"Thank you for saving me Daddy"

We had such a wonderful Saturday. In the morning Dave took the kids to a Lowes Clinic (little wood working class where they make cars and stuff like that), which gave me the chance to go to the library. As I was drving I got a call, apparently Ben was sitting in the front seat of Dave's truck eating an apple and for some reason Dave looked over at him and noticed his neck was distended and he looked like he was gasping for air. Dave asked Ben if he could breathe and Ben shook his head "No". As Ben was gasping for air Dave slammed his hand into his chest and when that didn't work he jumped out of the truck and ran around and got him out of his car seat and as he was lifting him out he squeezed his chested and loosened the bite. Ben inhaled hard then coughed out the apple bite. As Dave was making sure his airway was clear Ben put his hand on Dave's shoulder and said "Thanks for saving me Daddy". Later that night we started up our fire pit for the season. The kids love this. Dave makes it a job to go around the yard picking up branches and pine cones, etc. for kinling. Ben was having so much fun he decided he wanted to camp out so Dave got out the tent and the chairs and I made a spaghetti dinner and we all ate out side around the fire. While I was cooking dinner I opened one of the windows in the kitchen so I could hear what was going on and I took the screen off because I was handing food out the window. As I was peeling a cucumber I heard a strange meow that didn't sound like our cat so I looked up at saw a stray cat sitting on our counter. I screamed bloody murder and the cat goes running, not outside, but into my Mom's room. So, Dave comes running in and has to go find the hoodlum cat and chase him around the house until he runs out the door. After we ate our dinner we made s'mores and the kids kept the fire burning with twigs and logs. A few hours later we were so tired we pitched the tent so Dave and the kids could sleep outside, we came inside to get the kids in their jammies thinking it was like 10:30 and we look at the clock at it was 8:15. We were all tired so Dave and the kids got zipped in the tent and I came inside took a shower and fell asleep watching Kung Fu Panda. This was all before 9:00. See how wild and crazy we are here.....in bed by 9:00 on a Saturday night.

Getting the fire going

" I have created fire"

Daddy loves S'mores

This is a one man tent...with Ben his sleeping bag, pillow and stuffed animal, Taylor with her sleeping bag, pillow and stuffed animal, and Dave with his pillow sleeping bag and stuffed animal, crammed into this tent......Sleep well.