Sprash Iwand, the Sequel

I kept the children home from day care today in order to take them to the local pool park...but the weather wasn't cooperating.  It was raining, etc....nothing much...but just enough to make me wonder if we'd get our money's worth out of a trip there.  We lazed around in the morning some (which we all like), but the children soon became bored and started doing "creative" things that translates into chaos in the house.  It was do-or-die time!  I looked at radar and couldn't tell a thing.  Finally, around 1:00 or so, I just figured we'd go for it.  The center was open.  We just had to hope there'd be no storms.  And there weren't!

We were at Splash Island for about two hours.  It wasn't long enough for the children, but I hadn't taken a hat...so it was long enough for my semi-bald head and our time schedule.  (I make them wear their "animal hates" to keep the sun off their faces and necks.)  I continue to be amazed at how well they do in the water.  Robin is just short of swimming on her own.  Ryan dog-paddles like crazy.  Neither is afraid, God bless them.  Splash Island is a GREAT place to take children!

Meg's car has been delivered to a car repair place for tomorrow.  It has issues.  This means that I will be taking her to work and the children to day care tomorrow, then preparing to leave for my sister's later in the day--providing her car is done.  Don't know where the money is going to come from for this.  Child support didn't show up today...

On another tack, I took the children to Plainfield's Friendship Garden yesterday afternoon to look at the waterfall.  Then we walked to the other gardens in the same area.  One is a war memorial to WWII.  I told little Ryan about that.  He wanted to know where the war was.  I explained that the war THEN was in a lot of places, but that the war NOW is in Iraq.  Several times, he asked me what rock the war was in.  I didn't get it.  Stupid Grandma! 

I had to leave the house for awhile tonight.  I called Meg before coming home and she told me that both children were asleep.  Bingo!  Well...almost bingo.  Ryan was carried off to bed and remained asleep.  Robin woke up and was escorted off to bed, and is still awake.  How come I get so lucky????

No one ate well today.  Not good!