Days with the Dorans

We Dorans love NO SCHEDULES! Mid-winter break is the best because we have just that- no schedule (except for piano). We did hang with friends over the weekend playing our favorite (euchre) and of course we had a blast visiting Grandma and then Nana and Papa but other than that~ let us hang out at good old home-sweet-home. The kids and I had 3 days off from school while dad only had two. On his last day off we decided to go on an "adventure" (as Seany called) it for family time. Originally we were thinking Airtime, but Joe Cool was not keen on the idea since this was family and not friend stuff... We settled on a little mini-golf and had fun braving the windy rain for some indoor glow-in-the-dark fun. I don't even know really how we did... just that we had fun and Sean never counted his scores~ though he did have a couple legit decent holes and Jeff had a couple holes-in-one. After golf, we hit Buddy's pizza (kids had never been) and enjoyed an early din...

So after our fun in the D, we decided to take the kids for more fun.  We were both busy Thursday, so on Friday we decided to hit some mini-golf (since that was actually in the original plans anyway). When I say "we" I'm talking about my brother and his kids again too. We met at a glow-in-the-dark putt putt place and it was really cool!  It brought me back to my college days with black lights and cool art!  I loved it and actually played well! Although it was inside can you believe it was 57 degrees! Our folks were in FL and they had temps about the same! (cold there but a heat wave here!) Seany didn't two-putt like he did the last time we played but I'm pretty sure he thought he "won."  Danny took the boys in a group (5 of them) and it was me and the girls (3 of us).   I think only Danny, Al and I kept score- but really it was only Danny that I wanted to beat. I did really well two putting almost everything. Somehow Danny tied me (he had s...

On Wednesday Jeff went back to work and my guess is my sister-in-law did too because my brother was all about getting the cousins together! (We see a lot of them in the summer when she's working because I think Danny gets a bit stir crazy!) Danny had the full week off just like the kids and I did. At first, Danny wanted to go bowling since he saw the fun we had but I wasn't eager to spend that kind of money again for something we just did so he did some looking and found this cool  Outdoor Adventure Center right downtown in the D! I think the think that got me hooked was it was $3 for kids and $5 for adults!  I NEVER get away with paying that little with my group so I was all about it!!  It was actually quite fun and the kids had a blast! Of course Joe Cool was Joe Cool so kept his hat on and arms folded for much of the trip.  There was a lot of learning going on but it was geared toward the younger crowd for sure!  There were field trips there ...

I can't say enough about how much I LOVE February break!  By February my first graders are climbing the walls and I'm wondering if I can survive until June!  We get the whole week off (and I sure hope that stays but doubt it will) and Jeff gets two days off. On Monday, we hung out at home and did NOTHING which for us was A-MAZING!! I worked on a puzzle from the dollar store.  We read some books, played some screens and just laid low and it was perfect. On Tuesday we decided we should do something fun so we decided on BOWLING!  I don't know the last time we went bowling.  I'm not sure Sean had ever been (which tells you something). We had SO much fun and had lots of laughs!  Joe was the winner of the kids and I was the winner of the grown-ups and for one game, I only beat Joe by one!  We did play with bumpers though that didn't really matter for us... Of course dancer Ali showed up at the bowling Alley (see what I did there?) and she wa...