June 5 – “Day Nineteen: Back in Business”

We went to the park first thing in the morning to play some baseball.  That didn’t last long, though.  It was really hot, and Caleb had some constipation issues, so we adjourned to the swings.  Hot just doesn’t feel quite so hot when you’re flying through the air in a swing, I guess.  Still pretty warm for the ones providing the power, though.  The boys figured out a way to keep us “in the game,” so to speak.  Seems they had some problems with Nani Power pushing their swings.  In fact they scoffed at it (well, unless it was the only thing available.  Then they could be quite encouraging).  But given a choice, they wanted Man Power.  Man Power was “much stronger and doesn’t use as much fuel.”  They finally decided that Ultimate Nani Power is roughly equal to, well, some of Man Power anyways.  Here’s the formula they came up with in case you ever need to refer to it: 8 Nani Power equals 1 Man Power.  Ain’t it great being around boys?

Back at the house the sprinkler in the yard was just the trick for an afternoon of fun.  Of course, old DadDad missed most of that fun.  That old stick-in-the-mud fell asleep on the couch watching the results of the Astros game come across the ESPN app on his cell phone.  Disappointment there.  The Astros lost a close one.

Zak and Caleb made up some promising stories after supper.  They were doing their best to scare their Mom, and it certainly appeared to be working.  Sounded like Christi was not much for spiders and snakes and zombies.  And then they came out with “a desert with no way in or out, where neither the sun nor moon ever shines; only stars provide light.  And where there are places where you can sink into the ground and never be able to escape.”  Those last ones were Caleb’s words, not mine, though I might use them some day.  Budding creative geniuses, I’m sure.

Those geniuses were pretty worn out after their day in the sun, so by 8:30 they were already in bed asleep.  Gotta confess this guy was right behind them.  We did hang out and talk with Josh and Christi for a while.  Just long enough to say that we were the adults and we could stay up longer than the children if we wanted to.  Come on, you know you’ve thought that before.  Christi is doing much better, health-wise.  She was up most of the day, and at one point she made the comment to Caleb, “I can see with my Mommy eyes again, and they’re telling me we need to do some clean up around the house.”  If the Mommy Eyes are back in business, play time is over, Guys.

Psalms 17:8 says, “Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.”

Father, thank you for Christi’s improvement.  It is great to see those Mommy Eyes back in service again.  Amen.