Saturday Outings

I don't usually want to take the kids to Lubbock on Saturday, actually I don't usually want to take them to Lubbock at all. I don't like the traffic and the begging for things I don't want to buy but....I decided what the heck. We wanted to see BOLT, so off to Lubbock we went. There was also the inevitable question of "Can we go to the mall?" I said fine and shocked even myself. I just told myself that I might as well get ready to buy something that I don't think we want need or want to buy. That made the day go so much smoother, instead of thinking we're going to the mall but we are not going to buy anything. Jenni's kids went with us to see the movie and we all loved it. It was really cute and we laughed a lot. Then I dropped them off and to the mall we went. Reagan had already asked if she could buy a hermit crab with her money and I figured what the heck. I was going with the flow. It's really cute and came with cage, food, sand, a shell and a palm tree (for scenery I guess). Reagan named it Hermoine (it was my suggestion). We thought that it might be dead because it didn't move for awhile. We got home, got settled and a few hours later Reagan screamed "it's alive". All was right with the world again. The whole day went very well, with a minimum of begging and pouting. Yea! We might even try it again some time.