Friday Night

I'm not really a big fan of cooking on Friday nights!  You know, after the long work week, all you want to do is come home and just plop on the couch (which never happens, by the way)!  so Jason told the girls we could go to McDonalds.  This was anything BUT relaxing!  This was the first time ever, that both kids ate all of their food, so I couldn't deny them the huge playscape!  Sydney was terrified of course and played in the baby area, while Lizzy was all about running in with all of the big kids!

Lizzy literally took off and made it to the top in record time.  The only problem was that she was too small to make it over the obstacles to come down the slide, so guess who had to climb to the top to help her?  And guess who hit her head about 20 times trying to get off the darn thing?  If you guessed me, you're right!  But Jason did his fair share too,  although he wasn't wearing heels like me!

I eventually made Jason force Sydney to go into the big kid area!  The big kid area was for 3 year olds, so there was no reason that she should be playing on the baby slide.  It looked a little silly for Lizzy to be with the big kids and Sydney with the babies!  You could hear Sydney screaming, but eventually he just pushed her down the slide.  And in true Sydney fashion, she loved it of course, and then didn't want to leave.  She just has to learn to take risks sometimes, but maybe it's good that she's a little skeptical of things because it scares me how fearless Lizzy is sometimes!

As if McDonald's wasn't enough, we went to Toys R Us after to buy their friend Jake a birthday present, it was the only chance we had to buy the gift.  We explained that they were not getting anything!!  And we were serious...nothing!!  Jason shopped for the gift, while I chased the kids around the store...they were all about playing with all of the toys.  And Lizzy enjoyed climbing on the display and into all of the motorized cars (thankfully they didn't work)!  Sydney was in tears when she found out she couldn't buy the Cadillac (it's ridiculous the toys that are out these days...might as well buy her a real car!).  Then she found a Snow White toy and carried it around the whole store while I told her she wasn't getting anything!  She looked so pitiful.  So Jason and I both caved.  Snow White was too expensive though, I told her she  had to find something on sale.  So she settled with a Tinkerbell toy.  And if Sydney gets a toy, well, so does Lizzy!  So she bought a ball that she had been kicking around the store!  I guess we weren't so serious...but next time I'm putting my foot down...or just not taking them with me!  I was worn out!

The whole time at Toys R Us, I kept thinking about this family that I saw earlier in the day when I went to Sam's Club for work.  It was an Orthodox woman and she had 5 kids...totally crazy.  She had two in the cart and the other three were just following along like little angels as she shopped.  They were incredibly patient and obedient.  I don't what she tells those kids to make them behave, but I know that my kids run around like wild Indians the second they are free...which is why I have two kids and not 5!

A totally exhausting day, but at least the kids had fun!