School starts tomorrow. I'm not sure where the summer went, really, but it's gone. We didn't take a fancy vacation, we didn't read like we should or practice our math facts, we didn't go to Chuck E. Cheese or the zoo, we pretty much didn't accomplish anything we set out to do when this summer break started. So this weekend, being our last official weekend of freedom, had to count for something. And count for something it did!
The festivities started Friday night, quite unintentionally, as we got wrapped up in watching Batman until 1 o'clock in the morning. Saturday morning, in turn, came much more quickly than usual, but we hit the ground running. The Canadian made a 7am run to the fabulous Missy's Bakery for the greatest donuts in the world, which were quickly devoured by two half-asleep boys. By 11:00 we were on the road to cram as much awesomeness into one day as we could.
We hit up Curly's for lunch, where we found the longest curly fry ever in the history of curly fries! (Just go with it, it's easier that way.) Once we had full bellies we headed for the movie theater to watch The Smurfs. And let me just say, as a lifelong fan of the little blue guys, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved the movie.
But I digress. On with the adventures.
After the movie, we headed for Orange Leaf. The boys had never been before, and they were pretty sure they had walked into some sort of frozen yogurt heaven. They immediately informed me that we would be returning. Often. We waddled out of Orange Leaf and headed for Wal-Mart to pick out movie snacks for home. Turns out, picking out snacks when your belly is full doesn't work so well. We had to make a run to the gas station for more later when things actually sounded good again. Then we headed home and watched Rio right in our living room. Even poor buster fell victim to the party and ended up wearing a coffee filter for a hat. Once the movie was over, it wasn't long before we were all ready to crash.
Sunday morning always involves church at the crack of dawn. We are those "8:30 service" people, but only because that means we're napping by 11:30. Church is usually followed by breakfast at Braum's, grocery shopping, and then a well-earned snow cone. (Grocery shopping is hard work when you're only 6 and 8.) But this week, the boys skipped the grocery shopping and headed to the OSU Botanical Garden with their Poppa and wore themselves right out. All of this was followed by a magnificent 4-hour nap and a relaxing evening of television and games.
Whew! You'd think we would be drained after that. You'd be right. But we only had two more days of freedom, there's no time for rest at that point!
We headed off to see the fabulous Julie for one last big adventure.
There are no words for how much those kiddos love her, so they'll follow her anywhere. They spent the whole afternoon riding a zip line, causing trouble, exploring through canyons and making me feel old and fat while I tried to keep up. They spent the first half of the car ride home giving me 500 reasons why it was the "most awesome day of the whole summer" and the second half sleeping it off.
It didn't take much to talk them into going to bed last night, and they slept hard until almost lunch time today. I'm guessing bed time won't be met with as much excitement tonight, and tomorrow morning…well…that will be a different beast. But for now, we have squeezed out every drop of fun this summer break had to offer, so bring on the school year!