On the outset, it seems crazy, but it really all turned out OK!
For the second time in his life, Marc is helping a company move from one location to another. He isn't moving desks or anything, but rather 32 workstations worth of computer equipment! He has been working about 18 hours a day since Thursday morning and I felt so loved that he took 2 hours last night to go to our church Valentine's party with me! He was too busy to pay his lawn maintenance guys yesterday so he asked if I could take the kids and go pay them for him today. They work 45 minutes away! Of course, I was happy to serve him and love him this way on Valentines Day! It occured to me that by travelling up to pay the guys we would be near the closest Chuck E. Cheese by late morning. I quickly ran to my email box and printed out all of the birthday coupons from this last year that we hadn't used-20 free tokens each! Then I printed out extra food coupons, grabbed Marc's pocket change jar and piled the 5 into the car(and the potty seat) and headed out on my Honey's errand.
I didn't tell the kids my plan at all just in case. Sarah busied herself counting out Daddy's quarters and I was happy to hear there was $33 worth hiding in there! After picking up Marc's mail and giving the guys their paychecks I headed back south and was able to pull into the parking lot of Chuck E. Cheese before the kids realized. The surprised look on their faces was SO worth it. We haven't been there since last June!
We had such a good time. They each ended up with about 40 coins each. Jacob was really into it this time since he's now 2 1/2 and Sarah just grabbed him and ran off to help him have fun-LOVE HER!! I pushed Leah around in the stroller and played some "mommy games" and visited each of the kids at their different locations. Daniel spent almost all his coins on a game that blows up tarantulas and mega-ants while Lizzy rode a horse and played ski-ball. Leah used 8 of my coins on a ride on truck with a dog in it. We enjoyed our pizza and sodas and they each got a little toy they wanted with the 400 tickets we all won. Jacob even used the big potty twice!!! There WERE several birthday parties going on, but it seemed like all of those kids were stuck at their party tables and we were just playing games with a dozen other families. It wasn't nearly as crowded as I feared. I usually like to go at 10 a.m. on a weekday!
We had a great time together and it was so fun to "love" the kids by taking them to the second happiest place on earth-and all without taking a dime out of the bank account! :-) God allowed me the priveledge of blessing my kids in an extra special way this Valentine's Day and it was such a joy! After all, Valentine's isn't just for lovers-but moms and kids, too!!
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Yay! I'm so glad to hear that you all enjoyed such a blessed time when it could've been a little overwhelming, to say the least. God provided...from the time, to the coupons, to the quarters, and even the opportunity to serve your hubby by heading north. I love these blessings along the way as it reminds us of God's supreme faithfulness. PS. What is the first happiest place on earth? Disney?
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