Memorial Day Weekend

We spent 4 days in Virginia celebrating Memorial Day and the "official start of camping season". There were lots of activites and all in all I'd say we had a great time. There were some "sour moments" to our extended weekend. We lost a kid 3 times! Sat night at the dance Brianna tells Elton that she & some little girl (6 or 7?) that we've never seen before are going to look for frogs. Elton, showing SERIOUS lack of judgement/parenting skills grants permission & fails to inform me. I don't know how long she was gone. She runs between the pavillion, the arcade, and the members lounge as she pleases. These are her perimeters and she usually obeys them. I love our campground because its private and gated, but still it was a super busy weekend and there were lots of people there we didn't know. t was also after 10 at night all the lights in the park, basketball courts, and mini golf area had gone off- it was very dark! I ended up looking for her for 10 minutes, find her and flip out on her, and reduce her to hysterical tears- THEN he sheepishly remembers she had told him where she was going! Sometimes I think I have 5 children! Then of course I had to yell at him- no hysterical tears... GRRRRR!

Chris mistakenly chooses that evening to go MIA. He pretty much does his own thing at the campground, but he knows he has to check in at 11 (the official start of "quiet time" at the campground), and then if he wants to go to a campfire or something- we generally just find out where he'll be and give him a curfew. I had gotten a couple glimpses of him during the evening, but he hadn't officially "checked in" since 4. Considering the fact that I hadn't laid eyes on him in 6 hours and he missed his 11 oclock meeting, I think he actually got off pretty easy when he finally sauntered home at 12:30! Teenagers suck!

The 3rd "lost child episode" happened Sunday at Water Country. We were at Rock and Roll Island and Brianna got tired of riding the Little Bopper and wanted to go to the Critter Corral. We said ok, let us tell K. Who never gets tired of crossing the floating guitars- to just meet us over there when she was finished. Apparently we were not quick enough for Miss Independent. Who I found 20 minutes later gleefully playing in the Critter Corral, totally unaware that she was lost (in all honesty- she probably didn't care...)

We also had issues with our water heater in the cabin. This was a totally unwelcome surprise- especially since we have had a few weeks of issues with the one at home and recently had to replace- after SEVERAL failed fix it attempts... So half the weekend we were either w/out water or w/out hot water. Elton did manage to get it fixed- he had to replace the pressure valve.

I guess I have complained enough- there was good stuff too. We spent time every day at the pool- which Shawn LOVES! Guess I have another water baby ;0) They had dances Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, I found some great stuff at the flea market, I managed to get a nap Saturday (ever since Shawn cut out his afternoon nap my naps have become practically non existant...) I crossed a few things off my Cabin "To-Do" List, and left it *S*P*A*R*K*L*I*N*G* clean complete with freshly laundered bedding and towels! :0)