An Hour Next Door

I decided to surprise the kids and take them to a little water park about a half hour away. This is kind of an old park with only one water slide, but it is a water slide. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays after four it is only $1. So, after slathering everyone in sunscreen and getting everyone in their swimsuits, we headed out the door. I had called ahead to make sure the deal was still valid. When we got there, they were closed! The power had gone out so their pump broke? Something like that. Doesn't really matter because what ever the reason, we had to turn around and drive back home. Since we were all ready for the pool we went to our regular one. So, we drove an hour to go the pool that's practically in our back yard. We were only there for thirty minutes at the most when it started thundering. I got all the kids out and headed home. About five minutes after we got home, it started storming really hard. The lights went out for about an hour, maybe an hour and a half. We lit candles and played games. We played 4-D (invented by Maysen) and then played the Toad game (invented by Jorja). The kids ate ice cream on the pretence that they didn't want it to melt. How selfless of them.