You asked, so here goes...

A few of you asked just what was so eventful about last week that kept me from blogging. So here goes. I'll try to keep it short.

On Tuesday, after a very fun swimming play date, Ace stuck a raisin up his nose. And then pushed it up so far that he lost it and told me it "went into his chest". After much blood, drama, calls to the pediatrician, and a trip to the ER, Steve met up with us, looked up his nose and announced he could see the raisin. So, we left the ER, drove to a grocery store, bought a pair of tweezers, and Super Dad yanked the offending raisin out. Here they are, right after. You can see the relief in Ace's eyes.


The next day, we met some neighbors at our neighborhood park for another play date. We discovered the play scape in this condition:


And that really ticked me off. Vandals had torn huge sections down all over the play scape leaving screws, bolts, and splintered wood within reach of small children. The screws pictured above were about chest high on the buddies. The Mad Moms united and Operation Save the Park was formed. I took pictures of everything and emailed our elected MUD officials. My awesome neighbor got our HOA involved. The next morning, the play scape was repaired in record time! Since then, I've been in contact with the police and am setting up a little neighborhood watch program among the families that frequent our park. There seem to be some kids in our area that have a little too much free time and could benefit from some court-mandated community service. I hope we catch the little sh!ts.