we've been able to do so many fun things during october and its time to document them all! at the beginning of the month (on the 7th), chris had to work, but that didn't stop the rest of us from enjoying a few local events that took place.
first up:
dragon boat festival
we had never been to something like this and didn't really know what to expect. jack and i really loved it, ellie kinda sorta liked it, and charlie and owen had pretty much no interest haha!
watching the racers get in their boats and ready was interesting. some of the teams were really loud and cheering and others were pretty quiet... maybe it was their first time.
this team had just won a race and was doing a fun chant.
getting set up!
we watched team 1 come all the way from behind....
and pull off the win!
the second thing we did:
get halloween decor up!
and the last and definitely the best:
Harry Potter in Concert!
we drove up to the The Amp in Rogers to watch HP and the Sorcerer's Stone with the symphony accompanying live!!! totally wicked!
it was fun to be there with a few thousand other HP fans, cheering whenever our favorite characters came up on screen or booing whenever draco came on :) I've always been a little sad that my kids wont get to experience the magic of HP in the theater on opening night, so this was really special. the symphony did a phenomenal job!!!
of course we ate way too much popcorn and cotton candy!
(and maybe some andy's before even getting there :)
we did have one scary instance that has scarred me, but i still think it should be recorded. towards the end of the movie, i told the kids to get packed up to leave because i didn't want to get stuck in traffic considering we already had a 1.5 hour drive home and it was almost 10. jack said he needed to go to the bathroom real quick and since there were some bathrooms right behind us, i let him go by himself and told him to hurry back and wait at the edge of the sidewalk and we would meet him there so he didn't have to step all over the other people sitting on the grass field. well, after waiting for almost 20 minutes, i started to panic. what the heck was taking him so long? did he get lost? how could he, the bathroom was RIGHT THERE?! did someone take him? or did something happen in the bathroom? was he sick? after a really childish panic attack (I'm pretty embarrassed that ellie and charlie and owen saw that honestly), i remembered when we first got to the amp, jack went to some bathrooms by the entrance. by this time, the movie was over and thousands of people were headed out the entrance. after some debating on whether it would be better to all stay there in case he came back, leave just ellie there while i took the boys to the entrance, or all of us go to the entrance, i decided we better stay together and all go. it took us another 10 minutes to make our way down. but there he was, standing by the entrance, with tears in his eyes. there was obviously some miscommunication between us that caused the confusion. words can't express how horrible that feeling is when you can't find a child. i couldn't shake the feeling for a couple days and i know jack couldn't either. we are so thankful everything was just a misunderstanding and ended up ok. sure love our jackie.
3 comments:
That concert looks amazing and magical! I'm glad you got to see some rowing crews, ever since reading the boys in the boat I have been more interested in rowing. And as for losing Jack, uggghhh, that is just the sickest worst feeling and I'm sorry it happened. Last time I lost Ashton at the park some nice people watched Sammy for me while I went into panic mode and eventually found Ashton playing hide and seek, well when I went to retrieve Sam they suggested I go home and have a drink. I told them it was times like these I wish I did drink! ha! It's just the worst feeling!
So jealous of your Harry Potter concert! That looks so cool. And your story. Yikes. That is the worst worst worst worst feeling ever. Amy Bloom just relayed a story about losing Brady at a subway station in Brooklyn- which also turned out fine. But eeek! Being a mom is impossibly difficult! What a good jack though. Standing right where you told him, even though he was super scared. Good job buddy!!!
Aw, man, poor Jack. The thought of both of you being scared and sad gave me a pretty good lump in the throat. So glad everyone is ok and that you've had an adventurous October so far!
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