spring break - day 3

this morning, i made the kids some french toast before taking them for a surprise trip to chuck e. cheese. we got there right at opening so that we can just play games for a while and then leave to have lunch at home. you can tell that it is spring break because we weren't the only ones there like we normally would be at opening. in fact, we ran into madelyn's teacher who was there with her own kids.

it was a very pleasant trip, but there is always drama when it comes to choosing the prizes and some tears were shed. in the end, everyone left with something they were happy with having. since the kids were getting a little worn out from all of the fun we have been having, we just spent some time at home the rest of the day.

i had planned on taking the kids to chick-fil-a for "family night" before swimming lessons. i knew it was going to snow a little tonight, but it was white out conditions driving to dinner! i was seriously doubting this choice since cfa isn't exactly on the way to swimming lessons. we got there safely but manning and maddux had both fallen asleep on the ride there. this is unfortunate in good weather but it is extremely challenging in bad weather because i can't carry them both and the driving snow to the face doesn't exactly provide a gentle wake up. maddux was crying and manning was screaming when we got inside. we made quite the entrance. while i was trying to figure out what everyone wanted to eat i noticed that there was a puddle in front of manning - a "puddle" of 'vomit'! i asked madelyn if he just threw-up and the people in line next to us just nodded. sigh. we were here, we were hungry and the weather was less than ideal - we weren't leaving. i honestly think that it was 'vomit' so much as he was worked up and coughing and gagged himself (without being too gross - it wasn't chunky). oh and it wasn't "family night" after all (i had called and emailed the store to try and confirm with no luck). this was not our best visit to cfa and maybe our first 'bad' one.

another late night too because of swimming lessons. these kids are starting to be very tired. love.