The last couple of days are exactly the reason I so very much love our lives in the summer...especially since my husband gets to share in them! It started Monday evening...we sat down as a family to play a game of "Would you Rather..." It was so fun, especially to hear the kids' reactions to things.
Our mornings this week consist of taxi driving...Robert to the high school at 8:00, Catherine at 9:30, pick up Robert at 10:30 and get Catherine at 11:30. We decided that after all that, we would make a fun afternoon for yesterday. We ventured to the children's museum where we've had a membership for eight years. We had decided not to renew since it is now an hour's drive to get there, and the children are older. As we suspected, Robert and Catherine are not interested in it, and even Thomas didn't find nearly as much to entertain him as he used to. Andrew and I felt a little bittersweet about leaving because our family had shared so many times there...but life changes! We decided that dinner with ice cream was a must, and headed just a little bit north to a Friendly's restaurant. The a/c was broken and there was no way I was going to eat ice cream that way! We then decided to venture even a little further north to an ice cream stand near my home town. As a child, it was a car hop style of place where you could only eat in your car. About 15 years ago they moved and built a small building with some tables. Since it was 4:00 in the afternoon, we had the place to ourselves! It was one of my Dad's favorite places to eat and I remembered the last time we had been there he had allowed the kids to feed the jukebox and play some songs. At this point, we were only about a mile from my Mom's house. She hadn't seen the kids since Easter, although I wasn't sure she felt strong enough to see them now. I called though, and we stopped by for about ten minutes. The kids were happy to see her, and I know that she was happy to see them as well, but I suspect she also got a little teary-eyed after we left because she is missing out on a lot these days.
We drove home through a torrential downpour, but even then we were telling jokes and laughing with each other. I just kept telling Andrew how much I had enjoyed the day. I am so grateful to my mom's friend who is staying with her for a few days. We all very much need the break. I am feeling terribly guilty that we are going to be gone on vacation next week, but knowing that my grandmothers have basically had the week "off", I feel a little better about it. These fun days are what I look forward to during the school year!
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