FAMILY FUN DAY ~ NIGHT...

 

I have been really excited for our Family weekend!  We had a Christmas on Sunday at Aunt Cathy's house so I thought it would be fun to take the kids up to OKC on Saturday, see Santa, and have a FUN day!  I had big plans... however, here's how it unfolded.
...we decided last minute not to try Bass Pro for Santa because OKC was crazy, so we went farther North OKC to North Park Mall, and waiting in line for a few minutes and got to see Santa. 

The kids did so good!  They all told them what they wanted, gave him a hug, etc - task #1 = success!

Next stop... Check in the hotel.  Will and I have stayed at this hotel in Bricktown and it has a really neat pool for the kids.  It has a little slide and various activities so I knew they'd just love it.  So we check into the hotel and try to avoid the pool until we tackle some of the other fun tasks I wanted to take the kids to do. - task #2 = success!

So here we go to "Tubing at the Brick" - it's a manmade moutain/slide that the kids can tube down and I just knew the kids would love it.  So we walk over to the Bricktown ballpark where the sign reads "All sessions for tonight SOLD OUT!" What????!!!!!  How can this be, there's a session every hour!  Bummer!  The kids were very disappointed, as was I! - task #3 - Fail!

So we opted to watch the tubing for a moment then headed on to find something else fun to do....

A boat ride on the canal!  Oh they will like that... so we wait til dark and go down the canal where there is approx a mile long line waiting for the boat to take them around and see Christmas lights.  My kids aren't going to wait an hour or more to do this...

Task #4 = Fail!

So time for another game plan.

Let's go bowling at the Red Pin!  Yay!  That'll be fun!

So we walk over the Red Pin Bowling alley, Will goes inside to see if it's "kid friendly" make sure it's not too expensive, etc.  I wait outside with the kids -- take their pic:

.....and Will comes out and says, "All lanes are booked until 11:00" --- OK! 
Task #5 = Fail!

I give up!  Let's go eat.  So we went to eat at Earl's BBQ, had a great dinner with the kids and asked them what they wanted to do --- SWIM!  That's all they cared about so back to the hotel we went and they got to swim the rest of the evening.  They had so much fun! 

Then back to the room for baths and snacks!!!
 Love my kiddos and my hubby - SO enjoyed this fun day with them!