Dancing Queen

Went to Redtop Mountain State Park for the weekend and stayed in a hotel there. Trick or treating was provided for the kids on Saturday night. Mia did not get to go as the Dancing Queen or as a green flower. It was too darn late. Aidan was a fireman but made it known over and over that he wasn't a "real" fireman, he was a "pretend" fireman. I'm thinking his concern came when I told him that perhaps they might need his fireman assistance to help put out any real fires that started. I suggested he could direct the fleeing people if the pig roasting pit caught fire. Considering the guardians of the fire pit were earnestly doing their job while cooling off with a few brewskis, he must have thought the odds were good that could happen and wanted to make sure everyone made their own safety plan.

Weekend made me wonder, how did my folks take 4 kids on vacation when I was a kid and, more importantly, why??

We also discovered that Mia likes tapioca pudding. I brought a huge jug to go at the potluck dinner which we missed because we were stuck on the interstate, as is our usual luck. So, Mia and I had tapioca pudding served with the blunt end of several plastic knifes I found. Actually made me miss the Cantonese restaurant with the worm stew. At least they had rice.