Friday, July 07, 2006
I asked the boys today if they were having a good summer vacation so far. Both Hunter and Noah enthusiastically exclaimed, "Yeah!" Wow, I thought, I'm doing good. Then I asked them what was so great about their summer vacation and Hunter said, "When Megan comes over three days a week and plays Starcraft with me, and I get to play Starcraft for two days straight, and when Daddy plays Starcraft with me, and when I get to play Starcraft on Sunday sometimes." That's it, I thought. What about the trips to the Lake, the swimming pool parties and slip-n-slide parties, and the crafts and the popsicles and the trips to the Library and listening to Harry Potter and watching movies together and all that stuff? What about me? What about all my efforts?
So today we went to a nearby park where there's a nice little river and I let the kids wade in and go swimming. There was a boy and girl there swimming also and they managed to catch a baby turtle and a crayfish, which the boys thought was "so cool!" They played together in the water with their new friends for almost two hours. Even Caleb went swimming in the water and was thrilled, despite the fact that his diaper absorbed half of the river. But at the end of the day, I guarantee you, it wasn't half as fun or as cool as sitting at home playing computer games with their cousin Megan. But you know I'll keep trying because dang it, I'm more fun than any party Mario might throw.
posted by Shana # 9:23 PM 
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