This past Friday night, the MK High School had been planning to have a bonfire and invited all of the families to join them. The plan was to cook hobo dinners over the fire and watch a skit that they had all come up with to cap off their Spirit Week. Sounded like fun. Aden has had a couple of accidents this week, so Mommy and Daddy used this event to get him to be more careful and alert when "nature calls." It worked, and he was excited for the bonfire with everyone. Well, the weather was not so cooperative and it rained Friday night. The bonfire was postponed to Saturday. It is still not the easiest thing to explain to a three year old, but he was finally convinced that Saturday would be OK. The anticipation began to build as the afternoon wore on, but also as the clouds began to roll in. We maintained hope. The bonfire was scheduled to start at 6pm, but at 5pm the call was made to cancel once again and move the party to the High School (with no bonfire). This did not go over to well with Aden who had been looking forward to this, for what must have seemed like an eternity to him. It was still not raining at 5:15 so Daddy went out to inspect the fire site. He coerced a security guard who was nearby and seemed to have plans of a fire for himself (for warmth), to help get a fire going. We called around to tell everyone that we were going to go ahead with our own bonfire if they wanted to come as we were convinced that the rain was going to roll past us. Aden was excited and we were determined to make it happen.
Well, in the end, Bubu Jim was the only one who came up and the rain eventually came. It was going to take a lot more than rain though to keep us from having this highly anticipated bonfire. Aden and Wiley got bundled up in their raincoats. Bubu Jim and Daddy worked tirelessly to keep the fire going (not easy to do when you start out with wet wood) by holding banana leaves over the fire to protect it from the rain. They eventually sheltered themselves as well under an umbrella.
Meanwhile, Mommy was inside getting the hot dogs and bread ready for roasting. The rain did not seem to be letting up and everyone was quite wet, so Bubu Jim and Daddy decided that their fire skills had been proven enough and it was OK to let the fire go out... but not before they roasted something edible to make it a true bonfire for Aden. Mommy brought out enough hot dogs for each of us to have one, but after roasting one over what was left of the fire, it was decided that we could all share that one and call it a success. We were all soaked, but Aden and Wiley loved it. A hot dog never tasted so good, and the memory was priceless.
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Scot, the post made us want to be there! How hard was it raining :)
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