Sunday, October 21, 2007

Marble Run, Swingset, Fires and Insidious Pipes



We had an eventful weekend. Saturday morning we left for Campo in the East County to ride the pumpkin express. We were joined by J's friend O and his parents and grandma. We enjoyed the ride and also the pumpkin patch which was set up in the museum railroad's exhibition hall. J really enjoyed decorating his pumpkin. we took the scenic route 94 back to San Diego (Not that the drive out the I8 is not scenic). we were briefly considering camping out in a small town called Potrero, but luckily we did not. that night a large wildfire started in the area, fueled by the hot and dry Santa Ana winds that were blowing throughout Southern California since mid last week. We are watching the news as the events unfold, with 2 large fires burning in San Diego County, and many more in LA County.



Sunday was a day filled with work and play around the house, interrupted with a quick trip to the Y for swimming and lunch at Rubio's. i made some progress with the swing set, while Julian helped paint the ladder that we are adding to the set. He became a little overconfident when sticking his arms into the *telephone piping* his Papa was planning on adding to the swing set. when he realized that his arms got stuck and i was unable to pull them off, i feared for a minute that we would have to take him to the hospital to cut off the pipes, but luckily i remembered that we had used soapy water before to remove a ring. a couple cups of water and his arms slid out the pipes, although not without tears of desparation on J's end.

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