It doesn’t need to be said, but I’m going to say it anyway. I love a 4 day weekend. It’s even better when you really only have a small portion of it planned. We knew we’d be going to the carnival on Sunday, but that was it. So, I started our Saturday day off the best way possible. I took the kids to Costco. Not my best idea, but it needed to be done and we got a TON of water balloons. The kids decided we needed to have a water balloon fight at some point. They were not on their best behavior, however, so we ended up heading straight home after to Costco.
The kids could not have been more excited for Sunday to arrive, and it actually worked out really well because the carnival wasn’t nearly as packed as it is on the actual 4th of July and it was wristband day, which meant that for 5 hours the kids could go on as many rides as they went.
Phoebe wasn’t quite as adventurous as last year, but Enzo was even more so, which wasn’t the end of the world, but at times made it difficult because each kid wanted to be on different rides pretty much every time. We met up with my brother and sister-in-law like we usually do and their two boys, which is always great for the kids, but I think we were often split up most of the time. Ha! It was also surreal getting this glimpse into the future when our kids are even more independent than they already are.
It’s nice right now because neither of them really care whether or not they have to go on a ride by themselves, but I admit it was nice when one of them requested that we join in on the fun. All too soon they’ll be off on their own and not want us cramping their style.
We did have one scare (which thankfully I didn’t find out about until afterwards) where Phoebe wandered off. I was in line/on a ride with Enzo and Aiden and Josh and Steve were watching Malcolm and Phoebe when apparently Phoebe wandered off in search of me. Steve and Josh split up to look for her and thankfully found her quickly when Steve found a woman who was bringing her to Lost and Found. I think it’s time we have a set game plan and a long talk with both kids on what to do if one of them gets lost.
Back to the fun!
As we were getting ready to leave, this little robin wandered a little too close to the little kid rides and not surprisingly small children started chasing it, so Josh ran and rescued it from the fray and took it somewhere safe. I was about ready to adopt it, but after calling the Humane Society the woman assured me that our little friend should be flying in a few days and since we had no idea where his nest/tree was, the best bet was to take it a little away from all of the chaos of the carnival. So cute!
On Monday, I blissfully found myself alone at Target and it was quiet and empty and magical.
I later found myself at IKEA where they were temporarily out of the bed I wanted for Phoebe (boo!), but they had a fantastic cabinet almost 50% off for my office! Score!!
We also cleaned Bowser’s cage. (Not all of the lights are in use on top of the cage… they’re to keep Vega off. His new home should be arriving around the 14th next week and then we won’t have to worry about it!
Okay, time to wrap this up!
