Today Buck and I are going on a retreat with the 5th and 6th graders at church. I think the word "retreat" is a severe misnomer. At any rate, the kids are beyond thrilled to have "2 sleepovers at Grandma's!!!!" If the weather is nice, and we sure hope it is, they will likely spend most of the day in her back yard and the woods. I love that they to experience that. That being said, you never know what might happen. Kids plus outside freedom equals lots of fun and adventure...and maybe some trouble. Once we came home and Mom told us she thought she might have to call someone to help get Eve. She had squeezed herself, not in danger at all...her head and feet were out... but completely stuck folded in half, into a cement pipe. I think that one gave Eve a good healthy scare, and fortunately she got out eventually without having to call the fire department. I'm not sure how much I would've worried and how much I would have laughed had I been there. Mom is such a trooper! Last week Jake and Will were at her house near her ditch. Jake had jumped to the other side, and she overheard him trying to coax Will, "Come on Will. Be a man!"
I'm convinced every kid needs a big back yard and some woods...and a big box of bandaids on the ready.
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