Time to Play

Dan has this week off for vactaion. He really wanted to go to the beach which is a 4 hour drive. We ended up not going to the beach monday because we didn't want to spend money on a hotel or make it a one day trip. So, we went to the circus in Cedar Park. We had so much fun. It was a great show. We then went to Chickfila and well, I was bummed, speechless, bothered that I spent $18 on dinner and we did not have enough food and I was not going to spend any more money there. So I moped while the kids laughed and played! We headed home and saw Ikea. Thought this would be a good place for the kids to play. Nick is now too tall and Kate is still in diapers. So much for free 1 hour childcare. I used the bathroom and saw the calender on the inside of the stall door. Free dinner today. We are so getting free dinner! You didn't even have to purchase an adult meal! I know, the kids just ate but like I said I don't think the shared 12 peice of mini nuggets will last. So Chloe got and ate all her penne pasta and choc milk. Nick didn't care for his Uncrustable because it had too much peanut butter so I ate it (I was the one still hungry). He did though eat his cookie and choc milk. Kate ate her meatballs , choc milk and her applesauce. I felt so much better. We had a nice walk through the store and then headed home."

Tuesday we went fishing. A family in our ward at church has a pond and they siad we were welcome to come fishing. We headed there about noon and packed a lunch. The day was so enjoyable! Kate had a friend to play with. Chloe and Nick paled around with the 2 boy that were 9 and 10. They roamed the property. Chased the donkeys and the miniture horse. They each fished about a total of 5 minutes. They rather run wild. It was so good for them. Nick learned that climbing trees is hard. He hasn't had much practice since we don't have but 2 trees and they are small oaks. Well we do have 2 larger Crepe Mertles but they are to delicate for climbing. So, Dan and I fished with Becca (homeowner). I caught the first fish. Dan was shocked. He made me hold it while he took 3 pictures. I really was not fond of holding the fish. "One more picture", he would say. Oh so nervous! Then the competition was on. Dan caught one. Okay yes his was bigger than mine. We fished for hours. The task was not to get the line stuck in the trees above or in the grass in the water. That was it. Just the 2 catches. We didn't keep any. The next fun was shooting BB guns at balloons. Becca and I used spray adhesive to attach preblown balloons to the trees. The boys (including Dan) shot at the balloons. That spray adhesive sure was sticky on our hands. We had to wash our hands with WD40 to get the glue off. Yet another use for WD40!

We then went and watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs at the Weavers while we ate spagetti and meatballs and rootbeer floats.

The kids sure had a busy weekend. Lots of good memories.

Today Chloe begins all day headstart. She has been in half day pre-k but the class schedule changed about 3 weeks ago. Headstart took over the pre-k program. Chloe was going to school at 11:30 eating lunch, having an hour nap and eating snack. There wasn't much time for learning anymore. She no longer had recess. After talking with the principal we decided Chloe should go all day. I will miss Chloe. It was nice to have her home in the morning. As for Chloe she couldn't wait to go to school all day!!!