Even Thought It Was the Same Temperature As The Sun, the River is Still Cold

For May 15th, it was hot.  For a Saturday it was busy.  N had to work overtime on Friday night, so I got to spend time with all three of our girls.  We talked about boys, mean girls, homework and how ice cream fixes everything.  I may have used that last one as my solution for the former topics.

We had to get up early Saturday morning for an all-day soccer fest that turned into more of a sun overload.  N got some extra sleep, while I ushered the older girls to the largest soccer field known to man.  I'll have more pictures tomorrow.  I took about 175 pictures from the soccer games.  I'm still doing some editing.

N and Zoe showed up later in the day to cheer on D & E.  It was also a trade-off.  N stayed with the older girls while I took Zoe to a party for some friends birthdays.  G & M are dear twins that turned 4.  They are some of Zoe's best friends and she will pray for them by name at night. 

What made their party even cooler was that it included a river.  We came dressed to play in the water.  Not so much me since it's only May 15th and it's been hot for exactly 1 day this year and I'm pretty sure the river isn't warm yet.  Not to mention G's & M's mom always has a camera.  I'm not too keen on wearing a swimsuit around people who bring their camera everywhere.

That doesn't stop the 3-foot and under crowd from getting in, throwing rocks and splashing around. 

Zoe with the birthday girl, M.  Before we left, Zoe gave her a big hug and said, "I love you so much!"  M was totally unphased, but two mothers got a little verklempt.

This is Zoe with the birthday boy, G.  It's also about 5 seconds before Zoe's first encounter with how cold the river really is on May 15th.

Zoe loves G.  She calls him her "silly boy."  If you know G, that's a good description of him.  He's 100% boy.  He loves to throw stuff, climb stuff, wrestle you and all things the opposite of Zoe. 

He also has amazing strength.  He's one of the strongest kids I've ever met.  He's so strong in fact that during that sweet hug, Zoe lost her balance and went booty first into about 1/2 inch of water.  Okay 1/2 inch of freezing water.  That water on your toe isn't a big deal.  That water higher up than your ankle is too much water.

As Zoe's crying and G's wondering what she's crying for, he said, "I'm so sorry."  To which my girl replies, "that's okay, (sniff, sniff, gasp for breath) G.  I'm (sniff, gasp, gasp) okay!" 

Again, two mothers were verklepmt at how sweet their children are.

Thank you G & M for being born.  Thank you for being such great friends to my Zoe.  Silly or sweet, you bring a fun balance to our lives.

We can't wait to join you at the river again soon.  Maybe after we've had more than 1 hot day of weather.