While I'm not sure how the Day 'o Fun could beat yesterday's events, which included "The Big Walk" I was ready to play along.
Let me share a quick overview with you.
Breakfast included our 'usual' menu of "get your own breakfast", with the addition of some scrambled eggs that Tanya was kind enough to share with Alexia and I. Near as I can tell, Mikayla skipped breakfast all together.
With breakfast out of the way, Tanya sped off to take care of the "September Get-Ready Stuff" shopping list. You know, the toothpaste, contact solution, shaving cream type of stuff that you need to replenish about once a month. In our family, if you don't get your stuff on the list at the right time, you're S.O.L until the next month. You have to be on the ball however, because Tanya snuck the September purchases into the last day of August.
Meanwhile, I began the process of emptying the last four inches of water out of the pool and catching up on yard work. Miraculously, the kids suddenly became invisible for the duration of my yard work. They apparently have a much better grasp on the Day 'o Fun concept than we do.
Upon Tanya's return from the store with September's booty, we had a lunch of leftovers and then headed out to Sakuma Brothers Farms for End of Summer ice cream sundae's and milkshakes. 
Now that's more like what we had in mind for a Day 'o Fun.Next Stop on the Day '0 Fun tour: the mall. Here we enjoyed some birthday gift shopping opportunities and watched the movie The Longshots. Actually it was a rather enjoyable family movie. I'm pretty sure the kids didn't want me to join them for the movie since I tend to argue against the $129 popcorn and drink purchases. This time no one asked
about it - well, they didn't ask when I was within earshot anyway.
Next stop was Party City... since apparently you can't buy all the party supplies you need in one or two shopping trips. At least all the party goers on Alexia's invitation list will now receive dog invitations... with envelopes.
On the way to our next destination we drove by the Petsmart store. Mikayla piped up and, with some urgency, requested with stop to go in Petsmart. Feeling a bit shopped out and tired from this wild Day 'o Fun we both balked at the extra stop. A brief conversation ensued:
Tanya: "Why do you need to go to PetSmart?"
Mikayla: "Well... isn't this the Day 'o Fun? That would be 'o fun for me."
We all laughed.
We kept driving.
Next stop: Goodwill. Found some used books. Found some little dogs in a coin operated machine that apparently were on the 'must have for the party' list and weren't available anywhere else. We didn't have $6.00 of quarters (go figure), so we had to have an intelligent conversation with the Goodwill cashier.
Tanya (T): "We need to get some quarters."
Cashier (C): "I can't open the register unless you buy something."
T: "We are going to buy these books."
C: "That will be $17.25."
T hands her the credit card, while still holding the six $1 bills that need to be exchanged for quarters.
C: "I can only open the register if you pay with cash".
T: Blank stare - serious rant building behind the scenes
C: "If you have a penny you can use that for cash and pay for the rest on your credit card. That way I can open the register".
T: Manages to locate a penny while biting her tongue.
It was all very dramatic. Really.
Finally we grab some food on the way home for dinner and everyone disappears upstairs.
I head outside to wrestle with the last three inches of water in the pool and (making a long story short) ... an hour later as the sun is setting in the evening sky ... the whole family is in the pool with buckets, bailing water out onto the patio. After the novelty of this unusual activity wore off Mikayla pipes up once again, this time with obvious sarcasm:
"This is a great way to end the Day 'o Fun".
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