An Outing, by Christa Kuchta

I FORCED Christa to write this story up - when she told me I cracked up laughing. So here you go.

So we were on our way to the park, and Lexi walked about half the way, and then we put her in the stroller so the walk would go faster. A few blocks later, we notice Lexi hitting Mason upside the head, which isn't really a surprise, until we realize she had a huge rock in her hand! The funny thing is that Mason didn't even get upset until Lexi got into trouble, probably because he was trying to milk it for all it's worth. We got to the park, J carrying Mason and Lexi still in the stroller, and to punish Lexi for beating Mason, I made her stay in the stroller while J and Mason played for a few minutes. Lexi and I are sitting there talking about why she's in time out, and I notice Mason getting ready to go town a tube slide on his stomach - cute huh? Yeah, until he gets to the bottom and there is a giant WHOOSH of water, and out comes Mason - soaking wet and grinning like a fool! I guess there was a large puddle at the end of the slide ...
We played for a while, the kids had a blast, and we decided it was time for Mason to quit eating rocks and Lexi to stop climbing up the monkey bars (she wanted to walk on top of them), and said it was time to go. Lexi proceeded to wrap her arms and legs around a pole and start screaming. We finally got her in the stroller, went to put Mason in there, and he flipped out. Probably because he thought Lexi was going to hit him again! Mason screamed for a while, which got Lexi going, only she was yelling at the top of her lungs that she didn't want to go home, she wanted to go to Brenda's house! We made it home and I calmed her down by telling her that Brenda was at the store with Eric and Kevin, and who should drive by as we get into the driveway? Kirk of course ... which started Lexi up again! Needless to say, we made quick work out of diapers and baths, and the kids were in bed and asleep within a very few minutes!