Summer In the Snow!

many-o-moon ago, our mall held an indoor sand themed play day. there was plenty of sand and sand toys and some games where the kids could win more "sun" themed gadgets.


haven, who loves going to the "real" beach, did not care for this indoor version! can't you just hear her?


poor haves! she's picking sand out of her toes! so glenn did the sand thing single-dad style, as i had a plethora of returns and exchanges to do. i felt a little bit guilty leaving them all behind, but they seemed so excited when i left!


now this toran is very happy, but caleb received a shovel-full of sand in the eye from a neighboring child, and that led to the early removal of the children from sandland. oh, i forgot to mention that i took all of the shoes with me, and the stroller because the area for those items were packed! so, now glenn texts "i need you" while i'm waiting at gap. i think, in a few minutes kind of situation, not real life emergency. so, the lady who is helping me is having some difficulty with my mixture of online purchased returns, in-store purchase returns, exchanges, and price adjustments, all while she is helping another customer on the phone, and has sent 2 other slightly bored employees away! i don't know what to do. so i do nothing. then text back "7 minutes?" the question mark is more for me than glenn, as i have no idea when my transaction will actually be completed. this is when glenn walks in. haven, caleb and toran, all scraggly with sandy parts, and no shoes! caleb is crying. and i dressed them in grubby attire because they were just going to play in the dirty sand, not venture into the world of retail snobbery. glenn was seriously chastised by the mall cop, for having no shoes on the kids. it turned out ok.