Do I miss Junior High kids?

I decided this morning that I didn't care what chores needed to be done, I absolutely HAD to get out of the house(and my yard was not enough). So we loaded into the van to head to the City Park. For those of you who read my sister-in-law, Rachel's, blog you can go ahead and prepare yourself for a complete disappointment when it comes to parks. We live in a run-down little town that desperately needs a new park(and more for that matter). When we drove up we saw dozens of Junior High kids. My first thought, "No way, we are not staying here!" So off we went to a different park. The problem was that I don't like the neighborhood that the other City park is in, so I wasn't about to go there without Jason. What did we do? We headed off to my Visiting Teaching companion's apartment complex, unannounced, to play there. She was nice enough to escort us to the park and sit and watch Jessica while I played with Cailyn. I love this Sister. She is such a loving person and always willing to serve. Thank you Jan, we love you!





Cailyn ran to the motorcycle first, just as her father would have done.

Jan had her hands full trying to keep Jessica from eating the dirt and sticks.

I really didn't want to go home and have cheap frozen pizza for lunch for the 4th time this week, so instead we headed over to the Golden Arches for lunch. We usually don't go in, but today I thought it would be nice to let Cailyn play for a while. Boy was I wrong. There were, again, dozens of Junior High kids. What is going on? There were people everywhere. I should have turned around and left as soon as I saw them, but I didn't. We stood in line, ordered food, and went outside to the play place to wait for the food to be done. About 5 minutes after we sat down outside, I look over to the door when someone says, "This little girl has lost her Mommy, does anyone know who she is?" Wow, I am the worst Mom of the year! That is Cailyn with the manager looking for me. I call to her and she comes running. Then the manager comes to verify that I was the neglectful mother who didn't notice that my child was missing(that is not what his words said, but it was clearly in his eyes). Cailyn and I talked about staying close and making sure that we had a spot to find each other. I hope that never happens again. We probably won't go in again, at least not when there are un-attended Junior High kids all over the place. We go in to get our food, which is cold because it has been sitting there for so long. Then we can't find a high chair for Jessica, so she had to sit on top of the table. All in all it was a disaster. I only have 2 children, why can't I go to McDonald's without the world coming to an end?
We are safely back home and the girls are both laying down for naps. I will get a quick work-out in and lay down too, if I can and hopefully we can have a safe, disaster-free afternoon.