SHUT UP THOMAS!

It's been a long/short weekend.

On Friday night, Robb and I attended his company Christmas party.  LOADS of delicious food...  And fun company to sit with at our table!  It was good to see my old co-workers when i got to see them face to face.  With telecommuting for an entirely different company, I still haven't met anyone I currently work with.  Seems weird, but if I met them now, that would seem weirder.

On Saturday, Robb ran his mom to a brothers house for the weekend and when he was almost there, an hour away, I realized they'd forgotten her main suitcase.  Oops!  So Robb turned around and I met them half way.  That put a slight crimp into our plans for the day, but oh well.  I raced back home and finished packing and got the kids ready to roll.  Meri wasn't going to be able to come with us, but Ryan, Jen and Leon did.

An hour headed north, Leon had to use the restroom.  None around, so he did his numbers in the ditch.  He enjoys that... The feeling of the cold tundra on your bare backside...  But when he got done, he said he needed new pants.  Oh... yeah...  Using the ditch potty has it's drawbacks at times.  So Ryan changed his pants.  So his extra casual pants that were intended for the next day.  ok.

An hour later, after Leon had spent 2 solid hours, apart from the potty break, on his tablet playing the Goat simulator intensely, eating goldfish crackers and milk/juice, he suddenly threw up.  and then again.  And then again.  Pretty close together.  Let's just say, his tummy was very empty now.  So Ryan and I cleaned him and his car seat up.  The car smelled of vomit.  and so did my hands.  Everyone else in the car was retching mildly for most of the rest of the car ride.  Leon sat in his undies.  We couldn't risk him vomiting on his only clean pants left, his church pants.  He played with Legos the rest of the trip up.  We figured he had gotten car sick.  I get that way when reading for long periods of time in a moving car too.

We got there in time to have lunch with Maddy and Matthew.  Leon felt better and was wearing his church clothes for lunch.  Afterwards, Robb took him and his dad and Jen to the hotel where they were able to check in early and get the boy down for a nap.  They washed his clothes out with shampoo and let them hang in the shower to dry.   Finding a clean pair of pants in the meanwhile that we'd forgotten about!  Whew!

Maddy and I attended a harp/flute concert for her roommate.  BEAUTIFUL!  Then we headed to the hotel too.  

The roommate.

I stayed with the sleeping boy while the others went to the lobby to talk.  I intended to take a brief nap too.  But as soon as I laid down on the other bed, Leon suddenly pushed himself up, surprised that we were the only ones there!  sigh.  so much for a few minutes of relaxation!

Ryan took Leon swimming for a little bit.

The water was VERY cold and they didn't stay long.

We ordered pizzas for supper.  In the middle of eating, Leon suddenly shouted, "SHUT UP!"  Everyone looked at him shocked.  He yelled "SHUT UP" again.  LEON!  Then he yelled "SHUT UP THOMAS!"  ?? In the distance we heard a train whistle and train noises. LOL!  The train didn't obey him as it would the conductor.

After supper, Maddy had checked some puppets out from the library so she and Matthew played with Leon for a while.  

They had a blast!  I have videos but no way to download them at the moment.  

Maybe later this week.

I rode over to the college with M & M and we put Leon's clothes in Mad's dorm dryer.  Hanging in the shower just wasn't cutting it.  Then we went met up with the rest at the chapel.  

We took up a whole row of seats between Matthew's family and mine.  We got there an hour early just to get half decent seats so Robb and I protected the row while the others played pool in the game room.  But then everyone finally got there.  I got to sit with Matthew's mom and we swapped lots of stories about the kids.  ;)  His sister was in the choir too and I was able to see her clearly from where I sat.

  

Dead center.

NOT as easy to see Maddy, but if the tall guy in front of me reached for something low, I could sometimes catch a glimpse.

It was a beautiful concert!  Not as long as last years...  But still beautiful!  

Ending with Maddy's choir humming the last song around the fountain.  

I can't wait for their Christmas cd to get released so I can listen all day long if I want!

We stopped by the dorm to pick up Leon's clothes, but they still reeked of vomit, so she Febreezed them.  Then back to the hotel.  

After much visiting, I worked on getting Leon to sleep, the others met in the lobby again.  

In the morning, we went to Matthew's home church, about 20 minutes away.  His dad is the minister there.  Then back to campus town for some lunch and win tons of tiny toys at Happy Joes.  Matthew still has a bunch of tokens leftover so he and Maddy are planning a date to the mini arcade again soon.

Then home!  I'm exhausted.  BUT lots to do this week so no rest for the wicked!  I'll tell you about my literal style show entry for next weekend, tomorrow.