I know what you did last night.....

Yesterday was a fun filled day for the kiddos.   My girl did so well on her upper GI test on Wednesday, that I promised her a reward.  We went to see "HOP".....now please, if you thought it looked like a good movie from the previews, then by all means go and spend your $5-$15 per person ticket price and see it. I, by the way, NOT being made of money, spent $5.00 each for the three of us to see it.  In my opinion, HOP was a FLOP.......Even my 5 year old said about halfway through it, "Momma, aren't we going to the museum after this, can't we go now?" Did I forget to mention that one of the main thrills of this being a day of fun for my kids was the fact that their cousins we coming too?  I think my kids could have fun getting root canals IF their cousins are going to be there.  So there were seven of us at the movie (the men were busy at work and .....shaking things up at home).   So out of the seven, the only one that I know of that actually liked the movie was my girl, so I am glad she got to see it on the big screen since the day was a reward for her anyway.

Next it was off to lunch at that most wonderful of kid's joints....Icky D's.  JOY!  In my book, McDonalds is right down there at the bottom of the food chain (ha, ha, get it, food chain......anyway...)
right ABOVE Moe's Southwest Grill.   I think I threw up in my mouth just thinking about that place!
After lunch, we rounded off the afternoon at the Living Museum.  A fave for the kids and moms alike.  We enjoyed exploring nature and going batty....you will have to refer to facebook to see the pic....

Now anyone who knows my kids and their cousins, knows that separation is a difficult thing.....I think surgeons that separate conjoined twins have better success rates that we do.  We leave the museum with plans to get the dads and uncle and come back together again to do dinner at our house.  I have decided to make lasagna for the first time in years (my husband and kids will not eat it so my brother and I just have to do without the gooey cheesy goodness).  I also, being short order cook along with my other duties as wife and mother, fix my family something that they will eat.

After dinner, the lasagna and salad (that my sis in law made for me) was yummy by the way, the kids are playing like they must jam EVERY moment of fun they can into one day.  The adults, minus the uncle who prefers the company of his television sports channels to that of his family, decide to play spades.  This is our game of choice.  We have played this game quite often over the last two years since the baby of each family has gotten old enough to not need constant supervision.   Even though I love the baby years, there is something to be said for not having to carry the entire house in a diaper bag, haul strollers everywhere you go and change diapers.  At almost 6, both boys are now pretty self-sufficient.  Anyway, I got sidetracked again, sorry....we paired off to play Spades.  We use to always play guys versus girls in the past but one of the guys thought he would do better with his "Boo" so he suggested the switch off, but last night we got to play the old way....what a special treat to have my  bestest spades partner back!  We kicked some major butt!  It was sad really, sad, sad, sad.....My partner had one awesome hand where I went nil (I had nothing!) and one of the guys went nil too.  Not only did we both get our bid, but we set BOTH of them.  We went ahead 190 points and they went back 140 points......oh, it was so SWEET!  My husband was trying so hard to mess me up that he messed up his own partner....SWEET!

Anyway, that was our day of fun.....Can you tell that I have almost as much fun with our family as my kids do?  We laugh so hard sometimes that its like getting an ab workout.  I am THANKFUL for my family.   We will see them again today.  Today we are putting our faith in action, walking the walk not just talking the talk.  Today we are joining  some of our church family at a "Block Party" in one of our local communities and passing out food, towels and socks....I don't know why our church chose to pass out bath towels and socks, it seems like a strange combination to me, but I am sure there was much thought and research put into this decision and these are items that are needed.   All five kids are looking forward to helping.  THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' BOUT!  They are excited to help someone else for a change!