3 out of 4

Today, I had a surprise for the boys. The plan was to go t Johnny's Toys so Jakeb and Kaleb could go into the birthday castle to get their prize. (I've had Kaleb's coupon since last November.) Johnny's Toys is obviously a toy store in this area, and you can sign up for their birthday club. Next we were to meet the Pelkey's at the mall to play at the play area, eat, and check out the fish at Bass Pro Shop. And last, but not least, we were going to go watch Shrek 3 at the cheap theater for $1.50 each. (Can't pass that up!)
The kids were thrilled to go to Johnny's Toys. I mean, come one, who doesn't like toy stores? We saw trains and toys and all sorts of fun stuff. The kids were excited to see Joshua at the play area, ...and enjoyed our picnic lunch in the food court. (How frugal is that?? We brought our own lunch there? And...Betsy made what Blake calls the "best brownies ever," which is all over their faces.) We made it to Bass Pro Shop to check out the fish and the turtles. You should have seen Betsy almost fall in again trying to get one of those turtles. We made a stop in Babies R Us, so that I could feed that baby. (Look at how hungry she looks....okay, actually this was after she ate.) Anyways, so we're in Babies R US and this is what happens......T-R-O-U-B-L-E. This is what happened after I had told the boys to stay next to the stroller more than once This is what happened only 30 minutes before Shrek 3 started. This is what happened to determine that we were not going to Shrek 3. (I was so bummed! I wanted to see Shrek the Third as badly as they did.) Oh well...3 out of 4 planned things isn't too bad. Maybe next week it'll work out!