So, there we were...

As a continuation from the last post...

So, there we were at the Liberty Day celebration with live music, crafts and games for the kiddos. It was a nice day, not too hot, not too cold, we got there early enough and set up our chairs and blanket in our finest red, white and blue garb...

Maddie wanted to wear her American flag t-shirt and picked it out herself for the "fireworks party". She likes this t-shirt a lot it because it's "sparkly" which is kinda hard to tell in the photo, you'll just have to trust me on that one.

We wandered around and did sand art (note the dolphin necklace), Maddie had her portrait done, we blew bubbles and listened/danced to the music (you can guess which one of us did which) and had a picnic dinner.

All in all things were going as planned...except, Ron wasn't feeling all that well. About 20 minutes before the fireworks were supposed to start, he started talking about needing to go home, he was feeling nauseous, with sharp pains in his back. Now, Ron isn't one to complain about not feeling well...so we left before the fireworks (try explaining THAT to a 4 yr old) and on the way home Ron said, I think we need to go to the hospital. Well, 4 hours in the ER and he was admitted for having a kidney stone!

Maddie and I got home around 1:30-2 am, she was amazingly well behaved for being WAY past her bedtime and in a very boring location. They did have a play room in the ER (who knew?!?) and there were other kids there, so that did help some too. But once we knew that he was going to be admitted, the two of us headed home to get some rest.

My parents picked her up on Sunday and took her down the shore (or as Maddie excitedly said "on vacation!") to play with cousin Molly for a few days. Ron was released Sunday evening from the hospital and felt a whole lot better - He doesn't want to go through that again. He has a follow up appt but, so far all seems ok!

We drove to the shore last night and picked her up...she had a blast - apparently Maddie and Molly play very well together (Brilliant move by my parents to keep from getting exhausted). They went swimming at the bathing beach, fishing on the boat where Maddie caught a little fish (also known as...the bait, a minnow) and some blue crabs, played on the playset for hours at a time, walked around the lighthouse, had ice cream and watched the sunset on the bay...yes, I'd say she had a good time. Only 5 more sleeps and then we get to go back, this time WITH Mommy and Daddy =)