So, today my kids have the day off.  I got up and went for a run and planned on taking them to the gym, so that they could shoot baskets before their basketball tournament this weekend (like we usually do).  For some reason, while I was running, I started thinking about how when they were little, we would wake up in the morning and decide to run down to the zoo just to watch the divers feed the sharks.  Or how we used to walk around Target (not even Super Target back then) for a good hour, just to kill time because we had nothing better to do between lunch and nap time...and we would have a really good time.

Well, they are bigger now.  We are constantly running from practice and games to Faith Formation and gymnastics and million other things.  I feel like we don't do enough adventures, like we used to.  I know that happens in life and soon enough friends will over take wanting to hang out with me.  Maybe that is what happened this morning.

When I walked in from my run, I told the kids that we would head for the gym in an hour.  They all looked so cozy and happy and they were really enjoying their morning off.  So, I asked if they wanted to skip the gym and go on a surprise field trip.  They certainly did.