The Day That Wouldn't End

I've always sworn that we wouldn't try to schedule too many activities in any given day for the boys.  I like have one or two tops because I like to have some flexibility in the schedule.  Today, we deviated from that just a little bit.  We had three events to attend and it's been a really, really long day.

First, we headed over to LAFD Station 61 for a pancake breakfast.  It was rather foggy and misty as we walked along the street to the fire station.  This really excited John quite a bit.  We got to the station at about 8:15 and they were still cooking the first batch of pancakes.  We headed over to the fire trucks to see how many cool things we could see.  The boys really loved the old fashioned fire truck with the hand cranked siren.  They were also excited to sit in the modern fire truck.  Their friend set the siren off as someone was making a speech.  The firemen were kind enough to say it was ok and didn't make the kids exit the truck.  As we were leaving, several of the firemen thanked us for visiting and invited us for visits at any time.  They said that we were always welcome to visit and tour the facility.

So, that really started the morning with a bang, but that was followed by a Halloween party at a friend's house.  They both wore their costumes for a short time; however, they both eventually took the costumes off because it was much easier to jump around in the bounce house in their regular clothes.  There were all sorts of fun activities, but all they wanted to do was jump around.  A bounce house is all you need for a children's party.  Aside from that, they were able to enjoy all sorts of candies.  AND, John disovered that he liked bagels with cream cheese.

We headed home to get changed and have a little lunch before we headed down to the Larchmont Family Fair on their favorite boulevard, Larchmont.  As we walked past the booths, Maureen kept on running into all sorts of friends and stopped to talk to them.  John was very frustrated because he wanted to see his friends and go on the slide.  Well, we eventually made it to the slide, but not before we picked up sno-cones.  After some fun slide and bounce house time, we headed over to get some food.  John asked for a bagel and cream cheese.  Nicholas asked for cotton candy.  Maureen and I had tacos at Pinches Tacos .  I must declare those tacos to be the best I have EVER had.  As we waited for the tacos, the boys were trying to sing along to the music playing in the background.  They tried to sing Cielito Lindo even though it wasn't playing.


Finally, we headed home and we are headed for an early bedtime.  I'd go on, but it has just been too darned long.