Our 7 Day Challenge Continued....

DAY FOUR: Today was my "top of the top," "best of the best," culminating day of this challenge .... and it totally didn't go as planned.  (Seriously there is a life lesson in that sentence).  I had planned that we would donate some stuffed animals to the children's floor at a local hospital.  Well, this morning after we piled up some stuffed animals to take to the hospital, Isaac decided that one of the stuffed animals was just "too hard to give away." Which include a full on melt down with tears.  I'm thinking, 'Really? You didn't even know this stuffed animal existed until 20 seconds ago!!' But...this was about service, not tears.  I didn't want him to have a bad experience....and I sure didn't want to coax him into it and then have another meltdown at the hospital.  ....sigh..... So he kept it and picked a different one to donate.  Well, when we got to the hospital, Beau was WAY too excited about surroundings and trying to get a picture was a struggle, after we finally got his attention long enough to take one, we went over to the Pediatrics unit to donate. 

 As we approached the nurse station and we are at that "ah ha" moment, that "this is the moment I've been looking forward to the most for Isaac!" we told the nurse why we were there and she looks at us and with a bit of a "seriously??" tone she says, "are those used??" Um yes.  "We don't accept used stuffed animals." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! Ok, I totally understand why and do respect that, but THIS WAS THE MOMENT!!!!! She was gracious and kind to thank us for making the trip to donate, but I was SO BUMMED.  And also bummed I didn't think about that beforehand!! So... off we went here to donate them...

I know that they will still go to someone who wants them, but still, this was soooo not how I planned this day/memory to be.  Following that, we went to the mall to take advantage of JCPenny's free kids' haircut.  We walked in and I expected we might have to wait 20 minutes or so and the gal looks at me, "Do you have an appointment?" Um, no.  "Would you like one?" Um, hello, yes.  "Our next available is Friday, August 17." Say whhhaaaattt???? Who would have thought that you have to have an appointment for JC Penny's!!! Soooo, we weren't really on a roll anymore on our "planned day." See, I wanted Isaac to get a haircut so we could go home and have a "photo shoot" with the boys.  Oohh well.  We did a little shopping... where Isaac was spinning and fell on the floor smacking the back of his head (yep, this falls into the kind of day we had).  

This was lunch (before the fall!)

 Luckily, one of Isaac's friends wanted to have a play date with him, so as soon as I told him that he perked right up and then his head didn't hurt as bad.  He played so hard with his friend that he asked to lay down after dinner! AND, the last thing after dinner was a "glow stick bath tub." At first, Beau was a little freaked out but shortly warmed up to the idea and they had fun.  Might be the newest hit in our house!

 And to follow suit....a picture of the boys at the end of the day. 

Obviously this day didn't go as planned, and I apologize if this post sounds like a large complaint, I was hoping it would be more comical at this point (because it wasn't very funny earlier!) :) But my point in including the details and let downs of the day is because sometimes what we have planned isn't always how it plays out and I'm trying to keep this challenge "real" and not some "cherry-pickin'-rosy-perfect-day." There were definitely bumps in today's plans, but I am so grateful that these two boys make it all worth it and that I even have the opportunity to be with them all day.