Everyone woke up chipper Sunday. Carrie watched an online service with me before she went down to horse country (Sonya had asked her to come Sunday instead to help introduce another possible buddy for Nibs).
She left and Shane re-familiarized himself with his toys.
I checked on all my usual chores. The chickens were molting (I don't normally see their eyes so well).
I forced Shane to play some catch with me for Father's Day before we went to church. After 10 minutes, he was protesting and I was sweating. We went inside.
It let him save his energy up for Sunday school. He didn't want to leave afterward until he realized there were donuts.
There has been one local activity I've wanted to check out. Normally, it happened on Tuesdays after work at a restaurant. However, this time it was on a Sunday afternoon at a smaller venue I know a friend frequents. I decided to take Shane on a little adventure.
Of course, it started to rain as we neared our destination.
Shane passed out.
I decided to turn off the car and let him sleep. The rain increased.
And then it really increased.
Shane slept through most of it. When he was fully awake, we braved the drizzle to learn Chickapig!
Chickapig is a locally designed boardgame. It has a following including Dave Matthews from the Dave Matthews Band (He know the creator). I've been curious, but I didn't want to take Shane to a crowded restaurant/beer hall after a busy workday and then not play.
Today, we played.
Shane liked it enough I bought a copy, too. It was more than I'd normally want to pay for a game, but the creator was local, the venues it's played at are local, the pieces are all made local, and the guy demoing it was local. I'm willing to pay a little extra for people to have opportunities local.
Apparently, we were at the second stop on what's supposed to be a countrywide tour. Jonah, the guy I talked to, converted his van, so he can live it in and drive around all summer. He's a teacher and needed to fill his summer break somehow, so he was happy to help his friend, Brian (the creator).
We went to visit Dylan and co after. Krista had the boys help make cookies.
They're an excitable bunch.
This time, the older boys mainly played together and Eli stuck to his own at first. He showed off some puzzle solving skills for the adults.
At one point, the boys were all playing so well Krista didn't know what to do with herself. She turned on Mario and Shane came running (which led to the other boys down the line). Here, John was trying to show Shane where a secret 1-up was.
The night ended with dominoes. Dylan and Shane would have liked to keep playing, but I wanted to end on a high note (before either got tired and cranky).
Mom was waiting for us! She read the entire first chapter of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone to Shane for his bedtime story.
Tomorrow, Shane and I are going to hit the road again. The new HVAC is going to be installed and we need to drop off the air beds from the beach at Jama's. Lots of trips, lots of memories.
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