Mommy Brain

By day 5, we were very tired. The kids had done remarkably well, but they were starting to bicker and disagree with each other. I was trying not to get anxious about our drive home.

My wonderful sister treated the kids and I and took us to see Cars at the theater. At a big theater, with cup-holders in the seats! The kids couldn’t believe that there were five or six movies being shown at the same time. Our little theater here in Colville is ancient, and not as plush as this one was.

The movie was good, though a little long for a kids’ movie. Josiah ate his candy and a few handfulls of popcorn and then promptly put his head in my lap and slept until it was over. He was so tuckered out.

Back at Deb’s, we had steak off the grill and raspberry cream cheese coffecake to celebrate Father’s Day for Deb’s husband Derek. I brought the recipe home.

After some tearful hugs and goodbyes, we headed back to the hotel, where the kids watched Inspector Gadget and then we all crashed.

We drove home the next day, and made it home without a crisis. The kids slept from the moment we left Silverdale until we stopped for a potty break before heading up Snoqualmie Pass. We listened to Laurie Berkner’s CD Buzz Buzz, which turned out to be one of the biggest hits of the trip. (Thanks to whoever - or is it whomever- suggested it!) We listened to more Harry Potter, but I have to admit that the way Jim Dale pronounces Voldemort (with a silent “t”) and Gryffindor (GRIFF - in - der) bugs me. A lot.

Since we’ve been home, I’ve washed, folded, and put away six loads of laundry. We’ve had Kevin’s van into the shop twice, for a grand total of $360. (With the brakes and shocks work he had done before we left, and my windshield wiper arm replacement while we were gone, this brings our grand total to $940 in a little over two weeks. I don’t even want to think about it.) I’ve planned Noah’s birthday party for tomorrow and he spent his birthday money from Kevin’s mom on a new scooter. I finished The Novelist by Angela Hunt - 4 stars. I started crocheting a afghan for my youngest sister, Marni. (I finished Deb’s just in time to take it to her.) Tomorrow we have Noah’s party and then Monday starts a week of VBS, so Josiah and I will be having some quiet mornings together. I imagine the rest of our summer will seem a little tame after Our Grand Adventure. And please, God, no more car repairs!