Reading Rewards & Stomach Cramps!

Each of my beautiful daughters was awarded a dinner certificate for reading at a local restaurant.  They were super-proud of their accomplishment, and it was fun to take them out for a night on the town!

The upside:

We always have a great time together. 

Tonight was no different.

Also, the signature monster chocolate cake was a hit with the kids. 

Who wouldn't love 7-layers of incredible yummy goodness?

The downsides:

Owen decided that now was the time to

 launch crayons way high up in the sky during dinner.

Hello!

He never does that!

I was APPALLED!

And then, an hour after leaving, Samuel became super, super sick.

He vowed never to order fish from a restaurant again!

All in all, it was a typical night for the Samuel Elmers:

There's the good, the bad, and the UGLY!

And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Samuel might though.

{Smile}

The Dreaded Letter...

You know, 

the one you get from the school 

that informs you that you and your family are now truants 

for being late to school one too many times?

Yes, we got one of those this year.

I felt so bad, 

and maybe, quite possibly, 

I implied to my girls that we were all going to 

JAIL 

if we didn't do better!

And so,

every morning, 

we scrambled like wild chickens 

to make it out the door on time.  

I'd like to report that we did it.  

That we learned our lesson.

And we paid our debt to society.

 But unfortunately,  

I can't!

But we did send in this nice letter of apology to the girls teachers!

Maybe they'll be some mercy extended?