What Are We Doing Today!!!

"Mom, what are we doing today?" This has been the theme of our house this week. Apparently, my children think during the week of Spring Break, mom and dad have magically turned into superfun parents with an unlimited supply of money. (That would be nice!!) Steve and I have planned a few fun activities to do this week as a family!! I think our children hoped that every waking moment would be filled with joyous fun!! (Maybe Steve and I need to re-read our "Super-Fun Parents Handbook")
On Monday, the kids had friends come over to play. They had a blast!!! They played dress-up, watched movies, raced around laughing and screaming, and they even went outside in the cold to play. It was a day filled with fun, until the friends left. As I was feeling proud of myself that they enjoyed their day, go mom, I hear, "Mom, what are we doing today?" What!!! You just did it!!! That was the fun thing!! It is now over! Now, you can start cleaning up your fun!! That was NOT the response they wanted. Rylee even told me, "Mom, I don't really feel like cleaning up." To which I response, "I really don't want to fix dinner, but I have to. You have to clean, even when you don't want to!!" She was not impressed with my sarcasm!!
Tuesday we took the kids to the Wayne Aquatic Center!! This activity was a home run to the kids. Any chance they get to go swimming is a win win!! Tanner was excited because the kids were excited, but he had no idea what we were going to do. When we got to the locker room to change, he gave me a strange look when mommy put him in bright colored, fish shorts and no shirt. "Clearly, mom is losing it, but the kids seem ok with it. Let's go!!" As we walk him through the red door he is hiding behind dad's leg. When his eyes take in the swimming wonderland, he says, "Wow"! Enough said. The next hour and 1/2 is spent chasing this crazy 2 year old around, trying to prevent a drowning!! He is diving into the water, head first, swallowing gallons of water and laughing the whole time. Going down the small water slide was a real treat!! He thought he was hot stuff!! Steve and I were taking turns watching him and monitoring the other kids. I kept thinking that this is the longest hour and 1/2 ever. Are we done yet!!! It was a super, fun day with the family, but mom and dad were wiped out!! We didn't hear the dreaded question after this activity, but we did hear, "what are we going to eat? We are starving!!" Oh, we can't win!!!
Thursday, mom and dad got away and went to a Piston's Game!! It was so fun. You will hear all about it soon in a future post!
Saturday we are going to the movies to see "Monsters vs Aliens". The kids have been dying to see this one. We are celebrating a friend's B-day, so there will be pizza, cake and ice cream!! What a perfect day!!
I think we passed the test this week, but I know we will soon be hearing the words, "Mom, what are we doing today?"