Thursday night, packed up and went to the lake, where Ben succeeding in getting his first-born son nearly as obsessed with Jeeps as he is. Slept out in the camper Thursday night which went okay, but Noah was a little more rambunctious than usual.
Friday, had some blueberry pancakes at the in-laws house, and spent the day trying to keep track of all the kids. Ben worked on the Jeep some more, and I spent the day getting steadily increasing back pain. By late afternoon it was bad enough that I could barely move so decided to sleep inside Ben's parent's house and left Ben to fend for himself with all three kids in the camper. He tells me they all three slept great, but I'm more inclined to believe he just didn't hear anything. No matter, though, they made it through the night with nary a mishap. Me, on the other hand, tossed and turned (that's not really accurate, my back hurt too badly to actually toss, in truth, I very gently and gingerly switched from one side to the other all night long) and barely slept. Oh, and most of the family watched a few fireworks over the lake, while I lay face down on the couch and mostly just listened to them.
Saturday morning, ate more blueberry pancakes. Packed up to head down to Indy. Fairly uneventful trip down, dropped the kids off at my dad's house to spend some quality grandparent time (meanwhile, picked up some good prescription meds) and went to some friends to go boating. Um, nevermind, it rained all day, so.. no boating, just random games, Michael Jackson tributes, and food. Picked up the kids later in the evening, watched some fireworks, drank some beer, overall a good time.
Sunday morning, no blueberry pancakes, but team Little Morr cooked us up a nice breakfast anyway. Kids played with dogs and puzzles. My back was feeling a little better but still sore, so I took one more painkiller for the trip home -- big mistake as I was nauseated and still in pain the whole trip home. Got home, our new bar stools for the new kitchen table have been delivered, I'm starting to get pretty excited about the kitchen remodel. Trying to catch up on laundry after the long weekend out, and get geared up for work next week which will be difficult since we've had some big changes.
On the way home today, Travis decided we should play the "safety tip" game, which is a game I made up once when we were hanging out with his cousin Trevor and the two of them were getting a little rough -- I gave them each a point for coming up with a new safety tip. It started off good, like "wear a life jacket on the boat" and "don't cross the street without a grown-up", but quickly became a little over the top, like "no jumping over mailboxes" and "no throwing trees at people". Anyway, Travis decided today that he and Ben and I should play this game on the way home, only he was the "judge" and the doler-out of points. No surprise, Travis racked up a lot of points quickly, I got a few, Ben was just starting to get into the game when Travis told him that one of the rules was that you couldn't talk when someone else was saying a safety tip, and in an instant Ben lost all his 'points'. The next rule was that you couldn't talk while someone was thinking about a safety tip, and from then on, Ben was desperately defeated with no hope of ever coming back.
Noah had a touch of a fever this weekend, and has become deeply attached to his mother. Always wants me to pick him up, carry him, cuddle with him, something. I suspect it may because he's been under the weather, Ben thinks its also because my back is out so I can't pick him up. Time to start planning his 2nd birthday party. Yikes.
Sophie is just about getting ready to full-fledged crawl. Will post video soon.
Oh, went to HealthWorks museum in my office building last week, check out Flickr for pictures and video. Fun time was had by all (although Ben thinks this trip is to blame for my back problems, he may be right but I am trying to deny him that victory).
Currently watching Independence Day. Its just not a complete 4th of July weekend without it.
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