It was a beautiful day outside yesterday. We loaded up the crew minus Molly who was spending the night with cousin Hailey and headed out to find something to do. We took the kids to a place to eat they hadn't been to before and everyone really liked it. It was a compromise between fast food and sit down restaurant. We went to Taziki's and their greek food is really good. Just going to a place like that saved us about $35 alone. Even fast food for 7 or 8 people isn't cheap so it nice to have a healthier and tastier meal out and not have to spend $100 on it. Some time ago we decide to drastically cut out taking the whole family out to eat. We have always dined out with our children and believe it is good for them to be raised to know restaurant etiquette. But the expense has grown as they have grown, it seemed it was no longer a treat for them and often food wasn't eaten and was wasted. That's a huge price for that sort of result. So we decided to scale it back if the opportunity arises we often take a few out at a time. When we do all go together it's a nice change of pace and very enjoyable.
After lunch we tossed around several ideas and decided to head to Homewood Park. The park was very busy since the weather was so nice. The smaller kids enjoyed the playground for awhile and the older ones tossed a Frisbee. The kids then decided to do races. This was so much fun and I laughed so hard. We all took turns racing each other. To make it fair I asked Logan to bunny hop while racing Collin, and Macy skipped while racing Parker. The competitiveness between these children is vicious at times but we all had fun and laugh alot.
I am trying to keep in mind that we have many low cost or free options of entertainment all around us. I want to make a point to get out of the house away from the wii, xbox, laptops and tv's and enjoy a new experience together. It doesn't have to be expensive to be fun for everyone and yesterday proved that.
