Spring Break: DAY 4

Thursday was a fairly uneventful day.... for me.... I told the kids they could do what they wanted, so there were a lot of different random things going on.  The girls did a sale, played with Buddy, the boys got plenty of fun in on the wii.... I still regret not going to do something really fun, but I guess I need to just accept that they can make fun here at home, and that that's good enough sometimes.  We did manage to go out for ice cream, and for that Lukey said, "You're the best, Mom!"  That was fun :).  But we were kind of trying to keep ourselves free because we weren't sure when the Taylors were coming over!  I did spend an extensive amount of time locating a shirt for Erika to announce that we are having a baby so that we could hurry and tell my parents and family.  I decided I needed to do something fun since they tend to bring the fun down a notch once I tell them.  (I shouldn't say "they" it's not my WHOLE family, just certain members)  They tend to dwell on the fact that it has taken me too long to tell them, or that I've told someone else before them.  Happens every time, so we should ALL be used to it by now, but for some reason.... Anyway, I finally found a shirt at the Hospital gift shop.  It was actually relatively cheap too, compared to the ones I had looked at online.  Glad I shopped around ;).  We took a picture with the kids holding up their little signs, and it was done.  I broke the news to my Mom, then later on in the evening we went up to my Dad's to tell him and my brother.  I was surprised they all saw the shirt, fairly quickly, AND caught on, so good stuff.
We raced home after that and met the Taylors here at home.  And the party started!!! The kids were SO thrilled to have them sleeping over!!  They all played in the backyard for a couple hours, then we had some pizza and watched Hugo, then it was time for bed.  We had all kinds of plans for the next day!  Walks, picnics, selling stuff on the curb, LOTS of fun.