Happy Father's Day

Before yesterday, I’d never had to use sun block on anybody’s butt before. Every day is new as a parent. Read on….

Last week our church hosted VBS, to a tune of about 25 kids, 10 of whom were in my pre-K, K class. It made for an interesting week, because I also had Eden and Lars hanging on me most of the time. I always have fun teaching the little ones for the week, but I’m always glad when Friday rolls around!

I bit the bullet and finally went in for an allergy shot on Monday. It’s been a relief the rest of the week, and I probably should have done it before. The camping trip last weekend didn’t do me much good at Weight Watchers on Monday, but I didn’t gain, so that’s Ok. Had an EMS board meeting that night that was very productive but also very long. I came home exhausted, only to spend the whole night rocking my teething son before another day of VBS.

Tuesday and Wednesday, Olan Mills was at the church to take photos for our new photo directory. We had a sad number of participants, partly due to a stomach bug that swept the area last week, but hopefully some will submit photos before July’s deadline.

Eden fell asleep at the top of the stairs

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!!

Friday, Al had a wedding rehearsal and I took both kids to Carla’s daycare and headed to Scottsbluff for the day. I had several stops to make and it was much easier without the kiddos!~ I was still late getting out of the Bluffs and had to call Laura to bail me out and pick up my kids from Carla’s house. Without car seats, Laura and her girls walked them home, arriving at the same time I did. This was a huge benefit to me, because they helped me unload bags from the car. In turn, I fed them supper (Ok, so Mark had to stop and get a propane tank for me, then grill the burgers). In the end, everybody was fed and happy!

Saturday was the wedding, so we didn’t see much of Daddy. Eden and I worked a bunch outside, and Lars rode on my back in the backpack. As long as I was moving, all was good. I mowed the lawn, fertilized, watered, and weeded. Eden stripped naked (hence the sunblocked butt) and played with the hose and the wash tub. When I started walking the yard with the Scotts’ Spreader, she grabbed her fire truck (which pushes) and said she was helping me. Buck naked, she walked up and down the sidewalk, fertilizing. She disappeared to the neighbors’ front porch at one point, and I had to hunt her down. She was sitting in the rocks, playing. That evening, I took the kids out to the Lake where Mark and Laura were camping, then went alone to the wedding. We stayed a while at the reception, then went out to the campfire. Nobody really wanted to get up for church this morning, go figure.

This afternoon, Al watched the race and took his customary ‘mid race’ nap. Lars slept a while, Eden and I spent most of the day outside, then she napped. She and I ran up to Douthit’s to deliver a propane tank while Daddy worked on putting training wheels on Eden’s little bike. When we drove in the drive she exclaimed, “Daddy fix my bike!!” which was promptly followed by, “Let me out! I want ride it!!” Needless to say, Daddy & Eden biked back and forth on the sidewalk while I made supper. It was hard to get them in, even for pizza.

Eden's new bike!