Adventure at the Wilderness

We returned this afternoon from a quick overnight at the Wilderness in the Smokies resort and waterpark with the Freemans...and my what adventures we had! To begin, just as we exited the freeway and were 20 miles from the resort, William's stomach went on strike. Poor guy threw up all over himself. (Believe it or not, this was the first time he's been sick like this!) After stopping at a convenience store to change his clothes and attempt a cleaning, we pressed on. All things considered, William did well and remained composed given that his tummy decided to empty the remainder of its contents twice en route. After settling into our room and beginning laundry in the bathroom tub, Bobby, Thompson and the Freemans had dinner and hit the waterpark while William and I snuggled up in the hotel room. William slept on and off until the boys returned around 10 pm. We got in to bed and so began our next adventure...

William started his broken record "mom sip water". We ignored him in an effort to get him to go to sleep, which he eventually did. Simultaneously, Thompson, who has had a cough for a couple days, began coughing. After listening to him cough for about an hour in his sleep, I got up and drove to the 24-hour Walgreens to get cough suppressant. The good news...after giving T the medicine,he coughed only one more time.

Our morning began at 7:30 with William waking up say "mom sip water". Over the course of an hour, he successfully downed a bottle of Gatorade and several saltine crackers. We decided the "bug" was gone and hit the waterpark. We enjoyed several hours of fun - water slides, wave pool, wave surfing and the interactive water playground. We changed clothes, had lunch then headed home.

Upon pulling in the garage, we figured our adventures were over, but we were wrong. As I opened the trunk of the car to begin unloading bags, Bobby and I heard Thompson say "open the door" and on the second "open the door" we realized what had happened...he had closed the car door on his hand. Fortunately, he only got the tip of his right index finger, but he got it good! It'll be interesting to see what it looks like tomorrow and how it heals in the coming days.

As the night draws to a close, Bobby and I chuckle...we couldn't have written the adventures of the past 24 hours if we tried. Our blessings...William's "bug" was short-lived, we had a great time at the waterpark, we're home, T's finger is already healing, we have a washer and dryer that has cleaned all our clothes (especially William's), and tonight daylight savings time ends so we get an extra hour of sleep! Good night!