Veteran's Day Trio
Isaac and Ethan both had the day off for Veteran's Day. That meant that I had a day with my two boys. We had many complex plans, but as with most things--the best days are those that just happen.
Originally we had intended on going to Skyzone, a trampoline place, but when we arrived at 10:05 (they open at 10) we were greeted with a line and we discovered after 40 minutes of waiting, that they were all sold out until 12:30. Ugh. Despite standing in line for a long time, neither boy fussed and neither boy lost it when I told them that we couldn't do some bouncing.
I had a quick idea to go to Barns and Noble and it was, as you can imagine, not a bad alternative. Both boys had books they wanted--Ethan a tractor book and Isaac a new Magic Treehouse (which he does not need). There was one book that was too expensive for just one of them that was awesome. Ethan called it his Super Book. Isaac proposed that we get the Super Book as a shared book. To my surprise Ethan agreed and we had an elegant solution to a complex problem.
We then stopped in to have lunch with Mommy at Kimball Hall on campus. If you can remember college dining halls, it is a veritable paradise for a 7 year old--all of the food you can eat and anything you want. We ended up with a table of salad, hot dogs, chips, four different kinds of juice, and some ice cream.
After that we had Ethan take a nap and then we went to the grocery for an "appetizers for dinner" shopping spree. Again Isaac and Ethan agreed on choices. When we came back we had dinner with Mom, a fire in the fireplace, and Up on TV. It was a great day with two great boys.
Originally we had intended on going to Skyzone, a trampoline place, but when we arrived at 10:05 (they open at 10) we were greeted with a line and we discovered after 40 minutes of waiting, that they were all sold out until 12:30. Ugh. Despite standing in line for a long time, neither boy fussed and neither boy lost it when I told them that we couldn't do some bouncing.
I had a quick idea to go to Barns and Noble and it was, as you can imagine, not a bad alternative. Both boys had books they wanted--Ethan a tractor book and Isaac a new Magic Treehouse (which he does not need). There was one book that was too expensive for just one of them that was awesome. Ethan called it his Super Book. Isaac proposed that we get the Super Book as a shared book. To my surprise Ethan agreed and we had an elegant solution to a complex problem.
We then stopped in to have lunch with Mommy at Kimball Hall on campus. If you can remember college dining halls, it is a veritable paradise for a 7 year old--all of the food you can eat and anything you want. We ended up with a table of salad, hot dogs, chips, four different kinds of juice, and some ice cream.
After that we had Ethan take a nap and then we went to the grocery for an "appetizers for dinner" shopping spree. Again Isaac and Ethan agreed on choices. When we came back we had dinner with Mom, a fire in the fireplace, and Up on TV. It was a great day with two great boys.