On Saturday we were just hangin' at the hizzy and trying to decide what to do. Edward and I both felt like going to Dothan although we really didn't NEED to go - and then you start to wonder if its worth the gas! Anyway, we decided to pack up and take off. Before we left, Nolen got the bright idea to take his money from his piggy bank with him. We found him in his room carrying his giant crayon bank around. I helped the boys open it and took out $3 for each kid and put it in their wallets (which Nolen later called his purse!). I wanted to only take $2 but they caught me putting some money back in and I didn't have the gumption to argue about it. Note - if you're taking the boys to Dothan it is important to pack snacks, drinks and activities for the car (coloring supplies, Leapsters or a movie). If I fail to pack these things there is A LOT of whining! Grrr... Anyway, I was prepared and we had a nice drive down. The boys drew lots of cute pictures on the way...jellyfish, rockets, aliens and they made a dot-to-dot on their own.
We decided to go to Kohl's first so Ed could look for a suit for his interviewing that should be coming soon! We were probably there for an hour and the kids were really good. Although, they wanted to play hide and seek so I had to explain to them that it is never ok to play hide and seek in a store!!! After dropping some dough at Kohl's, it was almost 5 o'clock so we decided to get a jump on the restaurant crowd and head to Olive Garden. The wait for a table at 5 o'clock was 30 minutes!!! We opted for the Golden Corral next door. Now, I was not excited about this and the food was not great. What WAS great, were the kids! They were adorable. They really enjoyed choosing their food. Nolen kept leaning over to me and making cute faces and saying, "huggy". That is what he does when he's really happy and wants to say, "Thanks, Mom, this is fun!" Max enjoyed it too. He ate SO much I'm surprised he didn't have a tummy ache. He ate 2 pieces of pizza, a piece of chicken, a rib, some potatoes, some corn and strawberry cake with ice cream! After the sugar infusion he could not stop talking. He was hilarious! Max is a talker anyway, but he was just spouting out nonsense just to hear himself talk. He told Edward some story about if you shake him upside down, his brain will fall out and turn into a bug and then you'll have to catch it and put it back in his head...! No more sugar for Max. ha!
After dinner we went to Toys 'R' Us to try out some bikes for Nolen's birthday. The boys had fun and the only whining came when Nolen wanted to buy a Wii game. I told him that he could choose something else to buy but he didn't have enough money for a Wii game and if he kept whining about it, I would take his money and he wouldn't be able to buy anything. (He asked me, "What is 3+3?" He wanted to see if he and Max had enough money together. That kid is always thinking - especially always thinking about the Wii!!!) That seemed to work and each of the boys chose 3 Hot Wheels cars.
I think this is the first shopping/dinner trip we've taken with the boys that was truly enjoyable. There were no kid issues, just a fun time hanging out with our cool kids...they're getting so big!
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