Happy Father's Day

We spent our father's day in Chattanooga at the Tennessee Aquarium. It was a 2hr drive and on the way Lilly was ill, she ended up throwing up about 18miles from our destination. It was a lovely drive, listening to my children all claim upset tummies, Aidan and Sophia took their cue from Lilly (who was actually ill). They saw me give her gum to chew to try and settle her tummy, so they claimed ill to try and get some. I don't give them gum in my car anymore, not after I found it on the floor barely covered with a straw wrapper. I know it was Aidan, Sophia just swallows it immediately.

After we arrived, parked, figured out the pay booth for the parking lot (my fil is not very good with technology so I had to figure it out for him), and bought our tickets it was 11am. We wandered around the Rivers portion of the Aquarium (it has two separate buildings) then had lunch at TGI Fridays. After lunch we went to a candy shop and a fudge shop but the fudge shop was all out of chocolate peanut butter fudge (damn!) so I got non-pariels instead. Then we went on the the Ocean building and then the girls played in this man-made river thing they had running through the sidewalks in front of the aquarium. They were soaked by the time we left. We finally got home at 6:30pm. Judy fed them dinner and I put the middle two to bed, both under protest. I was able to talk to Kale online, but the kids didn't get to say happy father's day as he ran out of minutes on his phone card, hasn't bought a new one, or hasn't told me how I can call him. I also wasn't able to talk to my dad as my parents are still in Paris until tomorrow. I sent both of them (Kale and dad) messages on MSN, but it's not the same. I know we already celebrated with my dad last week, but it's still not the same. Hopefully Kale will get his cards tomorrow.

Yesterday we went to the Flea Market but didn't stay very long, that's where we got the white trash playpen for $2. It was too hard to push Delilah on the gravel in an umbrella stroller and I didn't bring my big stroller. Judy has one but she bought it at a thrift shop in FL when Lilly was a baby and it looked about 10yrs old then. I hate using it, it's very trashy and I have a hard time with wondering what others are thinking about me when I am out. I don't want to look trashy. It's the same thing I felt when my mil used to call Lilly Henrietta Gertrude in public, it embarrassed me and I would say to her "Don't call her that, people will think that's what I named her!" She gets a kick out of that. After the market we had lunch here and hung out. After awhile Delilah wouldn't nap so Judy and I took her for a walk, just under 2miles up and down hill. I was tired afterwards and Delilah slept most of the way. Delilah finally slept normal last night, only waking up once for a bottle instead of the 3-5times she has been waking up.

Other than that I am missing Kale and ready to be home. Hope everyone had a good day with the father's in their lives.