I had a great little vacation, but I came home to a crazy a busy week. First I got the house put back together. Greg did a great job, but like any weekend, the house was a wreck on Monday. Unfortunately, I wasn't feeling great this week. I hope it wasn't the yummy new food I tried at a cafe, because I want to go there again, but it was something. My stomach was not happy and I took an afternoon off and slept. That is until I heard Callie and realized I should pull myself downstairs and make something for dinner--ramen noodles were enjoyed by all.
I had missed Nathan's field trip at the beginning of the year due to Callie being sick, so as Thursday got closer and I was still not feeling okay, Nathan was nervous. Luckily I had a family full of prayers going to heaven and I was able to pull myself together and go. Riding a school bus isn't my favorite thing, but I took a few Tylenol and we were off. Nathan and I chatted and played scrabble while we drove the 30+ minutes. We first went to a Utah Pioneer museum. I really enjoyed it. The kids had a scavenger hunt, which is nice but I think it made them only look for certain things and so they missed a lot of neat things. Next was lunch. It wasn't that wonderful, but it was food. I got to try the famous strawberry cups that Nathan always raves about. They weren't too bad. Next up was the capitol. I learned a lot of interesting facts. Did you know Yoda lives in the Utah Capitol?
And that there is a room worth $3 million dollars!! Nathan was really fun to watch. He stayed up by the tour guide and asked a few questions. It was a long trip, but I am glad I was able to go with Nate and his class.
I picked Callie and Annabelle up from where they were being tended (I am so lucky to have so many helpers) and we headed home for the brief respite between school and cub scouts. Scouts was soccer so I was outside and around more crazy kids. I decided that I didn't have time to make dinner before my date with Greg and ordered some pizza (something I hardly ever do because I like to make pizza, but love it when I do). At some point in the afternoon Annie also went to gymnastics--Thursday's are pretty crazy. My baby-sitter, Sharie, showed up and Greg wasn't even home yet. I called and he hadn't left work! I met him at the park and ride and away we went to see "The Piano Guys" with some of his family.
If you have never heard of "The Piano Guys" you are missing out. It is John Schmidt, a pianist for years, and a guy named Steve on the cello. They have a lot of videos on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys, and Greg and I have enjoyed watching them. The concert was a lot of fun and it was neat to see them in person. Afterwards we went out for treats with some of Greg's siblings and mom.
While we were gone we got a text from Sharie saying that Annabelle got hurt, but was okay. We got the whole story the next day. Nathan has this rock painted like a bee. He wanted to scare his sister by pretending a big bee was flying towards her. He wanted the "bee" to land next to her. He didn't want the rock to hit her. But it did. It not only hit her, it gave her a beautiful black eye.
Remember a few years ago? Yeah, this wasn't as bad, but my poor baby! We had a really hard time talking to Nathan about this "accident." My dad used a phrase when we were little referred to as a "planned accident." Being a parent I now understand it and use it myself. We explained to Nathan that while it may have been an accident, it was planned because he knew that throwing a rock could potentially hurt someone or something. He knew it was wrong and yet he still choose to throw it. We have been having Nate do lots of nice things for his sister, but I still don't feel like it has been enough. It amazes me how a child thinks. How could a ten yer old boy ever think it is okay to throw a rock towards another person?!
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