Our holiday weekend & Cub Scouts

Okay, catch up time. The holiday weekend was pretty good. Brendan's school was out on Friday, so we took off work too and headed to a waterpark that we've had tickets for all summer but every time we think we're going to go, something happens. So, we headed down there only to get there and find out they were closed! *sigh* I had checked a couple months ago back when we decided to do this, and their website said they'd be open. Another car pulled up while we were in the empty parking lot, and they said they had just called the day before and were told it would be open. Crazy! (I looked at their website again when we got home and sure enough it now showed it as closed that day). So, since we were already there we decided to take the boys to do some other fun things and try to make the most of it.

So, we headed to a small children's museum nearby instead...

Then we went to a nearby state park to swim...

After that we went to get frozen custard (well, Joe and the boys did, I just watched & took pictures since I'm lactose intolerant)...

Then we went back home. Sunday we drove about 2 hours to meet Joe's family for lunch for his mom's birthday. It was nice to see everyone again.

Then laying in bed Sunday night I got to thinking that we really should try to go back to the waterpark Monday (the last operating day of the season), because Brendan had earned that free ticket at school for reading books, and it didn't seem fair that he never got to use it all summer. Joe wasn't too thrilled with the idea of driving back down again, he had some things he wanted to get done. So, I offered to just take Brendan myself, and he could let Adam play outside while he got things done outside. But, he finally decided that we should just all go as a family again. So, Monday we got in the car AGAIN and drove back down there. Luckily they really were open this time. The boys had a blast! Aside from Adam almost unzipping my swimsuit down the front in front of a lot of people (!), and the lifeguard diving in to save Brendan at one point, and the tantrum Brendan threw when it was time to leave...it was a great time! Unfortunately I don't have any photos to share yet, since I used a disposable waterproof camera instead of my digital camera.

The other news is that Brendan has joined Cub Scouts. He is a Tiger Cub Scout, and his first official pack meeting is tomorrow night. We saw a list of some of the activities they will be doing this year, and it sounds like a lot of fun! He is very excited.