The Incredible Adventures of Buckaroo Benes and the Amazing Sports Show

(Posted by Brian)

Today we all (Daddy, Mommy, Jacob, Tyler and Haley) set out in the family cruiser for a fun filled day at the Milwaukee Sports Show. (The Milwaukee Sports Show has become known as the place where it is OK for our children to pretty much break any and all common sense rules.)
Remember the old choose your own adventure books of the late great 80's? Well, that is going to be the theme of today's post.

Our first adventure consisted of two six year olds and two sets of bow and arrows. What do you think happened next? A) If you think everything turned out fine and no arrows were sprayed across the exhibition center into the kayak demonstration, scroll down. B) If you think an arrow did shoot across the complex landing in the stands of the kayak demonstration please send money for our newly acquired legal fees.



Whew...no legal fees this weekend.

So what are two 6 year olds to do after getting the adrenaline pumping by pretending to be Robin Hood? Why, move on over to the CO2 fueled paint ball shooting gallery and load up a gun full of 40 paint balls and make mommy grimace with fear. (I LOVE the Sports Show!!!)
So what should the Benes clan do next? A) If you think they should apologize to the owner of the white miniature poodle that now resembles a Twister game board and run for the nearest exit, please send over a reference letter that we can forward to PETA. B) If you think the boys were quite the marksmen and nailed the targets more times than not, continue to enjoy the adventure and scroll down.


Good, we avoided the whole PETA thing!

OK, so let's take a break from shooting projectiles for a few minutes and see what else we can do to give mommy her first gray hair. (Can you find the brownie pt in that sentence?)
Sweet! A 4 story rockwall! Let's attack! So both boys strapped in and took off for the ceiling. What a blast, their faces said it all when they got to the top! But what do you think happened next? A) If you think one of the boys turned the rock climbing safety rope into his own personal bungee cord, please pray for us and for any future Holidays or Birthdays please only buy safety equipment. B) If you think the boys acted liked they had been climbing rock walls their whole lives continue to scroll down.




Wow what a day! And we didn't even post the pictures of them shooting pellet guns at targets.

Well, what a better way than to choose how the late afternoon went. A) If you think we came home and all took naps, please close your eyes and imagine me scoffing at you. B) If you think we survived the Sports Show just fine, but ended up having to take one of the projectile shooting, 4 story climbing 6 year olds into the Emergency Room and that is why daddy is posting to the blog today, continue to scroll down.

Yep, you chose the right ending. Erin ended up taking Jacob into the Emergency Room this afternoon. Jacob has been battling a bad cough for quite some time and went on some strong meds last Thursday. He was still having coughing fits and after talking to the on-call doctors we decided to take him in to see what it could be. Hopefully we will know soon enough. I have a lonely brother who says the Wii is no fun without Jacob and a little sister who keeps going to the garage door to see if they are home yet.