Monday started with an issue for Pepper. While at the park, she somehow jammed a piece of wood into her claw, splitting the claw in half and embedding the wood into it.
She came home limping and it took Kyle and me some time to work the wood out of her claw. She was good, but it hurt. Poor girl! (Don't worry; while she was bleeding, that is not blood on the blanket.)
At noon, almost everyone went to Indy for some fun at Slick City, a place full of slides for kids and adults alike.
The adults had a lot of fun,
some more than others. LOL
Andrew is always game for fun, a challenge, or both!
Julie, Mila, Titan, and Kate ready for a slide.
Lukas doing his best hamster impression.
Cambria and Ian ready for their turn.
There were basketball courts, too, and these had springy floors.
They weren't trampoline-esque, but you could still bounce a bit while you played!
Kyle had to work (he works remotely) and so Craig and I stayed home to keep him company.
While home, I set up the upstairs landing for some origami fun. Kate loves origami and was willing to teach all the cousins how to make a paper crane.
She had read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and is in the process of folding 1,000 cranes in Sadako's honor.
Never read the book? Don' t miss it. It's a quick read and the true story about a girl who was exposed to radiation in Hiroshima during World War II. There is a Sadako memorial in Japan and millions of cranes are sent there every year from all over the world in Sadako's honor. I read the book and folded cranes with every class I taught. (We sent cranes, there, too.)
Here is a link to the book on Amazon.
Anyway!
Lisa and Kyle were in charge of dinner that evening. They cooked the ever popular breakfast for dinner. (Pancakes, sausage, eggs, potatoes, strawberries, blueberries, and bananas.) Believe it or not, my kitchen still smells like maple syrup this morning.
And then we gathered and chatted, made cranes, or played games.
Camria spied a few things in my china cabinet and asked if she could see this vase.
She fell in love with it, and now her name is on it so it will go to her when I am gone.
Playing Camel Up, a game where you are racing camels across the desert.
It was fun, but there is a bit of a learning curve to it.
Stay 'tooned!
