FREEEEEEDOM!!

Freedom! Well, for one of us... more on that later.  We started the week with a hair-pulling activity: shoe shopping for 4 kids!  We survived intact.  And I remembered why I ordered a bunch of their uniform clothes online so it could be shipped directly here :-)  Even though we started swimming lessons, we found the time to go to Seven Peaks on Wednesday.  We went right in the morning and there were no lines at all.  Unfortunately when Tornado and Thunder were riding together on a tube down a ride, their tube flipped and they both smashed their heads hard into the side of the ride.  They came out in front of the tube, crying (well Tornado was).  The rest of the day Tornado hung out with me and Sunrise in the smaller section.  On Thursday we went to see one of Cloudburst's friends in the play "Aida."  I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the singing and acting.  The boys sat mostly still for the whole things, although it was interesting when Sunrise fell asleep at the end and I had to lug him like a sack of potatoes up to the top of the amphitheater and out to the car.  I forgot how much he weighs.  Friday was another fun day for Cloudburst.  One of her best friends, Heather, had moved up to Washington state last year.  Her dad promised a trip for her and her brother to visit friends and he kept his promise.  He drove with just the two of them all the way down.  Heather stayed all day at our house and they were both in heaven.  They played outside, played inside, baked brownies and just giggled.  It was fun to watch.

And on Sunday, Sunrise found some new freedom!  He learned to ride his bike with no training wheels!  He figured it out on the 3rd try and was riding all down the street.  We were so proud of him.