08.15.11  monday back to work for darric... piper came to hang out with us... we went to see awburn... she cut the girls' hair while i got to snuggle with paisley... max went to boxing tonight and did the whole thing... darric got him and max dinner and the girls and i took off for the fashion show mall...  we ate at california pizza kitchen... they wanted fast food so they could get to shopping sooner... of course they both only ordered a little bit and begged me to eat faster... when the waitress brought out our bill, she informed me that it was taken care of... a man and his family wanted to pay for it... i tried not to let my eyes fill up... i wasn't sure what to do next... in my head, i looked around the restaurant trying to figure out who it could have been... i was clueless... we felt a little watched as we left and headed to forever 21.... we had high hopes of finding lots of clothes in that big two story clothing store... they both left with one outfit... 

08.16.11  tuesday we all went to the spring's preserve... well, except kenzie and piper... kenzie did not want to see any snakes... we went to a little bug presentation as soon as we arrived and then walked around... it was hot outside, but almost all of it that we saw was inside... we ate at the wolfgang puck cafe for lunch... the food was so good... really good... that night, me and the girls went out to the galleria mall... we got a few things at kohls and aeropostale... we stopped by costco just in time for me to run in and pick up my halloween subway art... then we drove through starbucks for a treat...  

08.17.11  wednesday we went over to the dayton's for some swimming and snacks... max was pretty ticked he couldn't spend the rest of his life the rest of the day there... we stopped for happy hour at sonic and then headed home to quickly cook dinner and head back out to the mall... we had to get there before 6:00 when customer service closed... i got me $30 in free giftcards for buying a $200 giftcard, which i knew we'd for sure use... tonight kenzie got 2 pairs of shoes, a backpack, 2 shirts, madi got a backpack, 1 pair of shoes, some jeggings (these were an absolute must), a tank top and 3 shirts... i got max a backpack and lunch box (which made me sad that he'll be eating lunch at school now), a t-shirt and 2 pairs of jeans... the girls wanted drinks from starbucks... kenzie tried an iced white chocolate mocha with one shot and she claims she loved it... it's not something she will get often... madi got chocolate milk... and then we got pretzels when i got myself a diet coke... 

08.18.11  thursday me, max and madi ran to the mall and let max pick out his shoes... he didn't really care for the ones i wanted him to try on... after we purchased his shoes, we went to use the groupon certificates we got for bounce u... jennifer and i had 5 kids between the two of us, so we only used one of the cerfiticates... we were only there for about an hour and that was plenty of time to sit in the sweat smelling inflated rooms... grandma showed up a little bit before we left and we all went over to the mall for lunch... red robin... max went to boxing, only it was jiu jitsu tonight... he still did good... wasn't too thrilled about getting his goods knee-d while the other 6 year old boy was trying to shrimp out of max's guard... at the end of class, the teacher asked if anyone had questions... max and another boy raised their hands... the teacher said he was pretty sure he knew what max was going to ask... but he was wrong... max asked if he could go get the cone on the other side of the room... the teacher and i both thought he was going to ask to play dodge ball... 

08.19.11  friday i was brave and took all three with me to the mall... we got madi 2 pairs of shoes from tilly's and a couple things from kohls... we had lunch in the food court and stopped at purple penguin on our way home... madi helped me make some peanut butter blossoms and i got dinner in the oven, creamy chicken enchiladas... of course, darric got home late... we watched marley and me... it was my first time and i tried to keep myself somewhat occupied on the computer, but i still ended up crying at the end... in the living room with the entire family... lights on and everything... 

08.20.11  saturday the house got cleaned... darric spent most of the day working, even though he was not on call... he picked up some food to bbq that night