8/16/16 Jake’s been feeling down about his friends. One friend, he doesn’t get to see very often, and his new friend, Luke just moved to Nebraska. I arranged a day to go to the Ames waterpark with his youth group friend Cademon. It worked out great. Jake and his friend had fun doing whatever they wanted from the pool, slides, and lazy river. Jake even came to me and wanted to take the swim test so he could go off the high dive and the plunge slide. He passed without any problems and I watched as the boys hit the diving boards and big drop slide. Luke hung out with me and was not having much fun. Other than the lazy river, he doesn’t like the pool. He doesn’t swim and I tried everything to convince him to go down the slides. The tube slide has an open top and you can go down on a two person slide, therefore I could go with him. I even bribed with a snack stop on the way home. When Luke doesn’t want to do something, he won’t. It made for a not fun time as he would sit at my side and whine to go home. Here we were at a waterpark with everything to do and he would rather go home. I just don’t get the kid. At least Jake had fun and got to have some much needed friend time.
Earlier in the morning, I got a call from Angelia that Dan’s Blackhawk helicopter he flies would be landing in Ames for the navy students to see. She invited the boys to come see. I needed to leave right away. I threw my hair in a pony tail, rounded up the kids and packed a quick swim bag. Even when I try not to rush, I always end up rushing. It was worth the hurry and the boys thought it was pretty awesome! I did too. The landing was said to by a very cool sight, they fly in really fast, come to a stop, hoover and land. We missed the landing, but we still got to walk through the helicopter and the boys got to sit in the cockpit with the awesome female pilot for some question and answer time. Jacob loved every minute of it. He had tons of questions, good ones too. We felt pretty important getting to attend with all the ROTC. It was a very neat experience.
8/16/16 Jake’s been feeling down about his friends. One friend, he doesn’t get to see very often, and his new friend, Luke just moved to Nebraska. I arranged a day to go to the Ames waterpark with his youth group friend Cademon. It worked out great. Jake and his friend had fun doing whatever they wanted from the pool, slides, and lazy river. Jake even came to me and wanted to take the swim test so he could go off the high dive and the plunge slide. He passed without any problems and I watched as the boys hit the diving boards and big drop slide. Luke hung out with me and was not having much fun. Other than the lazy river, he doesn’t like the pool. He doesn’t swim and I tried everything to convince him to go down the slides. The tube slide has an open top and you can go down on a two person slide, therefore I could go with him. I even bribed with a snack stop on the way home. When Luke doesn’t want to do something, he won’t. It made for a not fun time as he would sit at my side and whine to go home. Here we were at a waterpark with everything to do and he would rather go home. I just don’t get the kid. At least Jake had fun and got to have some much needed friend time.
Earlier in the morning, I got a call from Angelia that Dan’s Blackhawk helicopter he flies would be landing in Ames for the navy students to see. She invited the boys to come see. I needed to leave right away. I threw my hair in a pony tail, rounded up the kids and packed a quick swim bag. Even when I try not to rush, I always end up rushing. It was worth the hurry and the boys thought it was pretty awesome! I did too. The landing was said to by a very cool sight, they fly in really fast, come to a stop, hoover and land. We missed the landing, but we still got to walk through the helicopter and the boys got to sit in the cockpit with the awesome female pilot for some question and answer time. Jacob loved every minute of it. He had tons of questions, good ones too. We felt pretty important getting to attend with all the ROTC. It was a very neat experience.
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