Tomorrow is the dreaded day back to school for my kids. They have been awesome at helping me clean out the house, clearing out the junk for our yard sale next month. I also needed to run a few errands, so to multi-task, (my favorite thing to do, and the ONLY way I will make the effort to leave the house), I gathered a few neighbor kids, and we took a day trip.....in town. Alyson was with us while her mom worked, Cheyenne and Morgan joined in, and we headed off to do some shopping with the promise of a "good time" as a reward to decent behavior.
At our 4th errand stop, Josh got in trouble for being a bit mean to the girls, so I made him sit in the middle seat, and he did not like that at all.
As part of the "reward", (since the dollar movies were sold out), we went to a local historical farm. I picked up clearance Easter candy and Taco Bell to eat as a picnic, bought bags of duck-food to dump in the pond, tokens for a tractor ride, and we hit the farm at full speed. (I wondered if this is what it would be like to have 6 kids?)
Eddie could not take his eyes off the ducks and geese......and he clinched his cold quesadilla to death.
A really cool Elder tree.......and Josh showing off his monkey skills.
The fun tractor ride that gave mom and Eddie some alone time for 15 min.
Josh and Alyson being silly in a tree house.
There were a lot of animals to pet, but I think the kids loved the horses the best, and had fun feeding them grass. What kid doesn't?
I have about a dozen pictures of the kids on these old tractors. They had a good time pretending.
They were tired when it was over, but they came back and got right into eating ice-cream and playing with skate boards in our front yard until Alyson and Cheyenne were picked up by parents. I'm ready for school to start now!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Last attempt at Spring Break fun
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Looks like you had a great day! That is so nice of you to take all those kids! I bet their mom's enjoyed the break/free babysitting. You're so sweet!
Where is that place? That looks like a lot of fun! I was together with two friends the other day, and there were six kids. I couldn't imagine them all being mine! Actually, I DID imagine it and it made me want to run away.
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Looks like so much fun! Well, except for poor little picked on Josh sitting in the middle seat ;-)
Congrats on the "back to school!"
hahah I know we prob. have drove right by eachother...or came to a red light next to eachother and you looked over and I was picking my nose?? Who knows?! I live right in the neighborhood behind the mall off 106th. But if you are ever at the Southtowne Mall...I work there at "Naartjie"...stop in and say Hi. If you are even a mall shopper? I'm not, and I work there...I don't believe in buying over priced clothing hahah I am cheap...and I love it! And I don't know why my comments werent working on my blog...but they are now...so comment away!!
Wow, that was nice of you to take six kids around!!!! I didn't realize you guys had spring break at the same time!
Oh, and I think cleaning builds character for the kids. Way to go! :-)
okay kora would LOVE this place. I like the tree and josh's face in the car. you're a super mom, i don't think I'll attempt to take that many kids out with a baby for quite some time!!
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