April's Life Adventures

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Of hoses and grass and such

Today we went to Saint George for some personal reasons. We left really early this morning so we could get back with enough time for Sultry Husband to get up to his office for some extra work. He is allowed to work from home, so he brought his laptop in the car as we drove, it was actually pretty cool that way.

On the way there however, the temperature gauge on the car began to climb. Way to high. It was decided that when we finally limped into town, we would take it to a mechanic to figure out what is wrong. Hubby dropped me and the kids off at the park first, that way the girls would not be stuck in a waiting room forever.

At first we had a lot of fun at the park. Lots of kids to play with, new slides to explore. Later on- about two hours later on- the girls were bored and Sultry Husband was still at the mechanic shop with the car. M, who loves horses, encouraged a group of about six little girls to pretend to be horses. They went out into the grass and before I could stop them, they had each taken a large bite! I ran over and explained that pretend horses eat pretend grass, but I was having a difficult time not laughing... M is a natural leader, but to get six girls from ages 3 to 7 to all eat a bite of grass is a feat in itself!

For the next half hour, they all crawled around the grass shouting "Nay!" at each other instead of words... That is what horses say after all!

The mechanic replaced the thermostat on our "Galloping Goose". On the long drive home the temperature was within normal parameters, so it looks like he did a good job. We were at the park for a total of three and a half hours today... Longer than I ever like to stay. When Daddy returned to pick us up the truly hilarious thing was that M asked him, "Daddy, why didn't you let me stay at the park long enough?" L was more than ready to leave... both of them fell asleep on the long drive home.

Posted by April_Mommy :: 4:52 PM :: 7 comments