Our family was missing eachother pretty badly yesterday so we decided to have an impromptu family night. Tuesdays are Jay's day with Caden so at 5, they picked me up at work and we headed to Chick-fil-a. Caden had a super great time in the play area with new 'dends' (friends) and we considered the 4 minutes he took to sit and eat one french fry and a chicken nugget, a victory.
Then we asked him if he wanted to go see some animals to which he replied, "YA!" so we headed to the Tallahassee Mall pet store. Next to the pet store are the ever popular mechanical child rides...there were four, a couple of trucks, a train and a giant dragon. Caden ran immediately for them and we looked at eachother, bracing ourselves for the tantrum that was about to happen, because we didn't have any quarters.
Caden climbed up into the Bob the Builder truck and Jay leaned up against it, discovering that with maunal force, it rocks back and forth. So while being on the look out for mall police, Jay began shaking the truck back and forth while I hummed an annoying tune, similar to what would happen if we had spent the $0.50. It worked! Our ghetto-ness saved us 2 bucks, so we decided to go across the street to TCBY and get some icecream before heading back to C-ville.
We were going to feed the ducks at Lake Ella, but due to Tropical Storm Fay, Lake Ella's waters ate up the walking trail and the ducks were no where to be seen...freaked out by how close the lake now is to the street no doubt, but I think we had a good night just the same.
I heart my family.
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