids that if an adult or older kid cuts in front of them, they should loudly say, "Hey, don't cut in front of me." And we'll have a talk about cheating in school sooner than later!

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Quote by C this morning: "I like to get engergy before I work." Context: I wanted the kids to put away the dishes before they ate breakfast. But then I decided to let them eat first, put away second. haha He's a growing boy that needs FOOD!

In the Groove...

And why it's fun to be an adult...

You can stay up late playing a silly video game. But I certainly was in the groove. What do you think about THIS high score, N*?

But seriously, N* is a great gamer! (I just lucked out this time.)

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CONGRATS to NATE the GREAT!!

Nate called a few minutes ago to let me know that he got over 32,000 points on the game at the bottom of my blog. Wowee! We have a professional video game expert visiting this blog! Way to go, Nathan.

To celebrate, I've added a new game for him to try...Scroll down to see it!

a new stamp set

I basically traded my "In the Spotlight" set for "Garden Silhouettes," which arrived in the mail today. In between taking care of a sick (and vomitting E*), I made these two cards.





The second card used today's layout. I embossed the striped Basic Grey paper with a cuttlebug folder. Then I sanded the top lightly with very fine sand paper. It wore off the colored paper...and reveals the white...

Troll, elf, pan...

I'm not sure if one of if all of them live in my house. Just waiting to drive me batty by hiding my things. Again, I misplaced something else today. I had it last night, right here next to my computer. I went to bed. Straight from this chair. And this morning it is GONE.

So, I'm going to do a little googling to find out the name of the mythological beast that absconds with items. A Harry Potter House Elf? Maybe. If you know who it is or what it is, post me a line. I need to find a pix of him! haha

New Game For Nathan

Scroll to the bottom of the page to play, Nate the Great!

Edited:

Directions for Aunt Lin:
Use the arrow keys to move Mario. The Up arrow key is to jump. And I think the space bar make him duck down. I think...