aaah...today was THE day...to get the heck out of the apartment. we got out this morning and headed for the play place. the kids had a ball for a few hours, we got some tasty lunch, stopped at a great bakery near the play place, got me some much-needed new running shoes, and then headed home. this afternoon, we headed out to a newly-favorite park and then to the grocery store. once we got home, we found josh was home from china, so the kids got bonus playground time with him while i made some din din. it was a great day...great to get the heck OUT.
today's outtake was making the kids walk home to keep from having to clean puke out of a taxi. on the way home from the play place, q started acting a little strange, letting out some crazy burps, and then telling me that his mouth and stomach hurt. i figured we were about to be sitting in rivers of vomit, so i asked the driver to just stop and let us out. fortunately, we were close-ish to home, so while it was mean of me to make them walk home (especially q), it could have been worse and it kept us from having to clean puke out of a taxi.
q continued to act strange once we got home, so i gave him some pepto. he PUT HIMSELF to bed for his nap, and then he woke up (on his own...rare) an hour or so later all revved up and ready to go. whatever ailed him (suspect bad indigestion (q has a history of severe reflux) or car sickness) was gone and he was back to his super q self.
goofy kids making up their own game on/under the swings...no idea what they were doing!
low blood-sugar crankiness...energy returned shortly, and we went back out for another couple hours of play time.
blurry action shot of the kids playing in the basketball/soccer area. random note: did you know it is VERY hard to hold a 40-pound kid up over your head when he decides to let his shoulders/arms go mushy? q kept asking me to lift him up so he could put a ball through the basketball hoop...then, once i had him up there for a minute or so, he'd just collapse...still holding the ball...wouldn't put it in. arrggghhh!
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