Sunday, December 14, 2008

{When You *Run*} Out Of Options

When you're home alone with the little ones on Saturday too
and you start running out of things to do
(because you've already:
gotten groceries
taken care of them
run errands
made a special lunch
gone to the mall to sit on santa's lap, again, and after waiting 20 minutes or more the toddler doesn't speak to him, again...
and you had a pretzel in the food court
and looked at the toy store and the pet store
and ran into friends and played with their baby too
and come home for nap time and
made a:
(with the toddler, she really liked putting the frosting and candy on)
and it's cold
and dark outside
and you've just run out of options
you do the inevitable.
You blow up a giant castle bouncer for them to go crazy on.
So what if you can't walk in your own living room?
3 non stop hours of fun before bedtime
were
totally
worth it.

7 comments:

Megan and Company said...

Long day for you, huh? You are a good mom doing all that.

Yeah for bouncers! Leah and Josh will find one under the tree this year, too. I've decided it will be my secret weapon to surviving winter.

JerseyGranny said...

Wow, that was some day! Love the gingerbread train!!

BTW, have you heard the following Christmas song? It's cute.



http://susie1114.com/Christmas/NuttinforChristmas.html

Sheri said...

nice! can we come over!!!?? We are doing a place like that for Sam's birthday:) Should be fun

DeeMarie said...

My first thought was: Your cheeks must hurt! But then I thought maybe you had one of those nifty air pumps that did the trick. In any case, what fun it must've been. It's ok if you took part in all the bouncing... you can admit it. =)

mumameee said...

Very impressive train!!

Pamela said...

That looks like a good time!

Ree said...

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!