About a hour north of our location, and an hour south, there were two large
brush fires today. Combined, they threw enough ash into the air that it settled
on cars and sidewalks in our neighborhood. The whole day was cast in a reddish
glow. The smell made me thankful that we were so far from the burn areas (and
also a little nostalgic for camping, for some reason.) It was about 95 degrees
today, but it felt much warmer, and was muggy, too... I did some world class ass
sitting today. Then we took a family field trip to Toys R Us to select a
birthday present for my son, who turns 4 tomorrow, and followed up with a truly
high class dining experience at Burger King. They had one of those jungle gyms,
which I abhor but the kids love. The two big kids eagerly made their way up the
maze of ropes and down the slide. We held the 21 month old outside, and she
screamed and strained and gestured at the ropes for 5 minutes. After she punched
me in the nose, I figured, "What the hay, let's let her give it a go." I put her
down, and she made her monkey way to the top of the rope maze, where she crowed
like a rooster and yelled "Mama! Yeah! Mama! I do it! Yeah!" Then she tandem
slid down the big slide and did it again. And again. There were no other kids
there, so it was just my other two yahoos, but okay, this is SO one of those
things I would have FORBID my older children to do. And she did great. And she
loved it. And I didn't have a heart attack, but I might have if big kids came
along. We are SO not going to places with climbing structures for a few years.
Ahahaha.