How Could We Mess Up a Trip to the Park?

On Saturday, the kids campaigned to go to the park. I needed to make a cake and get dinner started, but it became the "please, PUHLEEEEZ" thing. They were so badly wanting to go to the park, Sean agreed to give up having the BEST chocolate sheet cake ever. Well, we all piled in the van and headed out. We started out at Binder Park, but "it was boring!"...and Roan fell in the mud and got covered in slime. So we went across town to Memorial Park. You would have though we would have had fun! Wrong! The park was crowded, muddy...a breeding ground for disaster.

Roan deeply contemplating the meaning of life, I guess...

This is where part of our trouble began... the stick. Maybe more aptly called THE LIMB. He carried the limb around, put it in puddles, pretended it was a person, etc. All was well until he started toting the limb amongst crowds of people. He eventually poked a girl in the back...so he had to sit in time out. This made him VERY unhappy.

Libby loves to swing, but there was a huge puddle of standing water under every swing. It made life wet and difficult. She had fun until she kicked Sean while she was swinging. It made him cry and made her feel very guilty...

Well, we tried. As you can see, no one looks very happy. We got hurt, wet, muddy and in trouble. And the dog was mad that he had to stay in the car. Maybe it'll be more fun next time! Oh, and the pictures are a little hazy because "someone" spilled water and got my camera wet. hhmmm...wonder who? We may never know!