Lazy Crazy Saturdays-ies!

I love Saturdays! I live for them! Kev has a fairly rigid rule that he strictly abides by, and that he tries to enforce on me (which I don't mind) - and that is: no homework on our day off! It is strictly a family day! Even during Kaden's nap, we should not do homework! Must admit - when an assignment is due, sometimes this is a little hard on me, but oh so necessary for my "retentive" personality when it comes to schoolwork.

So, today, for our family adventure, we went to one of our favorite state parks around here - Ralph Stover State Park. It's about forty-five minutes away, in a very private location, with a rushing river and lots of beautiful trails to hike and explore. We came here one other time this summer and brought a picnic and just played in the water all day.

It was a little chillier today, but we still brought nets and things to try and catch crayfish etc. Well, we were not there more than ten minutes when Kaden fell headlong into the water! We were throwing rocks, and the momentum of him throwing a pretty big rock made him take a couple of extra steps forward which sent him right into the river where he kept right on going until he fell down onto his hands and knees! I was right beside him, and it was just like I was watching a movie - I didn't even move. But, once I saw him down, I gasped and ran in after him and got drenched from knees to toes!

Well - normally, I have entire changes of clothing for my child. Not today, of course. So, we're digging through the car - trying to find things to change Kaden into. He's not even crying, but his lips were blue. I think he was in shock! We finally found an extra shirt and jacket for him, but no pants or shoes. So, Kev came up with a brilliant plan to put one of his long sleeved shirts onto Kaden for some makeshift pants. His legs went into Kev's sleeves, and then we just tied a huge knot around his waist to keep the shirt up. I found a dry pair of socks, so we put those on and then some plastic sandwich bags over them so that we could put his wet shoes back on. Oh my word - he looked hysterical - just like a little hobo! We went to a little sandwich shop for lunch and got some pretty funny looks from people. My pride made me tell the story to anyone who stared, because I didn't want them thinking that I normally dress him this way!

Oh my - a crazy, fun day. A necessary day from the wildness of life. And, a great memory day!