the last day of "summer"

tomorrow is madelyn's first day of school, so today we celebrate the last day of summer break. the kids didn't have to give it a second thought - they wanted to go to chuck e. cheese! 

so we were there when they opened with our free refill cups and a coupon for tokens. 

this was the first time all four kids willingly participated in dancing with chuck e. cheese.

after chuck e. cheese i let madelyn pick out where we would have lunch and we were off to mcdonalds. i was feeling kind and we went across the street to menchie's - much to their delight!

i thought that they were swarming me like bees, but the teen working behind the counter came over to comment on how well behaved the kids were. every time i get a comment like that, i want to pay it forward. it is like a weight lifted. mom's don't get many complements on the jobs they do, there isn't an annual review. compliments go so far.

madelyn also wanted to hit the pool. it was a little cool (low-mid 70s) but we went over anyway. first we used the playground to warm up.

they love playing 'pirate' at the playground.

it was a little cool, but that only left us with the pool to ourselves!

madelyn feels very ready to start school tomorrow and that today was the perfect send off! love.