Such Fun!

 We had SO much fun in Denver together.

Duluth store, big malls, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Lego Store, Disney Store, a real candy store, jack-o-lantern pizza, staying in a hotel, watching Michigan Football, going to a restaurant, hair cuts, Once Upon a Child, Kid Wonder indoor play place, and a snowy day all together.

Note, we did not buy things at the Lego Store or the Disney Store (or several toy stores) but for our crew, that is a big deal just to go in and look at stores like that.

The big kids knew that Mama and Daddy were going to buy something special for Lee Lee because she had just had her birthday, and so they brought some of their chore money and had a lot of fun choosing what they wanted to spend it on.  Lucky for them Build-A-Bear was having a really good deal of buy one animal, get a second one for $10.  So, Howard and Caroline decided to buy Build-A-Bear animals with their money, but Tracey wanted to save hers for other things on the trip.  It is fun to see their personalities and priorities coming out.

Also, the kids needed lots of reminders of how "old fashioned tv" works -- you cannot pause, you cannot choose the program, you cannot skip the commercials... we had to remind them of that a lot.

We made it home safely by Monday late afternoon and our four big kids immediately wanted to bundle in winter gear and play in the snow.  Nine-and-a-half inches waiting for us at our house!!!