Monday May 4 -- Kelli fell asleep shortly after 4 pm while watching Mr. Rogers. When she woke up about an hour later, she hurried quickly out of the living room and had her pants pulled down before she reached the hall. I was reading in the living room, but was surprised to see Kelli headed to her bedroom instead of the bathroom. I quickly followed and found Kelli sitting on the floor of the closet. I picked her up and ran and we made it to the bathroom in time! Kelli must have thought she was asleep in bed, because then she made the right turns to end up where she did and think it was the bathroom.
While Kelli had been asleep on the couch, Auntie Arlene had come and picked up Jenna and Lance. So at supper time, Kelli suddenly left the table.
Me: Kelli, where are you going?
Kelli: I have to go see if Jenna is awake and see if she wants to eat.
Me: Sweetheart, Jenna isn't here. Her mommy came and took her home.
Kelli: I didn't see Arlene com.
Me: She came while you were asleep.
But Kelli had to go see for herself. She checked in both bedrooms and then came back to the kitchen with a sheepish grin, and said, "Oh!"
May 7 -- We (me, Kelli, Abbi, Jenna and Lance) were all going to go up to Carlsbad with Bruce. He was working on a condo right by the beach, so we were going to check out the job and he was going to do what needed to be done while I took the kids to the beach. We packed sand toys and towels and things in th car. But then we thought we would stop at Gemco and buy some things that we needed for the apartment building. [Me of 2012 wonders: why do this on your way somewhere? Why not on your way home?]
Bruce put all three girls [standing] in a shopping cart and I carried Lance. We had done this often, but today was no ordinary day. All three girls were feisty and anxious to be on their way to the beach. [See my earlier comment from Me today--hello, stupid Me of 1981--what were you thinking? Of COURSE they were wanting to go to the beach and not be standing around in shopping carts while you looked at boring supplies for the apartment building!]
Bruce drew my attention to some random thing, and I took my eyes off the girls for one second, and CRASH!!! The shopping cart tipped over to the beautiful sound of a quartet of screams! (When the girls started, the noise scared Lance, who joined in!) The girls had all leaned on the same side of the cart, all reaching for a bottle of poison. A glass bottle of poison. Which fell, and broke, and then the shopping cart full of screaming girls fell on top of that. Many clerks came running, between the screaming and the crashing and the breaking. They helped to right the cart and check children for damage. Everyone seemed fine, but we rushed home to bathe the girls and wash their clothes and make sure nobody had glass fragments or poison on their person anywhere. Abbi bruised her knee, Jenna cut two fingers, and Kelli scratched her neck, bruised both arms and both legs. That was very luck--but it was a terrifying experience nonetheless!
Well, in retrospect, obviously we should not have combined a work shopping trip with a pleasure trip to the beach. As it was, we didn't get the shopping done, AND we didn't make it to the beach! Lesson learned.
May 9 -- Our family went to the Wild Animal Park again. This time, we took the Kilimanjaro Hiking Trail, and enjoyed the Wildlife Workshop, the Canine Show and the Bird Show. Kelli's assessment of the animals she saw: flamingos and bees and deers and rhinos. Kelli liked all the animal shows. She got to touch some baby goats and deers and she wished she could feed them. She got to feed the ducks, but the ducks weren't hungry and wouldn't eat the seeds.
While Kelli had been asleep on the couch, Auntie Arlene had come and picked up Jenna and Lance. So at supper time, Kelli suddenly left the table.
Me: Kelli, where are you going?
Kelli: I have to go see if Jenna is awake and see if she wants to eat.
Me: Sweetheart, Jenna isn't here. Her mommy came and took her home.
Kelli: I didn't see Arlene com.
Me: She came while you were asleep.
But Kelli had to go see for herself. She checked in both bedrooms and then came back to the kitchen with a sheepish grin, and said, "Oh!"
May 7 -- We (me, Kelli, Abbi, Jenna and Lance) were all going to go up to Carlsbad with Bruce. He was working on a condo right by the beach, so we were going to check out the job and he was going to do what needed to be done while I took the kids to the beach. We packed sand toys and towels and things in th car. But then we thought we would stop at Gemco and buy some things that we needed for the apartment building. [Me of 2012 wonders: why do this on your way somewhere? Why not on your way home?]
Bruce put all three girls [standing] in a shopping cart and I carried Lance. We had done this often, but today was no ordinary day. All three girls were feisty and anxious to be on their way to the beach. [See my earlier comment from Me today--hello, stupid Me of 1981--what were you thinking? Of COURSE they were wanting to go to the beach and not be standing around in shopping carts while you looked at boring supplies for the apartment building!]
Bruce drew my attention to some random thing, and I took my eyes off the girls for one second, and CRASH!!! The shopping cart tipped over to the beautiful sound of a quartet of screams! (When the girls started, the noise scared Lance, who joined in!) The girls had all leaned on the same side of the cart, all reaching for a bottle of poison. A glass bottle of poison. Which fell, and broke, and then the shopping cart full of screaming girls fell on top of that. Many clerks came running, between the screaming and the crashing and the breaking. They helped to right the cart and check children for damage. Everyone seemed fine, but we rushed home to bathe the girls and wash their clothes and make sure nobody had glass fragments or poison on their person anywhere. Abbi bruised her knee, Jenna cut two fingers, and Kelli scratched her neck, bruised both arms and both legs. That was very luck--but it was a terrifying experience nonetheless!
Well, in retrospect, obviously we should not have combined a work shopping trip with a pleasure trip to the beach. As it was, we didn't get the shopping done, AND we didn't make it to the beach! Lesson learned.
May 9 -- Our family went to the Wild Animal Park again. This time, we took the Kilimanjaro Hiking Trail, and enjoyed the Wildlife Workshop, the Canine Show and the Bird Show. Kelli's assessment of the animals she saw: flamingos and bees and deers and rhinos. Kelli liked all the animal shows. She got to touch some baby goats and deers and she wished she could feed them. She got to feed the ducks, but the ducks weren't hungry and wouldn't eat the seeds.
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| Kelli at the Wild Animal Park, 9 May 1981. |
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