We slept in today. And even then it was slow going. On days like today I miss caffeine. I think Kirby was hiding under the pillows weeping for the loss of the days when a real coffee would kick start his day instead of keeping him up for forty-eight hours straight.
Today we decided to head out for some bowling. We found a fantastic deal online at Kids Bowl Free. For $25 US, our entire family will be able to bowl two games every day for the rest of the summer. All we need to pay for is the shoe rental, $2 per person. This is actually cheaper for us than just paying for a single visit, and we’ll be able to go bowling a few more times before the end of the summer.
We put the bumpers up thinking that Superchick would have more fun that way. It is amazing how slow a bowling ball can move down the alley when thrown by a rather hesitant five year old.
Tiggerific threw some amazing balls using the bumpers to bounce around the floor and take out difficult pins. The rest of us kept a close chase behind.
We even ordered a large pizza and a pitcher of Sprite for about $22. (When you get up and eat breakfast at 11am it’s hard to know when the kids will become whiny for lunch. It seemed best to fill their tummies and get on with the game.)
Then we rushed home to grab our casserole and raced over to friends to see how much their twins had grown. (We wanted to see our friends too!) After dinner the kids fought about what movie they should watch to keep them from fighting because they’re tired and over stimulated.
We called it an early evening by comparison to our other nights and turned out the lights just before ten. Why is it that sometimes when children are exhausted the removal of light somehow invigorates them?
“Go to sleep.”
“But I’m not tired.”
“But I am. Now go to sleep or this will be the end of our vacation.”
So now our staycation really is a vacation, because I just threatened to go home if the kids didn’t smarten up.
Now go to sleep.
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