Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos. But the kids played bingo with Nana. She always has awesome prizes for them. Nana played beauty shop with Gabriela. They were both helpers in cleaning up for our visit with my cousin. He and his family just moved to California from Chicago and it was so fun to spend the afternoon and evening with them, playing games, eating good food, checking out the stars, and watching all the kids do a talent show.
My mom and I played lots of rounds of Quiddler, a new word game we got for Gabriela's homeschooling adventures. It was like scrabble with cards. We approve of this game whole heartedly.
Lane spent some time in my dad's workshop drafting designs and making a template for some toys he'd like to make out of maple wood. Little forest creatures. I can't wait.
I wanted to get us home early; we had a midwife appointment the following day, zero groceries, and we were planning to drop our van off to be fixed the following morning.
By some strange miracle, we avoided all traffic traveling home at the end of Labor Day weekend. Everything was going great until we were five miles from home, FIVE miles, and our car got a flat tire. It was on the left side, adjacent to the freeway, the shoulder was skinny, our roadside assistance wasn't going to show up for at least 45 minutes, and our little car shook with every vehicle that whizzed past us.
So we got out the picnic blanket and set it up away from the car and that dangerous freeway, got the kids sunblocked, sun hats, water, drawing and games, and patiently waited for our help to arrive.
It was still daylight when we finally got home. I'm so glad the kids were on their best behavior and that we were so close to home when this happened. The guy says our other front tire is on its last leg too. The adventures never end around here.
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