Sadly, today was another day where I was out and about while Eric was at work. I had a crazy fun barrage of experiences though!
Eric and I did some final cleaning and hanging out for a few hours this morning before Kristie, Alison, and Zach arrived. Eric thoroughly impressed Zach by bringing out his life size light up light saber. Zach swung it around the living room until we made him put it away. He followed me into our bedroom as I went to grab my cell phone and asked "What's that?", I responded "uh, protection", which was immediately followed by Alison and Kristie bursting into laughter and gasping for breath. I had Zach pick up the two foot long baseball bat that we keep by the bed and show it to them, so they wouldn't think I'm a terrible person, haha! Eric left for work, and the ladies (and Zach) headed into Lawrence for some fun.
As we drove down Mass Street we noticed part of it was blocked off and there were lots of people in lawn chairs facing the street. We ran into one of my former coworkers, Charlene, and her family and they let us know that there was going to be a parade in an hour - woo! So the four of us headed to 3 Spoons Frozen Yogurt shop, delicious as usual! We blew some time before the parade by walking down to The Toy Shop. When it was almost 1, we started walking back toward the car and found a spot on the street near our street.
The KU Marching Band headed the parade, and they were followed by high schools and junior highs from all over Kansas. At one point some Girl Scouts threw candy and Zach ended up with a gum WRAPPER! The look on his face was heartbreaking! But another kid, a boy scout watching the parade, rushed over to give Zach his piece of candy.
Next we went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to get some squirt bottles so Alison and Rob can make pancake art too! This is about the time that Zach found a Sonic airplane in my car and began assaulting all of us with it! Soon after we got back to Eudora they had to head out, but there wasn't much of a break!
I posted on Facebook that I still had extra tickets to tonight's KU football game and Kris said that he and Andrew wanted to come. We were short on time so I jumped in the car to go pick them up. We got Andrew ready in a red outfit with his blue KU bib and were ready for some football! We picked up Tera, parked and started walking to the stadium.
Just minutes into Andrew's first football game it started misting really horribly and we ended up resolving to leave when we got a touchdown. The play ended with no touchdown and we decided to wait until the end of the quarter just in case. With 58 seconds to go, KU scored and we were out of there! On our way back to the car Andrew was making some cute faces and I wanted Kris to take a picture of us, but OH NO! my camera was not in my purse! We sent Kris to check in the stands while Tera and I got Andrew to the car. As I buckled Andrew into his carseat...I found my camera...in my pocket!
By the time we get back to the stadium to pick Kris up, we realize it is no longer misting, find a closer parking space, and went BACK to the game! We missed 2 touchdowns, but got to see the rest of the game! Andrew got some good practice of waving the wheat and even got to meet Big and Baby Jay!
We ended our night by getting some hot chocolate and s'mores cappuccino at a gas station and heading home. Now I've been awake for far too long and must retire.
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Now for Eric's version of the day!
Not much to say about the day – after work I left for Steven and Leslie's house to spend the night. We have played with the PS3 move all night, playing gladiator, boccie ball and archery. Right now we're working through highest level of the gladiator arena. A few minutes ago Steven opened the sliding door in their living room and there was a really loud bang as though something exploded. May have been a firework, but it was a big-un. Goodnight all!
The Force is definitely with this one!
Zach and the 'protection'!
After taking this picture, Mario fist bumped Zach!
Zach has an artistic eye when it comes to taking pictures!
It's really cool that we're all back together again!
Waiting for candy....
A wrapper?! What Girl Scout throws candy wrappers!!!!
Kris and Andrew are pumped for their first ever KU Football game!
Oh yea, the mist was bad! But we kept Andrew dry!
His first time waving the wheat!
My camera was in my pocket! Not left behind, oops!
Intrigued by Baby Jay.
Waving the wheat AGAIN! Rock Chalk!
Also very interested in Big Jay!
Andrew loves his Daddy!
Yay KU Marching Band!
I love the view of our giant screen with Campanile and Frasier Hall in the background. And the chime when we score is great too!
Woo! Rock Chalk!
This is what winners look like!
What a beautiful sight!
