They're Lovin' It

Since we didn't make it downtown to the Museum of Natural Science yesterday morning, I'd told the kids I'd still take them to lunch. (It turned out that it didn't really rain until later in the afternoon, so we probably would have been fine as far as water on the road, but I think it ended up better all around that we didn't go.)

We went to Target to look at what furniture they had. McKay had also sold some of his Rescue Heroes that morning, so he took along his newly-earned money and decided to buy a car racing computer game. Then we went to McDonald's for lunch -- of course the one with the big playplace!

We rarely go out to eat (unless we're traveling), so this is a big treat for my kids. And Brian is not a big fan of McDonald's, so we never eat there while we're traveling, so my kids think it is extra fun. This was sort of our end-of-the-summer treat.



The video console was a big hit with them (our kids think they're video-game deprived!), although not all of the games were working (or not working for 2 players), so there was a little squabbling between the girls.





And Hayley was happy to take over all of the girl's Happy Meal prizes -- little Build-a-Bears with clothes.



In other news, we are watching the predictions for Hurricane Dean and hoping that it doesn't come too close to us. Brian and I were talking last night about how some people are already starting to think it is going to be another Rita and buying up batteries and bottled water. But we also think if it does head our way, a lot of people who tried to evacuate during Rita and congested the freeways would just stay home this time. We will keep watching the news!