ok, lets back up here to this past friday night. we are meeting my stepson and fam at red robin to celebrate his b-day. we get there early, so we walk around for a bit. we find the little kiddie rides, and the boys wanna ride, but neither of us have change, so they just get to sit on them. they had fun still. no big deal.
fast forward to today. i decide i wanna get out of the house, and besides my recent trip, which was very short, havent been to the mall in a while. so, i load the boys up and we take off to the mall, all the while explaining to them that mommys gonna walk around the mall a bit for excercise, then we’ll have lunch and get some change and ride some rides!! woo hoo!! so, i do 2 laps around the whole mall. in between laps we take a potty break. then we go to the food court and have lunch. potty break again. so now, i wanna go in some of the stores we walked past and check them out. then we’ll get change and ride rides. less than 20 min. after our potty break logan has to go again!!! so all out again to go potty. then i walked ALL OVER THE MALL AGAIN trying to find a change machine that worked!! none of them did. they put them by the rides, and they dont work!!! imagine that!! less than 20 min. later, logan has to go again!!!! so i go to belk cuz its closest and wander all over it and finally find the restroom. i am not getting luke out again. he just went. luke gets this funny look on his face and i say luke what are you doing, and he grins at me and says i peepee in my pants. ugh!!!!! hello, we are in a bathroom!! how hard would it have been for him to tell me???
so, finally, i have given up on the change, and decide to get the boys some cookies to make up for it. then i think hey, maybe they can give me change!! so, i purchase 3 cookies, and when she says $4.50 please, i almost fell out!!! so i give her her 2 extra dollars, explaining my situation, and she says sorry. everybody comes here for change since we’re close and the machines are broke. i say ok, but then she has a change of heart and gives me $2 in change. yay!!! so, we go back to the rides, i put luke in his beloved schoolbus, pop the change and… waaaahhhhh!!!! he starts crying, wants out, and i waste 75 cents!!!!! and logan wont let me put any in for him either. seriously?!?!?!!?
on a positive note, i got more walking in than a expected, and the boys really were good if you dont count a million bathroom trips. i think we’ll try it again one day!!
