I love Saturdays when we skip naps and spend the day together, everyone in good moods, fun things to do, and being gone for hours. Today was one of those days. We got a late start but around 1 we headed out to the Mum Festibal (thats how Neacel says festival). It was so much fun. Booths with crafts, sand castles that were amazing, and the many many different color of Mums everywhere. It was all around a lake and the had a water skiing show going on. People making pyramids out on the water, jumps flips and everything neat like that. We walked around and looked at everything the place had to offer. Our money was spent on cotton candy, on the cone fresh, not out of a bag. Neacel ate that thing so quick you'd think we never gave him sugar. Then we walked over to the kids area where there was a bounce house and inflateable slide. Neacel loved both and actually went and staid in the bounce house. He usually gets scared and wants out. After that we headed to Akron were a garden center had a little thing going on. It was lame but walking around was fun, dreaming about the many things that I want in our yard when we have a house. Then Nick bought me dinner there since I hadn't ate anything all day. Of course not even 5 minutes after we sit down and eat, they annouced that the meals where on sale. If only we waited a few more minutes. Broden was passed out the whole time at the second garden. Neacel kept his pull up dry at both places and shared my meal with me. The plan was then to head home but Nick said we could go to the dollar store if I wanted to get some Halloween decorations. Im really into decorating the whole house for holidays/seasons. So we went and bought some stickers for the windows and somethings to hang on the walls. Neacel was thrilled, Broden enjoyed all the attention he got at the register about how cute he was and his hair, which seriously looks like a mop on his head. On the way home Nick and I were talking about fall, and how he likes the apple cider and pumpkin pie. I then of course want pumpkin pie and he said that we had just past the store. Jokingly I said, then turn around. HE DID! At the next exit turned around got back on the highway just to get a pumpkin pie for us. I might be slightly spoiled, it didn't hurt that he wanted it too. Once we got home Neacel spent time playing "guns" with his friends outside. Nick found me a 4 leaf clover, Im slightly angry over it because Ive been looking all summer! Then I left it sitting out too long and it dried up. Luckily, I have found another one since then. Neacel had a blast with his friends, Austin (Neacels 8 y/o friend) came up to me and said that Neacel is that fastest little kid he has ever seen while they were playing tag. Neacel didn't know why his friends were running from him but he had fun chasing them. Broden loved eating the dirt while we were sitting out there. We all came in and decorated our windows and somethings in the house. Neacel reminds us that he loves it all because its halloween time. Nick and Neacel sat and watched Rango together. Neacel looked bored out of his mind! After the movie Nick was walking Neacel up to bed and telling him to go use the potty. Neacel said "and then we can have something to eat, and have apple pie" We had totally forgotten dinner since him and I shared at the garden center and Nick hasn't been hungry because he stuffed himself with lunch. So we got him some chicken nuggets with ranch (eww) and green beans, then we all enjoyed some pumpkin (apple in Neacels head) pie. I love family days, I love that even though the kids didn't nap, they were still good. My house might be a mess, dishes piled in the sink, kids toys and clothing everywhere, nothing in any amount of order...but we had a great day together. No school, no homework, no cleaning, no naps....just an us day with nothing else in mind but to have fun. If only these happened more often.
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