so, the plans for nearly-free fun that makes a mess somewhere other than in my damn house are as follows:
monday: the library is having a st patrick’s day shindig with irish music and riverdancing. since monkeybeef can’t help but interrupt whatever he’s doing to wiggle his butt the second he hears a jig (seriously. i’ve tested this extensively. he does it for every jig, and he only does it for jigs. reels and hornpipes get some headbanging, other music may get no dancing at all) … that should be a good time.
tuesday: the university’s museum of natural history – fossils, a whale skeleton, birds and eggs, mammals of every order, rocks, etc, and it won’t be crowded with school tours.
wednesday: if i’m feeling ambitious, the putnam museum of science and history in the quad cities might be cool. mummies, dinosaurs, a little-kids-get-to-touch-shit room, etc. if not… the mall. the dangling carrot shall be a trip to barnes and noble… if they can act like gay men for five fucking minutes. long enough to be civilized while i redeem my victoria’s secret free panty coupon. THEN they get their pop-up books and cupcakes (“the white icing mountain! with a pupcake under it”), chocolate-chunk brownies (“chocolate rocks cake”) and rice-krispie treats (“sandpaper cake”) at the starbucks cafe.
thursday: chuck e cheese. the nearest one is 45 minutes away, in a different school district – one that doesn’t have spring break this week. so we can get there early and have the whooooooole place to ourselves. also? report cards and “i did my chores” calendars get you free tokens. woooooooooo!
friday: the library again… this time for “spot and the puppy performers.” i don’t know who thought it was an awesome idea to turn a bunch of puppies and spring-breaking little kids loose in the public library… but i’m thinking the mayhem should be entertaining.
this may be the last post for a week. possibly longer, depending on how long it takes me to recover from spring break.
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
