Lock-in

Anna is cheating on me with a six-year old boy.
On Thursday, Abby's music class went to see the Indianapolis symphony, and she asked Anna to come along as a chaperon. Anna seemed to really enjoy it.
Anna substituted on Friday. I think she had a good day.
Friday night was the lock-in. 29 kids came. It was a fiasco.
We built a fire out behind the church and let the kids play around outside until it got dark. Once it got dark, we roasted hot dogs and made s'mores.
After we were done eating, we all headed inside and the games commenced. We had the kids play things like flashlight hide and seek, sardines (reverse hide and seek), and underwear races (the kids climbed into triple extra large tighty whiteys back to back). The kids really enjoyed the hide and seek games. I think they enjoyed the underwear races, but I think we had more fun watching them.
For one of the games, the kids dipped marshmallows into syrup and tried to drop them into the open mouths of some of the adults. The thought of it makes me feel nauseous. For another game, we covered Oreos in whipped cream and had the kids try to eat them as fast as they could without using their hands.
There was one girl there that was absolutely obnoxious. When Anna would ask the kids to stop talking and listen, this girl would say things like "I'm not talking." When Anna was trying to give kids a chance to hide during hide and seek, this girl kept trying to go early. She talked back at every turn and did pretty much everything she could to disrupt what Anna had planned.
This girl, combined with the sheer number of kids, proved slightly overwhelming. As a result, we cut out a few games and activities and started showing movies earlier than we had first planned.
After the first movie was done, several kids decided they would rather keep playing games on their own than watch movies or sleep. So they headed downstairs and started playing around, while the rest kept watching movies.
Several of the kids asked if I would spin the Twister dial for them. While I was doing that a bunch of kids rushed into the basement, including a very proud looking Cade. The kids announced that Cade had kissed Anna. Cade confirmed this. Everyone wanted to know what I was going to do to her for cheating on me. I just started laughing.
Cade had fallen asleep pretty early in the night, but at some point, somebody woke him up. Upon waking up, he announced to Anna that he was about ready for breakfast. It was two in the morning. I don't know if this was before or after he kissed her.
By three or so in the morning, most all of the kids had gone to bed except for a group of four girls. They stayed up until close to five. Noah woke up during this period and walked around like a zombie for awhile.
Once all the kids were asleep, Anna and I sat in the sanctuary and watched movies. We knew we couldn't go to sleep because there were teenage girls and boys present.
At eight we started making breakfast. I fixed some pancakes. I don't know how many of the kids ate breakfast.
By ten, the kids were all gone.
By eleven, we had the church pretty well cleaned up, and Anna and I headed back home.
I slept from noon until 7:30. Anna was asleep for another hour after I woke up. We went to bed again at our usual bedtime, and I actually slept pretty well. On Sunday I was actually surprised how decent I felt.

In other news, Anna's guinea pig, Edith, died today. She lived a good long guinea pig life. I buried her with Anna's other pig, Edna. Anna is very sad.