Stastny FUN FAMILY Day!

If any of you have been paying attention to politics, and interviews with Sarah Palin, you know that we Alaskans received a pretty big Dividend this year. And the fair just happened to fall a few weeks before we got our payout, so we told the kids if they would forgo the whole expensive, crowded, crazy, obnoxious fair thing, then when we got our PFD's we would take them out for a fun Family Day. They loved the idea! So we waited for Matt's next day off, and pulled the kids out of school for the day. We started out at the newly redesigned Toys R Us/ Babies R Us in Anchorage, letting each of the kids pick out a toy under $20. (we weren't letting them go crazy, just a fun treat!) Then we headed over to the mall, for some bowling. Gabe was in heaven! The Chinese restaurant we wanted to go to was in the same mall, so when we were done bowling we headed upstairs to eat lunch. After that, the kids and Matt wanted a trip to Boarders, where we let them once again, each pick out a book. (the stipulation was that it had to be something they could read to themselves...except for Morgan's, cause she doesn't read. But hers even had to be something that Chandler and Gabe could read to her, since that's part of their reading time now) They had a ball. I really love that my kids all love books. We were home by late afternoon, in time to enjoy the wonderful sunshine we got that day, and do a little yard work what with fall upon us, and winter right around the corner. I love these kind of days. Just spending time as a family.