grammy rescues rocket

The alligators have been wrestled to bed.....all is getting quiet again. Having to wrestle them into blanket sleepers makes this task much harder.

Back in July I bought Jake a stuffed, miniature toy called rocket, of "Einstein" fame. This toy has literally not been out of his hands since I gave it to him. You have probably seen it in most of the pictures that Mark sends out.

Today we took the boys into the mall and Jake was carrying rocket as usual. He became mesmirized by a small fountain inside of a store. He asked politely if he could throw rocket into the water and Amanda said "absolutely not." He accepted graciously.

This mall has a particularly large fountain out in the common area......very enticing! Jake was out of the stroller walking a little behind us. As I glanced behind to check on him he threw rocket with a magnaminous amount of speed right into the water. It was a willful act of disobedience and he received his just reward.

I jumped into action immediately and hung myself over the water to retriveve rocket....sadly it was just out of reach.

Jake had made a small flag hooked onto a dowell rod in Sunday School. I took that rod, hung onto a huge flower pot, and reached for rocket with the rod. Amanda was screaming, "Mom, be careful, your'e going to fall in." It was all quite a scene.

I rescued rocket.....it was soaking wet. We headed for the car to come home. Rocket will be washed and dried tonight and tomorrow it will be as good as new.

I wonder if Jake will ever do that again............

Tomorrow we hit the road again..........to Atlanta to stay with the Cleland's. It doesn't seem like we have been gone a week.