Brother's Day

I've been a little giddy lately planning a surprise for the boys. 

Every year in March we celebrate Brother's Day. 

It sounds a little odd, but in our family we celebrate Mother's Day, Father's Day....and Brother's Day. 

It's actually the little guy's adoption day, but when you have one biological child and one adopted child, it just isn't cool to celebrate for one child only.  Thankfully, my friend Jamie came up with the great idea of Brother's Day - the day they both officially got a brother. 

Typically we head to the big city (big for where we live) and do something super exciting that the kids have been recently begging to do, like Chuck E. Cheese.  That place is every parent's dream.

This year, however, I really wanted to do something bigger.  It is quite possible that I seriously needed a break and scheduled a little get-away under the cover of Brother's Day.  Whatever the reason, we started planning and decided to keep it a surprise. 

This surprise has been driving my 10 year old CRAZY.  This kid is a man who needs a plan.  He likes information.  He likes to be in-the-know.  He has been asking tons of questions.  So, I asked him what he would pick to do for Brother's Day.  His answer: Chuck E. Cheese.

Seriously?

We packed in secret, loaded the car, headed to Kansas City, and drove straight to Chuck E. Cheese.  I thought he might flip out that we drove three entire hours to go to a place that we have 45 minutes from us; however, that child is too practical.  He knew right away that we must be doing more in the day since we came so far. 

Driving into the hotel parking lot was fun.  What started as extreme confusion turned to excitement as they realized we were staying.  Then there was a moment of panic when I asked them where they put their swimsuits that I asked them to bring. They were quickly not impressed with their mother's sense of humor.

So here we are, in Kansas City, celebrating Brother's Day....by watching the KU/K-State game on TV(which, by the way, is being played not too far from us)....which we could have done for free at grandpa's house.

But, after the game, there will be more swimming.

And, tomorrow, LEGOLAND.

And the quality family time -- priceless. 

Especially since our youngest just walked out of the hotel bathroom and asked us why God made us to have to go to the bathroom.