Just how many things can be crammed into a weekend?

OK so fisrt things first, lets all wake up at the crack of dawn (8:00 at my house lol) let's eat some granola bars because mom is too lazy to cook breakfast or go shopping for milk.  Then lets do a mad dash through the house to get it cleaned up just in case we show our house while we are gone (which never EVER happens).  Simon will come downstairs fully dressed to leave for his football game (which isn't for twoo hours but he looks so cool he can't resist the urge to be in full pads while cleaning the house).  David will take Simon to practice before the game (because the four day a week practices aren't quite enough) Ben will tag along and chill at South High and wish he would have waited and came later with mom.  Mom and Bailey zip around the house making sure everything is perfect when NO ONE comes to look at the house yet again.   Dawna drops of Shaun (so we have an even number of riding partners (more later).  Mom, Bailey and Shaun zip over to Dick's sporting goods (where we should by now own half of the stores with the money we have spent) to buy Simon a girdle because we now have our 3rd hernia to represent the third year of competitive sports. 

Moving on to the Game where mom, Shaun, and  Bailey arrive to find we are too late for Simon to put on the girdle CRAP.  We get our borrowed lawn chairs (thanks Sam) situated ready to watch Simon play to find out we are too close and need to move back so the team doesn't get flagged.   In football language this means "please move your chairs back so we can stand in front of you so you can't see for the entire game".   We commense to watch Simon's team get slaughtered, expcept when the almost score near half time and mom gets so excited she jumps up and plops down into her chair and breaks it (sorry Sam).  The game was agrivating and the coaches were, to say the very leas,t hacked that the boys didn't know their positions, at this point mom reserves her swearing and all other appropriate commentary.

Moving right along........we leave the game come home, throw some powder on simon and call it good.   Then time to load up in the car.  Ben and Simon have decided that for their birthdays they want to combine and take a trip to KC to conquer Worlds of Fun ....so off we go.

The excitement is cute all the way to Emporia at which point we begin to threaten them that we will turn around and come home if one more sound of fun or excitement makes its way to the front seat.  So nap time it is.   Then we get to the hotel room and set up.  David really enjoyed this part, but not near as much as Simon.

Simon and Shaun are glued to the window where they are able to take in a threatening view of the MAMBA in all of its glory.   Suddenly they become very quiet and no one is bragging about riding "everything".   Or not chickening out of the Mamba....together they decided they are still cool even if they don't ride all of the rides.   Bailey and Ben had fun with this .

The kids went to swim and David and take off to Walmart to buy dinner and sunscreen.  Then time for chow and cake for Ben.

After everyone is just about done with their cake and we have all sang Happy Birthday to Ben, like good parents we realize we forgot Simon.  This was to be his party too.  So we make do...

..Nearly setting the place ablaze.  Simon doesn't care at all. Mom feels like a jerk.  Then we head upstairs like good parents, bribing the children with an early bed time that will make the morning come faster.  They all fell for it, even Bailey.   SUCKERS!  Up bright and early to binge on the free breakfast, reminding the kids that this was more of a brunch so to get full.  Simon ate a donut,shaun ate a muffin, Bailey a Bagel and Ben a boiled egg and then the great "I am Full"  which means "I am so nervous I am about to puke and am afraid to eat.  Time to leave for W.O.F.

Like good guardians of Shaun we plop him on the Patriot and tell him not to worry.   By the time the ride is over, our kids are all pumped.   Shauns lips are white and his hands are shaking so badly he can't unbuckle himself.  However, he swears it was a blast and declares that he may not ride the Mamba because it looks "boring". 

awwwww

Simon and Shaun Stewing.....

Ride conquered, Party on!  Once this was out of the way they were on every ride over and over, thankful for the short lines, we rode the Mamba 6 times.  All the while mom and dad learn that we aren't as young as we used to be.   With stiff necks and churning belly's we resort to better things like the train while we let the kids run wild, again exhibiting our excellent parenting skills.

Park closed at 7   dinner done at 9 home by 11:30 Dog tired.   To find out Dad was being nice the whole weekend and had been sick the whole time and didn't say anything.....what a guy.

Next weekend I vote for sleeping   WHEW!