fall break {unplanned}

The annual 2 and a half week fall break arrived last week.

We have spent time doing the ordinary list...

gym, target, frys kids club, and going to our neighborhood park.

After watching a few movies, I decided we all needed to get out of the house.

So I announced that if everyone cleaned up really quickly we could go to chikfila to play and eat.

{cheers all around}

5 little bodies picked up the shrapnel from an exciting morning of indoor fun.

They worked so hard and I was proud of their handywork.

We all jumped into the burb and turned the key.

{nada}

After a few tries, the engine still didn't roar to life.

{sweat and disappointment covered our faces}

After a gazillion "why isn't our car working?" questions.

I got a second to think.

We have a rhino, we have a hungry howies that we can get to staying on only back streets, and a park where we rarely go.

{we have a plan}

I called my wee ones over and told them about the rhino...and hungry howies...and the park with the large covered armadas for eating and playing.

{since the 93 degrees may be a park deterrent }

{cheers all around... for the second time}

Luckily the rhino fired up and we were off.

Squeals of joy came from the back as we sped through the neighborhoods with our hair blowing in the wind.

After a quick stop for the pizza, we were at the park.

{without a single other person in sight for over an hour}

We laughed, we sweat, we ate, we played.

{way better than chikfila}

When I announced hours later at dinner that my favorite part of the day was that my car was broken, I got a few strange looks.

{but they all understood when I told I am so glad we got to be at the park instead, they agreed!}

{and my car got a new battery}