Family Date Night

So Andy's been traveling A LOT to say the least.  So mom decided that a "family date night" was in order.  I took the kids to Boondocks (which is an entertainment center w/ an arcade, go-karts, bumper boats, mini-golf, batting cages and a kiddie play area) to play at Kiddie Kove the other day.  Both loved climbing, sliding and swinging like little monkeys.  Ever since then, Riley had been bugging me to take them back to try the go-karts and bumper boats.  I had to explain that we needed Daddy along to do that because he wasn't tall enough to drive the cars solo and someone had to watch Sissy.

So, Friday Andy was able to come home early...I mean like 1:30 pm early.  It was great because I could leave Kendall home and finish her nap while I went to pick up Riley alone.  The ride home was so much fun because he could tell me about his day without her screaming "Ra Ra!  Don't talk to my Momma!" the whole trip!

He was thrilled that Daddy was home early.  After an early dinner, we headed over to Boondocks to play some golf and ride the go-karts.  Both kids loved playing mini-golf.  Sissy would hit the ball and chase it down and pick it up before it stopped rolling!  I guess she missed the point of the game, but she had so much fun we didn't care.  Riley had a blast too - lost his golf ball 3 times within 18 holes, but we were lucky to find it each time.

After mini-golf, the boys decided to ride the go-karts.  Andy LOVES go-karts and now Riley does too!

This is them at the start...Look at Riley's smile!

This is a lap before they spun out the girls in the red car in front of them...Riley scolded his Dad, but it fell on deaf ears.

Cheering on Daddy and Ra Ra

Waiting for the boys - they decided to ride it again instead of the bumper boats...Poor Sissy.  She was too small for all the "fun" stuff.

It was a great way for us to spend some quality time together before Andy headed out this week.  He left this morning for a trip and will return on Wednesday night and turn around and leave again on Thursday morning and return on Saturday night...It's the weekends that make it the hardest on me...I count on the weekends to catch my breath and gear up for the upcoming week...Not so lucky this time.  

I am thankful to the Wiegands who invited us to see Toy Story 3 with them today...Tristam and Riley enjoyed hanging out and Sissy loved watching "Story" with everyone.  I'm trying to stay busy this week to make time go by faster!  There is something going on each day this week!  Yay!