Pajama Party Picnic

The kids decorated the box on their own!!!

Even Daddy and Abbie joined in the fun!!!

What a yummy lunch!!!

Well, we had a lot of rain and school was cancelled!! I know I was thinking the same thing....School cancelled for RAIN!!! As you can imagine this was not going to spell out a lot of fun if I didn't come up with something. My original plan for the day was to do laundry that was piling up and get some stuff done around the house. As the morning began I realized that wasn't going to happen. I took a minute and looked at my kids and how big they are growing right in front of me and decided I could waste this day by trying to get things done and letting them play on their own or I could make this a day that they would remember. I gave them a big box and told them that they could decorate it any way they wanted and I went a got everything together for our first "Family pajama picnic!!" I printed out invitations and taped them on their doors and told them to meet me in the living room with their favorite stuffed animal. It was at this moment that I realized how much fun this was for them. They were so excited. These are the moments in life that you don't get back.... The little moments when as a mother you realize how important every second you spend with them is. We all had so much fun and the kids talked about it all day long!!! I am glad that I didn't waste the day cleaning and doing laundry!!! I'll save that for when they are in school growing up!!!