of picnics and bouncy houses

I know its always a bad idea to take all 7 kids out anywhere when its only me. So why did I do that today? Why with my screwed( literally) back, and being in pain and exhausted from my fall on Wednesday did I take 7 wild kids to an outing??????

We went to picnic evening at the San Anselmo Town hall. It was actually pretty nice, with the tables set up, jazz musicians and (uh oh!!!) a brightly colored bounce house.

I should have known that it would be too much for Nadav, being outdoors AND social AND right after surgery. And to manage Nadav who can be wild, and Tadgh, who's only 4 weeks old...Well you can tell where this is going, right?

Lets just say that not being allowed in the bounce house with his brothers and sisters didn't sit well with Nadav. I'm sorry, but he just got a feeding tube put in, there was NO WAY I was going to let him anywhere near it.So he kicked, and screamed, and wailed like I was torturing him. And people were looking at me like "why can't you just let him in?" But they aren't the ones who will have to pay the bills if he hurts himself or rips that tub out!

Then Spikey( a girl by the way) got knocked over at...the bounce house. I am really starting to hate that thing!! So by then I had three crying kids, because Tadgh wanted food at that moment. And since I was at the end of m rope, I let the older three hang out with their cousin and headed home, swearing that I'll never take my little heathens anywhere again. But we know that I will. All I can say is that I can't wait for school to start next week!!!!!!