Short People

The short people came over last night while their mom and dad went to a family party in Wallsburg. What an active night!

The kids played outside while Sparky and I ate dinner, coming in only to tell a new story once during each course.

While Sparky did the dishes and started brownies, the kids and I walked over to the park. They rolled down the hill (even though they were in the pajamas; shhhhhhh!) and then we made for the swings and did a few jumps. I prayed for no broken bones and no grass stains.

Next they played on the playground equipment. With the brownies under control, Sparky joined us and helped play blind-man tag game, until Kate ran into a bar and her attitude towards life changed. Two minutes later she was back with a smile.

As the temperature dropped we walked back home in the crisp air and started sorting quarters for "Lou's" and Sparky's collections. Tyler and I started a video while dozens of quarters were sorted. In the mean time, Kate brought up Who's Who from the basement and wanted to play anyone and everyone. She and I played more times than I can count.

With warm brownies and vanilla bean ice cream consumed, and Jason And The Argonaut's safely back home (we did a little fast forwarding), we were on to Twister.



There were lots of giggles and twisting, especially as Kate started letting a few "toots" during the contusions.


I was surprised how well Sparky did twisting against the shorter people. She held her own!

Sometimes all I could see was elbows and *&#)@ . . .

What a fun night, with lots of activities and treats. Hopefully those short people will be back for another round. Hopefully Sparky will be up to the contortions!