We had a nice family day on Sunday. Since I went to church on Saturday we kept the AM on the slow side and made up for it in the afternoon. First we headed to Sleepy Hollow Sports Park in DesMoines. We had fun playing 18 holes of very challenging putt putt that of course I did not win. After the putt putt the boys headed over to the go-kart area for a few laps. Nic was tall enough to drive himself and Will rode with Daddy. This left me in the pits to take pics. Too bad my camera asked for new batteries just as the green flag fell. Well, I flipped the batteries around and was able to get two shots. One good, one not so good, but that's life with technology.
After the sports park we headed to a new mall for us to find a Sears store. There was a slight detour for lunch when we saw a CiCi's Pizza! We had not been to CiCi's since we left MI last year.
The reason for the Sears quest was I wanted to look at some Lands End stuff for the boys and was optimistic that I would find it in the store. Well, this particular store sold no Lands End products. Bummer. The rainbow in this visit was the Toys R Us store in the out lot of the mall. This is the closest TRU and it is 1 hour away! Will used a birthday gift card and we walked out none the worse for wear. All good.
The boys were troopers, actually I gave them no option, and we went to another mall that we had never been to before. This Sears had a nice LE section in men's and women's but not kids. I bombed out on checking out the kid merchandise but I found some great "deals" for me! The other store I was anxious to visit was The Children's Place. I love their clothes and they had jeans for 9.99! What a deal! We bought enough new clothes for the boys to get into the fall so I was pleased.
A quick run through McD's for drinks and we were headed home. It was a very pleasant day with the brief meltdowns by both boys. Nic was THIRSTYYYY, did you get the whine in that word? Luckily I had packed a small cooler of drinks to be enjoyed after the sports park. and Will wanted "one last bit of fun" and wanted to go bowling at the second mall we went to. Who knew this mall had a bowling alley in the basement. We now know that next time dad and boys can bowl and mommy can shop. Sounds like a good plan!
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Im all about leaving them in the basement, to bowl of course.... Also I so could hear you saying THIrstyyyyyyy with a wine... did you ask him if he wanted cheese with that?
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