::amusement::

Last Friday (as in a week ago), our family went to stay the night with Grandma Kitty so the Mr. and I could go on a date together. We went to get massages (aahhhh) and dinner. It was so nice. It's always fun to go out with him. He's a pretty good time :)

Then, on Saturday we all (our family, Billy's family, and Mom & Kevin) went to Lagoon all day. It was HOT, but really fun. We rode lots of rides. Even Bubb got to ride on some (the Bombora even!) of the bigger rides, and that just makes him plain excited.

(how great is Port's face?? This ride went in circles forwards and then backwards-reminds me of rides at the fair. He was not a fan. Made him (and Matt) kinda sick)

We had an awesome picnic lunch in the park, rode a few more rides, got some ice cream afterward, and called it a day.


Thanks, Mom & Kevin, for havin' us over, babysitting our kids, and taking us to the park :)

In other news...
School starts in a week! Summer was just not long enough. Usually by this time of the summer, I'm done with the heat, the lack of structure in our everyday, and just ready for Fall leaves and the cooler weather. Not this year! I feel like we need a few more weeks of Summer! I'm not ready for the pools to close, and life to completely revolve around school! I did almost all the back to school shopping online. Is that lazy? Maybe, but I didn't have to take 4 kids shopping with me, so that was a major plus. It took me a couple of hours, and when I was done, I was so excited, "I'm done! I'm done! and I didn't even have to leave the house!!" Chloe thought I was weird. So for our last week of summer, I thought we'd plan some kind of special activity for every day. I tried to make the activity correspond with the day of the week (Movie Monday, etc), but I couldn't think of anything for Thursday. What starts with "th" that we could go do? I don't know. Port decided he'd like to go to Kangaroo Zoo again, so we'll do that on Thurs. for sure. I've gotta get things planned out for our back to school dinner on Sunday. I know what we're having (my Aunt Jeri's spaghetti-oh it's good!!), but I need to come up with some kind of cute decorations, and maybe a theme. Nie (where I got the idea) always does a theme, and it's not a bad idea. Maybe something along the lines of be a good example or don't give up. I don't know--seems fitting lately. Port is so resistant to learning anything new (tying his shoe, learning how to ride with no training wheels, reading without help). He always says it's hard and he's too little. He wears me out-but I sure love him.

Also...
Bubb is feeling much better! It was a rough couple of days, but we made it, and he's back to normal-thank goodness! I hate when they're sick. They're not themselves, and I miss them!