Family Day Sunday

We spent today together without a real plan.  This morning I asked Todd if we could drive somewhere. I felt like getting in the car and going.  Yesterday had been spent by me writing stories for OswegoCountyToday.com, which is  full-on project with the A-team around (one of those "what used to take me 45 minutes now takes me four hours deals) and I think I just wanted the change of scenery.

We all got in the car and went to three pharmacies to pick different things up.  Todd ran into the Cutting Crew while I got the kids Happy Meals (Sorry Adam, no more Ice Age toys.  Chicky Mom? Yes, Adam, Happy Meals still have Chicky) and he ran into the Shoe Department to get sneakers.  Ride by Butlerville.  Count the trucks Mommy!  He loves to count those trucks.

We've have been talking about getting Adam a fun little kid bed.  Toys 'R Us has four online we like...a Buzz, a Thomas, a Lightning McQueen and a fire truck.  We printed them out for Adam, but he hasn't chosen so we thought if he could see them, he'd have an easier time picking.  We decided to drive up there.

First, we drove to Dewitt.  Because that's what we do lately.  We drove around the neighborhood we most like and by a house we plan on looking at.  We hoped Abbey would take a nap in the car.

She didn't.  They were too busy encouraging each other to scream and laughing evilly about their plan.  We pulled over.

Then a drive-by the new yard on James Street.  Only 6 minutes from that neighborhood.  Adam counts those trucks.

We went back to Clay and to Toys 'R Us.  Turned out they only had one of those beds, the McQueen, and it was up high.  We tried to show Adam and he seemed to like it but wasn't excited.  The other beds they had there were cheap looking.  We deiced against it.

Abbey doesn't have a tone of toys.  The stuff she got for her birthday, especially her dress up stuff which she loves and a few other things, so Todd wanted to take her around and see if she liked anything.  Oh, she did.

Gone was the girl we took through the store in the fall who had no interest in anything.  She Loved the girl aisles.  You know the ones I mean.  She got so excited and overwhelmed, she got frustrated and I had to take her out of those aisles.  She saw the Minnie Mouse stuff and wanted to hold it and then put it back.  She nearly broke down in the Rapunzel section.

We told Adam he could have one thing.  He struggled with that for a few minutes, then was pretty good about it.

Abbey clutched her little purse Rapunzel hair set like it was dying.

We got in the car with a very tired Abbey and decided to skip the trip to dinner and go home.  Abbey fall asleep clutching that purple bag handle right away.

Would I choose roaming two counties looking at houses and a noisy, chaotic trip to Toys 'R Us over the dinner I had been looking forward to?  Yes.  Nothing we do with two toddlers EVER goes exactly as planned.  And something as simple as running in to look at beds NEVER goes as planned.

Keeps us on our feet :)

And the the minutes I sat in the car lounging with Abbey sleeping in the driveway while reading a magazine?  Just a bonus!