Howdy,
Today it has been a whole family kind of day for us 5 Haweses.
We’re often together doing family stuff, but today has felt more out and about. Relational, with activities. A good Saturday.
Following a wonderful late morning/early afternoon community outreach event as a family (where nine-month-old Riah was a hit), Sarah and I put everyone not named Riah to work vacuuming out our SUV.
That’s a good family activity.
Pull into a Prime Shine Car Wash and park between the multiple dangling suction hoses and put the boys to work vacuuming out their own seats. Their own crumbs and messes. Their areas. The things take make my ride and well-worn family car.
They loved it.
I said we should do that more often and as Sarah suggested, we’re thinking we should make it a habit while it’s still fun.
So it’s expected when they hate it. And it just gets done.
Family trip, then swing into the free vacuums upon returning home.
(Who doesn’t want to go to Disneyland, drive back six hours, and then head straight for the car wash vacuum cleaners? Okay, we probably won’t do that. Our boys have never been to Disneyland. Vacuums, yes. Disneyland, no. I told them the car wash was Disneyland, just a little smaller. So far, so good. We’ll spend their college funds on Disneyland some other fun family day.)
Then with only a suggestion I got the whole family excited about and down to the pool and hot tub. Well, really the hot tub and pool. But we hit the pool more than you might think. It ices my back, as I’ve mentioned before. And Jasper and Titus are just crazy.
Like me.
We didn’t take Riah into the winter, ahem, it’s spring now, the spring season swimming pool, but he did enjoy the hot tub. He enjoyed it so much. Huge smiles on that small boy. That’s fun (who needs Disneyland?), seeing unabashed, uninhibited joyful smiles on a person totally pleased and engaged.
A good Saturday.
It’s starting to smell tasty in here; wonder if anyone will have interest in dessert …
A very good Saturday.
—Billy
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