On Friday my friend, Candace, and her twins, Aria and Bentley, came over for a playdate. We visited while the kids played, and then Candace, Mary, Lydia and I all played Bananagrams.
Afterward we got in the car and picked up Abe. Candace’s mom, nephew and sister also joined and we all drove up to Midway to see the ice castles there. It was magical, and I want to go every year. The kids had so much fun exploring the castles, passageways, fountains, and slides. Lydia pretended to make ice cream out of the icicles and had a grand time offering everyone ice cream. Abe and I took turn pulling Clarissa along in the sled. She couldn’t sit up, so she just lay there with her hands hanging out of the sled. Every person we passed got a good laugh out of her.
At one point I bent down to pull Clarissa’s gloves on tighter, and then I stood up and Ammon was gone. I got panicky thinking about how cold it was, how it was going to be dark soon, and how he would never even think to be concerned about the fact that none of his family was nearby, because Ammon just assumes everyone is his best friend. Sure enough, ten minutes later Abe found Ammon happily chatting with some ice palace workers, and they were just starting to figure out that his parents had no idea where he was. That was a huge relief.
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