MomMoms Big Day Out

This I do believe marks MomMom's first big day out ALONE, unassisted with the 2 little ones. So what  happens? Sleeping angels! Why does she keep sending pictures of eyes closed? Do I detect non-blonde hair on a little headtop?

Flag Day June 14th - and now for the rest of the story from MomMom:

What you didn't hear about my first day 'out' and all alone...

We all woke up early,Kyle left for work, and I started to prep for dinner, got everyone dressed, packed snacks and headed out the door to meet up with my Peps buddies at Green Lake.  When we got to the car and I tried to open the door with the key-fob, it didn't work.  I used the key to unlock the door and the automatic button on the door didn't unlock any of the other doors.  I looked at the dash board and saw nothing.  The car battery wad dead!  UGH!  I called my friend Ingrid, she lives a few blocks away and was headed to Green Lake too.  Luckily she had not left and was willing to help.  I asked her if she had ever jumped a car, she said "no".  I said I would call Kyle to walk me through it.  When she got to my house, I realized that Kyle had the jumper cables in his truck.  She didn't have any in her car.  Bummer!

So we said a quick hello/goodbye and I called Kyle to come home and jump the car.  Katherine got hungry so we waited for Kyle in the car.  Oliver smelled like he had a big pooper.  He did not want to get out of the car.  After playing ring around the car doors, I got him out, got him upstairs and changed him; better done at home rather than out.

Kyle came home and he was about to jump the car, but the cables were not long enough.  He tried to angle the truck in a few different ways, but nothing worked.  We had to ask our neighbor to move her car so we could access the other side.  Then finally we got it going! Hurray!

Once I was on the road, we got to the Fremont Bridge, and it was UP!  So 10 minutes sitting in the car after waiting an hour at home, the bridge went down and we were on our way to Green Lake, but then I think I hit almost every red light!  REALLY!!!!

Luckily I found parking in the lot and all went well, friends were happy to see Oliver and meet Katherine!  I knew on our way home that I would be dealing with the sleeping siblings dilemma.  But I figured big brother could wait a second in the car while his little sister went upstairs first!  No problems!

Let's see what today brings.  I'm going to pack another little lunch and cross my fingers that we can make it to the zoo, or at least our garden!!!