Brady and I took the kids to the city for a bit of an errand day today, but it was the BEST kind because we had very few places to hit, so we took our time and the day went pretty smooth. The main goal for the trip in was for ducting. Brady is granting my wish of a laundry chute in our new build, and he is installing it next week. After much research, we decided to go the route of ducting. Its the cheapest, the easiest, and as long as its all taped off on the inside, it should be nice and smooth and work just as well as a laundry chute box built from melamine or whatever else. So the was priority 1. Priority 2 was finding Dekker a spring jacket. The one he had last fall was too small on him then, so its definitely time for something new.
First and foremost, we picked up some lunch. With our relaxed days like these, we take forever to get out the door in the morning, and therefore, we got to the city right around lunch. So we snagged some food and then began our errands.
The ducting was easily acquired at Home Depot. All of our supplies were purchased for less than $100. Win!
We ran a few other little errands in between the priorities. At Walmart, I accidentally bought a Keurig Rivo. It wasn’t my fault! I totally blame the rollback price!! The kids approved though. WordPress is fighting the power and won’t load up any of the adorable pictures I took of them :/ They celebrated though, I promise.
The jacket took more digging. Rowan and Laela both have little adorable fake leather jackets, and thats what we had for Dekker originally as well, but after browsing a bit online and through one or two stores, it does not seem to be the style this year. Everywhere we looked, we found basic, swishy windbreakers. And that was IT. Lots of them were even pullovers. To me, they felt dated, but we were just looking for something clearly different. We finally found what we were looking for at Old Navy. I rarely shop at Old Navy, but we made a quick change of course, just to check it out, and found an army green, heavy but not bulky, well fitted spring/fall jacket. It was incredibly pricey, in my opinion, but on clearance, it was a price I was expecting to pay for something at full price, so we went for it. Dekker loved it, and wore it for the rest of the trip.
Unfortunately, by the time we got back, the kids had slept a bit in the van, but clearly not enough, and they were pretty much finished. Anything that wasn’t quite what they had hoped for sent them into a devastating meltdown. So many tears tonight. Rowan was probably in the best shape, which is strange, because he is definitely the one who is still the most nap dependant. But hey, I’m not complaining!
We ate a delicious supper of home pizza and cold veggies, and now the kids are tucked away in bed. Early. Because they are crazy.
When the kids are awaaaay, the adults…. eat brownies!