Happy Father's Day!! Today C and I got up early and drove to Dunkin Donuts to get J his favorite coffee drink and some yummy donuts. As I was driving, I noticed a sign for a Summer Festival at a nearby lake. Whenever we got home, I checked it out online and lo and behold...there was going to be WRESTLING!!!! C and J LOVE wrestling more than just about anything. And better yet...it was FREE!! I was a little concerned b/c it was pretty hot today (not unbearable but high 80s) so I wasn't sure if I would be able to do an outdoor festival, but I was feeling brave. I packed up our stuff and told J all about our great adventure. We would go and see the wrestling and then we would go swimming and eat "fair food". Sounds like a perfect Father's Day for J!
It was super busy when we got there, but we were still able to get a pretty good view of the wrestlers. They were hysterical! (Obviously, for free you aren't going to get big name wrestlers,but these guys were all just comical! The one that ended up winning seriously looked like a woman! I really wish I would have brought my camera so I could have some pics of them to share.) We had a great time watching them though and cracking up over their antics. When they were almost done, C & I decided to walk over to the playground so he could play for awhile before he went swimming. When we got there, we noticed a few girls running around at top speed jumping off the equipment. No huge deal b/c I assumed there would be parents somewhere nearby to keep an eye on them. Ummmmmm...no! I am guessing they were there alone b/c no matter what they did, no one said a word. I commented a few times to the older ones about climbing up the slides while the other ones were going down, but that only worked while I was actually talking. I was getting a little annoyed b/c they were seriously way out of control and there were several little kids on the equipment. The grandmother that had a little one younger than C just left b/c she was getting too nervous with the big ones jumping around. We were waiting for J to come over and meet us when C finally got up the nerve to try the big slide. (He is like me, I think, and a little leery of heights. It isn't often that he will be brave enough to climb up to a really tall slide.) I was so proud of him for being brave!! When he was at the top, one of the hellions came tearing up the slide. She waited patiently for about 1/10000th of a nano-second before she decided to give him a hard shove. He almost fell off the top of the platform!!! It seriously took all my willpower not to yell at her! I ran up and grabbed him and he was fine, but I bet it will be awhile before he feels brave enough to climb that high again. Everytime I think about it I get really angry b/c all I can see is his proud little face looking down at me before he got ready to go down. After I got him calmed down, I explained to him that some kids don't have mommies to teach them how they are supposed to behave and how it is NEVER okay to push people! I sincerely don't know if those kids' parents were anywhere in the area or not, but if they were I hope they heard me. It was a huge disappointment to see kids behaving so badly the whole time and never a single correction.
Luckily, shortly after this incident J showed up and we went in the water. That made the whole day better. It was so relaxing to me to be able to get some of the weight off my legs and feet! It was glorious! C loved it too! He did not want to get out! The only way J was able to finally lure him from the water was to offer to take him on the swings so they could go "really high"!! I ended up crashing out the entire rest of the day...talk about feeling like a wimp! Oh well, it was definitely worth it!
Question of the Day: What did you do for Father's Day this year?
Good Things:
*Got to see funny wrestlers!
*Went SWIMMING!!
*J loved his Netflix subscription that we got him for Father's Day!
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