August 20, 2008

  • Full Circle

    Today should have been spent unloading suitcases and doing laundry. But since we got in so late last night from NY (midnight) and Dan's truck is still in the shop, he took my car to work this morning-- and all the suitcases with it. (Ugh!) So I decided to do a project with the kids-- rock painting. A long time ago, when I was in VBS... (4th grade maybe?) we did rock painting. The neighbor that picked me and my brother up and took us to VBS, first took us one morning to a creek that runs behind a lake near us to collect smooth rocks for the whole VBS to paint during activities. Ever since, I've had it in the back of my mind that someday I'd take my kids (or someone's kids!) back to collect rocks to paint. So... we finally made it! Tristan was barefoot (both pairs of his shoes were still packed) but the rest of us had a great time scrambling around, choosing rocks to take home. When we got home I scrubbed the rocks, then after lunch we all painted rocks. The kids did a great job! They turned out very cute. After naps we took the rocks outside and tucked them into little hiding places along the path from our house to the cars... in between tree roots, nestled between ferns, tucked alongside other rocks... It was really fun. Then Will pointed them all out to Dan as he walked in on his way in from work. I'd like to do it again sometime.

    And now.... yep. That laundry has yet to be started, so I'm headed off.

    New York was great, by the way! The day we left (Tuesday) it was freezing cold. Like 50* or so. But I absolutely love tubing, so I talked two of my sisters into going out with me. We were shivering and freezing starting, but I guess adrenaline (or something!) kicked in, b/c we had a great time!!! I got dumped three times, but I've never laughed so hard. It was a blast! When we finally quit, my brother who'd been towing us from the jet ski looked at me in disbelief and muttered, "I still think you're nuts." No regrets here though! It was way too much fun.