We decided to go to Shreveport to shop for a few days during spring break. We chose Shreveport because Branson had tornado damage and it was raining cats and dogs every other direction we could think to go. Here are the kids when we left that morning....
I've mentioned Kam's love of history. She wanted to ask us history questions and vice-versa the whole ride down. Not necessarily our idea of a good road game. It did lead to an interesting discussion on president's though when Kam asked Mom if Jimmy Carter was a good or bad president!
It's so hard to get two kids to cooperate with me for a picture....
I always have that look on my face like I'm right in the middle of scolding them to cooperate and smile (which I probably am!).
The Boardwalk had a glow in the dark mini golf course that we kept telling the kids we would take them to, but we only made it there 20 minutes before it closed and Kamdyn decided that Campbell would be scared since it was so dark! I think Kam was secretly the one who was leery of it! So we found an arcade instead and let them play for a while.
My kids absolutely love arcades and they want to go to one in ever city we visit....
Jamie made a hotel reservation for us before we left but she's never been to Shreveport before. As we left the Boardwalk about 9:30 the first night and started driving, she noticed we were driving in a questionable area. I had vaguely thought that I should have mentioned that to her when she booked rooms but I didn't give it a second thought after that....until the song "In the Ghetto" kept coming to my mind as we drove further on!
We pulled up to our hotel with a liquor store right beside it (clue #1) and Jamie just got out to go tell them we weren't staying there. Mom decided to follow her in and had to be buzzed in to even get in the office. That was clue #2!
We called Brian and Mark (who were at home playing X-box) to help us locate a hotel and then drove to another one. Although it was much better, Jamie still refused to stay there. This is where we began explaining to Kamdyn the difference between a motel and a hotel and she thought that was hilarious! Mark told us just to go back to the boardwalk and stay in one of the casinos (your safest bet, according to him). Mom decided that she would just cover the kids eyes as we walked through the casino lobby, but we finally found a safe one and it didn't come to that (but I have laughed at that image in my head several times after thinking about it later).
Shopping day 2 with new sunglasses Mimi bought them..... shopping for two days straight with four kids is really asking a lot!! The kids were pretty good but I think the adults were completely fried by the time we got home on Friday night.
Waiting to have dinner...
Mimi and her grands...
On the Boardwalk...
Mom watching the kids while JJ and I shopped....she's a good Mimi!
I love that Cooper loves his food! He's a little picky about some things, but it's an event for him when he eats something that he really loves. He even hums!
We decided on day two to stay in Texarkana so we could go to Brian's game on Friday. After listening to the kids whine for two days straight about playing putt-putt, we finally found a putt-putt course for them to play on Friday and they had a blast! Mimi sat in the car with Campbell while she napped....remember I told you that she's a good Mimi!
Watching some Panther softball! I spent most of the time trying to explain to Kam what the girls were doing now that she's playing softball. She'd say, "oh, yeah...." like it all made sense to her all of a sudden!
The boys playing with their cars....I'm pretty sure Cooper's eventually ended up in the trash can. Some really nice MC dads tried to dig it out for him but couldn't find it!
After the game, we met Dad for dinner. I'm not sure who was more tired and crabby-the kids or adults. Next year, I vote for spring break at the beach or on the slopes!
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