Anyway, it was a good day, but I feel like I got nothing accomplished. Abby had to be at the groomers by 8:30 this morning. After I dropped her off there I went to do some shopping.
Walmart was my first stop. Of course we had some necessities we needed there. But, I also went back to look in the sporting goods section. I was looking for baseballs for my nephew. I found a mesh bag of them for a good price and got those. I was going to look for a batting glove, too, but they didn't have any. I decided to look at Target because I had to go there, too.
When I was getting ready to leave Walmart, the groomer called to say Abby was done. I told them I'd be there in a little while and went on to Target. I knew I wouldn't be at Target long.
So, I looked for the batters glove at Target and realized I had no idea what size to get him. This meant I was stumped yet again. I was walking past another isle in the sporting goods department when all of the sudden this thing jumped up and down on it's hook screaming, "buy me! buy me! buy me! Your nephew AND BIL will LOVE ME!'
It's one of those rocket launcher things. The rockets are nerf-like and it holds four rockets at once. I'm not sure how I knew this was a good thing to get them, but the minute I saw it, I KNEW that's what I needed to get him. I also got him a gift card to Target. In all I spent about $35 on my nephew, which is what I'd spent on his sister so all is good.
After I was finished at Target, I went and got Abby and took her home. At home I got started on the laundry and had the kids clean their rooms and the bathrooms. Then, I decided it was time to go to the grocery store. UGH!
I needed some baking supplies and some things to take to my mom's on Christmas Eve. Holy Cow people were out in droves and crazy!!!! I managed to get what I needed and get out of the grocery store unscathed, but I'm not so sure everyone was able to say the same.
I stopped at got us lunch at Taco Bell on the way home. Michael was working on the neighbor's yard so he waited to come in and eat after he finished that.
I did some more laundry and the kids went out to play. Michael worked on our yard. I also used my Print Shop program to make two birthday cards for my MIL. One was from the kids and one was from Michael and me.
Michael got in the shower when he finished in the yard and I put Caleb in the bathtub. When I dried Caleb's hair, I noticed that the dryer was not getting hot. This is not good. I cannot dry Michaela's hair with cold air. It'll NEVER get dry that way. And, Michael need hot air for his hair. So, off to Walgreen's I went. I came home with two because they were on sale and this way we have one in each bathroom like we used to have.
We all got ready and then it was time to meet Michael's side of the family at Wilker's for MIL's birthday dinner. This is not really one of my favorite places to eat, but it was about my MIL and not me.
It was a good meal. My MIL really liked all her gifts, which is a relief to me. She said the snowman in the hot air balloon we got her from JC Penney was something she'd looked at and almost bought herself. Thank goodness she didn't. I have a feeling she'd decided to wait until after Christmas thinking it would be marked WAY DOWN. As it is we only paid half price for it.
After the meal we all decided to go back to my BIL's house. My SIL wanted to show us what some of the things the Wii can do and answer some of our questions and let the kids play with it some. Yeah, that's right, we were there for the kids, so they could play with it. Yup, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Oh my gosh, we all had so much fun. My nephew and his cousin on his mom's side (who showed up a little after we got to their house) SHOWED OFF playing Guitar Hero. Then they got out this game called Raven Rabbids. This is so much fun and HILARIOUS.
One of the games on it you have your rabbid rabbit plunge a toilet like crazy and the toilet that geyser's the highest wins. Then, there is this burping contest one. You shake your remote like crazy to get your rabbit to shake up his soda. He drinks it and who ever burps the loudest wins. It shows the burp making buildings and things crumble. My BIL even burped loud enough to send it into outer space. There was another one where your rabbit is supposed to "serve" piles of hamburgers to a big rabbit without falling off the side of a building. That was fun, too. And, there was another one where you dance and one where your rabbit is bouncing in a trash can like a potato sack race, but there are monkeys chasing you.
After that, they put in the boxing on the sport disc. Boy that is a work out. I knocked out my SIL! And, I did it in just two rounds! But, Michael got knocked out by his brother in four rounds. Then, Kelly's nephew beat everyone who played against him. I didn't offer to play against him.
Next was Xcite Truck which is cool. It's just mainly a racing game with a bunch of different trucks and different types of rugged tracks. Caleb loved that of course. It was ok, but I only got to play by helping Caleb and that was not easy. I think I'd have enjoyed it more if I'd been able to just play for myself. Michael seemed to like it.
Then, my niece put in Boogie. It's a karaoke thing. She sings really well. My SIL sang, too. No, I did not subject everyone to my hideous voice.
We finally left somewhere close to 11:00 pm. The kids fell asleep on the way home. I hope they sleep late in the morning.
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