On the way home from church Wednesday night, I received a text. An "invitation" text. I love those! It was from our church friends, inviting us over for lunch and a swim in their community's pool the next day. Of course, we accepted. Shaun loves swimming in their pool and he's always up for hanging out with his friends Seth and Nathan. He thinks Olivia is pretty cool, as well! Jordan was excited, too, because it just so happens that the parents of Seth, Nathan, and Olivia are none other than Mr. Brandon and Mrs. Kendra: two of his teachers on Sunday morning. Jordan was a little disappointed when I explained that Mr. Brandon would probably be at work and wouldn't be able to swim, but he got over himself pretty quickly.
So, the next morning, we headed off. It was a little hectic at first, as it always is with a small herd of children...trying to get everyone fed and to the restroom, but we eventually made it down to the pool. We lathered everyone with sunscreen, I strapped Jordan into his life jacket, and Kendra and I found seats under an umbrella. We're fair-skinned, after all!
The kids all had a blast...for about 15 minutes. That's when the rain started. The kids kept swimming. After all, it was only rain! Jordan then announced that he had to use the restroom. Again! When we returned, everyone was out of the pool. Uh oh, I thought. It must have thundered!
I was right. We waited around a few more minutes, hoping it would pass. Unfortunately, it didn't. When lightening started shooting straight down from the sky, we loaded up the car and drove back to the house. I was worried we were in for some all-out whining...but I was pleasantly surprised. The kids played video games. The moms talked. Jordan called me a "punk" when I told him no about something. And he was punished. Oh, and the best part...when we came back from the pool, Jordan had the nice surprise of seeing Mr. Brandon after all. He had come home from work on his lunch break to check out a problem with the family's air conditioning unit. Jordan was so excited to see him!
This was the second time this week that a swimming trip of ours was canceled due to inclement weather. Chris and I decided to take the kids swimming at my parents house Tuesday evening. We left our house and it was just a little cloudy. During the 5 minute drive to my parents house, the thunder started booming and the wind was blowing. We thought maybe this would be one of those "quick summer time thunder storms", so we went inside to visit until the storm passed. Two hours later, we were still visiting and the storm was still raging.
Ahh. Gotta love summer time in Georgia!
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