10 trips to the mall in 3 days

Do you ever have a weekend that doesn't go at all as you had thought it would. All of your plans change and you end up needing a vacation, or a dish of ice cream when it's over?

Here is what we originally had planned for the weekend:

Friday night Casey was going to sleep over at his cousin Hannah's house and Matt, Caleb and I were going to relax. Saturday Matt was going to go to a conference at church and I was going to take Caleb to the YMCA. Saturday night we were going to go to the Poelzer's for a bonfire. Then on Sunday we were going to go to church, relax in the afternoon and head to the YMCA for swim class.

Between misbehavior, illness, a credit card bill and car problems this is what our weekend looked like instead (watch for the 10 trips to the mall).

Friday night Matt stayed home with both boys while I worked at the mall from 5:30-11:00 (trip 1). Then on Saturday Matt stayed home with the boys and I attended the conference at church and went to the mall to work an 8 hour shift (trip 2). When I came out to my car at 9pm the battery was dead so my mom came to pick me up (trip 3). Sunday morning before church we drove to the mall to jump start the car...it didn't work (trip 4). After church we went back to the mall to get a new battery at Sears, it was too expensive (trip 5). We took the boys to McDonald's to get some lunch and went back to the mall to get the dead battery and Matt's Sam's club card which was in the glove compartment (trip 6). Then we went to Sam's and got our new battery and headed back to the mall to install it (trip 7). The new battery didn't solve our problem so we took the boys home so they could nap. Matt went back to the mall to check the fuses with some type of meter (trip 8). Then it was off to Ace to buy a new fuse and then back to the mall to replace it (trip 9). The car started this time! He drove the Van home so we could get to swim lessons which got cut short because both pools got pooped in (not by either of our kids...thank the Lord). Then it was off to the mall one last time to pick up our car (trip 10).

I am thinking of laying low tomorrow morning with the boys. But who knows what will really happen!