We had a wonderful weekend with many "firsts" for Slava. His first "first" was driving Papa's golf cart...into Papa's new truck! I'm not sure who needed a time-out more, Slava or Wayne. After all, Papa had him outside in the garage when he decided to drive up the road in the street rod telling Slava to go into the house. Instead of going into the house Slava got into the golf cart where much to his pleasure the keys were in the ignition. He hit reverse and slammed into the truck, then went forward and bumped into the lawn mower. I was just opening the door to deliver a message to Wayne when I heard the big bang. Aside from a bump on the leg Slava didn't get hurt...thank you, LORD. As Wayne pulled back into the driveway and saw the damage (the dent in the truck and a bent golf cart frame) he got back into the street rod and drove up the road again. I guess he was putting himself in time-out! Slava is so busy, so fast, and so smart that it's virtually impossible for us to keep up with him every second, and it only takes a second for him to get into trouble!
The dent in Papa's new truck.
We opened the pool this weekend too. We've had an in-ground pool for 17 years with a fence all the way around it with a gate that locks. However, because of swift, savvy, Slava, we just purchased a pool alarm. If he were to figure out a way over the fence and into the water a very loud alarm will sound outside and in the house. Daily I pray for his safety and for the diligence to watch over him; I've even asked the Lord to assign him an angel (we need all the help we can get)! I know the Lord was watching over him in the golf cart episode because he really could have been hurt, but he walked away with only a bump on the leg.
Anna (on left with flag), Slava, Jordan, & Sierra (with hat).
Another "first" for Slava was his first Memorial Day parade. We went to Albany early Monday morning to watch the parade. Missy and Andrii marched with the Jubilee Fife & Drum Corps.
Andrii on the bass drum.
Slava also enjoyed his very first trip to the drive-ins. Wayne & I took Sierra, Andrii, Anna, Jordan, and Slava. We joined up with several families from our church to watch Kung-fu Panda 2. Slava had fun wandering around with our crowd before the movie. When the movie started I put him on my lap in the front seat and placed a big bucket of pop corn in front of him. Of course he had no interest in the movie, but he had a grand ole time popping pop corn into his mouth with one hand and throwing some out the window with the other hand. This kept him busy for quite some time. About a half hour into the movie he fell asleep on my lap where he remained until we arrived home and Papa put him into bed.
Jordan
Heavy duty excavation going on in our sand pile!
Anna
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