What a weekend for Independence Day! Hot, sunny- just soooo summery!!! Yesterday (Saturday) we spend the first part of the day at the Sand Bar State Park.
In the evening, we went to a BBQ/Pool Party at Jenn and Casey Gomo's house.
In the evening, we went to a BBQ/Pool Party at Jenn and Casey Gomo's house.Jenn and Casey have a cornucopia of random animals, which include two 200-pound Bull Mastiff dogs, one 3-legged Border Collie dog, one goat:
One cow:
And dozens of fowl, including chickens and ducks:
This morning, after our walk, Ed and Elijah enjoyed a juice box o the shady tailgate of the truck.
Then we headed off to the Richmond parade, which was really fun! It was a beautiful 4th of July, so everyone came out for the parade.
Martha had some water wings for Elijah. This was his first time using them and it really didn't take long before he was swimming all over the pool by himself. He was in the pool for nearly 2 hours!
One cow:And dozens of fowl, including chickens and ducks: This morning, after our walk, Ed and Elijah enjoyed a juice box o the shady tailgate of the truck.Then we headed off to the Richmond parade, which was really fun! It was a beautiful 4th of July, so everyone came out for the parade. After the parade, we spent some time visiting with all kinds of people. Lots of folks Ed knew from Richmond, parents of some present and past students, and old MMU graduates. It was a great opportunity to catch up so many wonderful people!
The one near-tragedy of the day was the loss of "Mo-Mo" the monkey. 
"Mo-Mo" is a current coveted favorite, and his disappearance had the potential of being utterly devastating. This was how the conversation went:
"Mo-Mo" is a current coveted favorite, and his disappearance had the potential of being utterly devastating. This was how the conversation went:Elijah: "Where's Mo-Mo?"
Ed: "Mo-Mo is lost, we can't find him. He fell out of your stroller."
Elijah: "But I love Mo-Mo."
(crackle) this was the sound of my heart breaking a little bit
Ed: "Well, Mommy went out looking for him, we can't find him. But we'll look some more."
Elijah: "But I NEED Mo-Mo."
(snap! crumble!) I am now near tears
I had already backtracked our steps on foot, to no avail. I'd searched our entire walking route, inquired at the store and put a friend or two on the lookout. As we walked up the hill back to our car, I began to feel angry. Why didn't I find him? Who would just pick up a child's toy off the ground and not assume someone would be looking for it? Why would someone just TAKE a baby's stuffed animal?
Once we got to the car, we decided to do another run through town, in search of literally a needle in a haystack.
Truly amazingly, we found "Mo-Mo," propped up on some one's mailbox.
I still can hardly believe it.
With a sigh of relief, we headed off to Chris and Martha's house for a BBQ. In an amazing twist to the "Mo-Mo" story, Martha and Chris had spotted him on the ground on Esplanade Ct, but didn't know he belonged to Elijah. Martha remembers instructing Chris not to run over the child's stuffed animal in the road. That would have been a valuable clue to finding "Mo-Mo" if we hadn't already!
Anyway, it was so hot, we ate and then promptly hit the pool. 
Martha had some water wings for Elijah. This was his first time using them and it really didn't take long before he was swimming all over the pool by himself. He was in the pool for nearly 2 hours!
It was a great day!
And, thanks to some one's thoughtful gesture, even a good night!!!
5 comments:
Even at almost 9 years of age, Wayne still sleeps with a thread bare Peter Rabbit from Grammie. Glad you had such a great time for the 4th and very glad you found MooMoo.
Oops, I just looked at the story again and realized it's Mo Mo, not Moo Moo. I thought Moo Moo was a little unusual for a monkey...
Somehow left my comment on a previous blog! Basically, it just said that the Mo Mo story was incredible! Glad you got to swim in this hot weather!
I am so glad that the story of Mo Mo had a happy ending because I had tears in my eyes for poor Elijah reading it. I can actually hear him saying "But I NEED Mo Mo!".
My heart is broken- I am thinking that Mo Mo needs a mate- this time when he takes an adventure at least his mate will be around- 100% lucky that Eli has him back- perhaps Mo Mo should stay home from now on... just in your words I can tell how sad Eli was- oh my
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