Mother's Day, Caching, and Vomit

Mother's Day. It's a day for mothers. As such, we went to my mother's house yesterday. Bella is off being trained, so we brought along Stevie - we didn't want her to be too sad. On the drive up to Plymouth she figured she could be one of the kids. Kelson isn't so sure about the arrangement.



After a lovely Mother's Day meal, we (me, Michelle, Eli, Milena, Kelson & Grandma) went geocaching. We walked for a couple of miles, and found three caches which were off the Luce Line trail. Here is proof that Eli was along.



Here is one of the caches we found. A film cannister nestled in a tree branch. I won't give any more information, because then I would have to kill you. And that would suck.



Even though we used Koleman's GPS, he didn't come along. Before we left, he said that he had a headache.

[Yes, the vomit part of the post is fast approaching. But keep reading, it's kind of funny.]

As we finished our walk and returned to Grandma's house, we saw that Grandma's van was in the driveway, doors open, with lots of items that were previously in the van sitting on the driveway. What happend was that Grandpa Gary and Koleman brought Lindy and Lu home, and on the drive back, Koleman threw up in the van. Grandpa tried calling my cell phone three times, but it was on vibrate and stuck in a backpack - so he was on his own.

This is a guy who has never changed a diaper.

He actually handled it quite well. He got Koleman into the house, out of his clothes, and into the bath. Koleman told Grandpa that he should wash Koleman's clothes, but Grandpa didn't even know which machine was the washer and which was the dryer, so that wasn't going to work.

But he did put the clothes in the wash basin to soak, so he gets bonus points for that. And he cleaned out the van pretty well (I really should have taken a picture of the vomit chunks on the driveway).

It's never good when your kid throws up, but the thought of it happening while Grandpa was driving, and with no help, does make for a good story.

I think it will be a Mother's Day to remember.