Yesterday was quite a day. Most weekends in January we did just about nothing - mostly hung around the house and played with Christmas toys. Then we started to get bored, so we decided to plan some activities. And the way everyone's schedules worked, we ended up doing everything on the same day.
In the morning, the kids and I went with Dolly and her two kids (Makenna and Gage) to Chuck E. Cheese. We got there early - around 10:00 - and let the kids play before lunch. It wasn't very crowded and we were able to sit and talk while the kids went off and played. It was so nice for the kids to be old enough to run off and play by themselves. And Dolly's system of giving the boys only 3 tokens at a time so they have to come and check in with us to get more is brilliant. I had a great time - it was so nice to talk to someone with kids the same age, and to hear that my daughter isn't the only one who wants to wear sweat pants 24/7 and other common problems.
Then later in the afternoon we went bowling with the Smith's - 3 of the 4 kids had never bowled before and most of the adults hadn't been in years. The kids had a great time and Ben and Maria even bowled two games. (The arcade games were more interesting to the boys than a second game and Lindsey was just tired.) Then they came over for dinner (Ben had made lasagna and crumb cake for dessert while we were at Chuck E. Cheese) and stayed for margaritas too.
Today Ben is taking the computer in - finally - even though he has no confidence that it will actually act up while he's there. Then our special "Snacks" dinner for the Super Bowl - appetizers like chicken wings, potato skins, and mozzarella sticks.
No comments:
Post a Comment