Growing up, we would often go on summer roadtrips outside of our usual radio frequency. We would pick up a talk radio station that my Dad loved, but never failed to elicit groans from the rest of us. And then we would be shushed. (Sorry Dad, you know it's true!) The fact that I am now married to a news/talk radio junkie does not escape me.
Anyways.
There was one program that would take a random topic - say an unsolved murder mystery, or how bubble gum was invented - and uncover some information that inevitably made you say "hmmm. I didn't know that....." and it would always end with the wise host saying "and now you know the rest of the story."
That's my long way of saying that the pictures you saw yesterday of happy kids at a happy picnic were maybe not the most accurate picture. What you didn't see:
- Matt spent 2.5 hours driving around town to find an infant life jacket for Sarah so we could take the kids for their first canoe ride. (He finally found one.)
- The kids were extremely under-napped and over-tired but Liam was REALLY excited about the boat.
- We arrived at the canoe rental shop about 30 minutes after they stop renting canoes for the day....at 4:30. (Hello?!)
- Matt tried to bribe the All Powerful Renter of Canoes.
- No deal.
- We found ourselves another body of water and another canoe shop.
- They were closing.
We decided to enjoy our picnic anyways, the but the over-tired, under-napped business kicked in pretty quickly.
- Liam's pants were on fire and he couldn't sit still for a second.
- Sarah was tackled.
- Every third thing we said was "Time Out!"
- A trip to the water park was promised for good behavior, but alas.....we went home with a dry boy. Except for the tears.
"And now you know the rest of the story."
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