Kevin closed his office on Thursday afternoon and Friday in order for us to stay a nice long time on our mini vacation. We left out of town on Thursday at 1:00. Everybody was hungry and we agreed a quick stop through Loves in Buffalo would be a FANTASTIC start to our trip! Whining kids aparently dying from hunger in the back of the van made the trip a bit long, but there was an end in sight. So we thought.... We made our way into Loves and ambushed the very unexpectant workers with our circus! "I don't like sandwiches....I only want candy." "I'm 10 now...can't I have a foot long?" "I want every kind of added syrup in my coke." "I think I need to poop." Ugh... Every good Mommy knows that going into such a place requires a P.L.A.N. Do you think I had one??? Nope....Not a chance...I was on vacation. $38 later, we had FOOD and we were on the road.
The rest of the car ride went well. The kids acted like they were being raised by the amazing parents in the front seats. We made our way into Wichita with Orange Leaf frozen yogurt in the GPS. We made our way into the the precious store. Once again...ambushing unsuspecting workers. You know what.....Our kids were angels. We were all decked out in our St. Patricks day green because the MOMMA had a plan. You see....I had seen on the website for Orange Leaf that they would be giving 25% discouts to people wearing GREEN! We looked like a little leprechan family walking into that place. We all filled our cute paper bowls with yummy goodness and made our way to the register. I told the lady....Look we wore our green...don't forget our discount. She looked at me like I had stepped off Mars and said....Oh...sorry...that is only going on in the store on the EAST side of town. What??? Seriously??? We were staying on the EAST side, but intentionally went to the one on the WEST side because we would get there quicker. Ugh. Sad day.... It didn't ruin a thing. We all 5 had a wonderful time eating our frozen yogurt and listening to our favorite contemporary Christian music that was piped into the store. Ahhhh..... It was going to be a great weekend....
We did a little shopping at Mommy's Heaven on earth....TARGET! Carli was irritated the WHOLE time. She stated repeatedly....I HATE TO SHOP FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR SHOES AND JEWLERY. Where did she get that??? Should I take the blame???
Friday was the BIG day. We went to the Exploration Place. You see....we thought we were so smart. We went to KS the week before they got out of school for spring break. Well...we aren't as s.m.a.r.t. as we thought we were. You see....they got out on FRIDAY! Yup...we shared the whole place with a bunch of bratty O.P.K. If you don't remember what that stands for, it is Other People's Kids. ;-) I did the good Mommy thing and put my kids in matching t-shirts so we could find them. They said...Don't Be Mean...across the front. Guess what....those bratty OPK didn't give them a turn on the different exhibits and acted like total jerks to them. I was ready to turn the shirts wrong side out and give my kids a lesson in BULLY. Grrr...
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| Our sweet boys in their Don't Be Mean shirts! |
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| Yikes! It's Wormetta Roundbottom! She appeared at the end of the day! |
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| She's baaaccckkk! Nice to see you Miss Carli! |
We hit all of Kevin's favorite types of eateries....in case you don't know what these are....they are breweries. He loves to try new beers so he drags the family to all of these that he can find. My Daddy used to take the family to every truck stop he knew of....my husband...breweries. In his defense, the food is always fabulous and they make some really yummy iced tea for the rest of us. :-)
Saturday marked the day to visit the 3D IMAX movie theater. The kids wondered why we shared one bucket of popcorn and 2 large cokes. The $63 price tag to get is IN the movie theater was the reason for that. :-) The movie was awesome and we will all remember seeing Mars Needs Moms in that theater. We made some lasting memories.
Sunday...finally...we get to go home. A trip to Sams Club with 3 kids made Kevin and I long for the comforts of home. Oh my goodness...there is alot to pitch a fit about in that store. Just ask our kids...they will tell you.
Now...we are almost 2 weeks past the trip and I am remembering some things a little bit more fondly than I was when we got home. It was a wild ride and I do NOT want to to it again anytime soon, but we made some great memories. I'm thinking we made some really great memories for some of the retail workers and other shoppers too. :-) I think we provided a lot of good entertainment. I have to admit....there were times that I felt like I was melting down with them and probably made a scene or two of my own. :-)
I have a great little family and I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I wasn't the Ringmaster of this circus. Life is good....it really is good....
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