Misadventures

We don't tend to be a family full of excitement and misadventure, but we seem to have gotten our fair share in the past 24 hours. Tami was getting ready to head out the door to meet some friends when there was a shriek from Kaiyah in the back room. In the midst of the crying we heard Zeke say, "I'm so sorry Kaiyah." 2 seconds later we hear Zeke began to cry hysterically. Dan ran to the back room and quickly started yelling for Tami. Zeke had sprayed an air freshener first into Kaiyah's eyes and then into his own. We quickly rinsed their eyes out with water, and all seems to be okay.

Tami went on to her friend's home. This particular friend lives on the 12th floor of an apartment building. 5 ladies jumped in the elevator to head to lunch. 3 of the ladies are as pregnant as Tami. Some how, the elevator broke on the way down. They aren't sure how far they actually fell, as it all happened quickly, but they landed somewhere between the 2nd and 1st floor. After being stuck there for a few minutes, someone came to the rescue and helped them crawl out of the elevator. Everyone was fine, just some stiff necks and sore backs and a little shaky from the experience.

THEN, Kaiyah was jumping on the trampoline and fell off and hit her head on the radiator. There was a huge bump that immediately appeared on the back of her head. We kept her up from her nap for an hour and she appears to be okay. Hopefully the next 24 hours will be a little more peaceful.

Children's Day Parade

A few weeks ago they celebrated Children's Day here. All the school kids get a day off school, many of the shops hand out little treats to the kids, and there are parades all over the city. Early that morning, our neighbors came by and asked if we wanted to go with them to a parade. 20 minutes later we were on our way. We got there about 30 minutes after the parade was supposed to start. There were many different groups of school children standing on the stadium field waiting to perform. An hour later, they finally started marching around the outside of the field. Our neighbor turned to us and said, "It's all the same, are you ready to leave!" Zeke wasn't so ready to leave, since there was finally something to watch, but lunch and playing at a park quickly made up for it!

Play Place

This is blog catch up time. Several weeks ago, some friends invited us to go to this play place they had found out about. It's across the bridge, so not very close to where we live, but the kids had a great time. We'll have to make the trek out there from time to time.