~~This is a very special guest post by Jennifer from Playgroups are no place for children. Enjoy! ~
Will Call tickets to catch a minor league baseball game…$15.
Gas to drive to Indianapolis to catch the baseball game…$50.
Marriage counseling to recover from the stress of driving all the way there to learn that there was not, in fact, a baseball game, and the resulting sneers and accusations and blame between Tate and I…$1,428.
A spontaneous trip to the Indianapolis Zoo because WE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO INDIANAPOLIS AND BY GOLLY WE WERE GOING TO HAVE FUN! FUN, I SAY!…$147 for parking, admission, stroller rental, lunch, ice cream cones, bottled liquid gold water, and a train ride.
More therapy to recover from being THAT family, all dressed alike in our baseball jerseys and t-shirts at the zoo and NOT the baseball game, and the resulting embarrassment of being TOTAL GOOBERS…$2,987.
Watching my kid’s awestruck expressions and glee at seeing all the animals and getting to ride a real, live train…$4,627…I mean, PRICELESS.
Come on over and visit me at my regular roost, Playgroups Are No Place For Children, where you’ll find even more adventures of the Playgroupie clan.
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Walking around a zoo only a few days after giving birth…CRAZY! OUCH!
yep, you have more energy than I. The zoo wears me out and I have never given birth (my kids are all adopted..lol) so I dont know what you were thinking on that one…maybe your just an awesome mom and dad!! We too have made big errors like that…planning something big only to find out we were BIG TIME WRONGO. It stinks
oh dear Jennifer … zoo’s are no place for playgroupies.
Been there copted that too.
I don’t know I think I would have just come home….the zoo…what were you thinking…LOL! I am glad to hear that the kiddies had fun.
LOL…oh my. That would happen to us, too. But I’m sure you were all ADORABLE in your matching outfits
Jen, if you know anything a train will make all right with the kids…undfortunately it will make a mother MORE crazy than she already is! You are a good woman!
LOL last time I visited that Zoo we got drenched because it rained. That was the most expensive 30 minutes I have ever spent at the zoo.
so funny…..I don’t even have words…just FUN-NY!
So, do you have to go back for those Will Call tickets another time? Yikes!
My goodness. And I complain about a stupid trip to the park? Sounds horrible, yet wonderful (kids’ faces) at the same time!
Ahh, priceless. Really – you can lord this over Tate for years – YEARS!!!!
lol..totally sounds like something I would do! At least you made some fun out of it!
love it. and we don’t have to go to the zoo when we play next time.
Poor Jennifer. At least there was a Plan B available. It would’ve been 100x worse if you went home without getting to do anything.
Very Funny – I’m so familiar with the “resulting sneers and accusations” part.. been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt!
Hilarious!!!!!
Zoos and Trains….Priceless for kids! You ARE a great mom!
Totally worth it. Totally. Here in Alaska, all you can see at the zoo are really sad, pacing bears and a lot of moose who were rescued from the side of the road. And some really nasty llamas. Cost of buying round trip plane tickets for four kids and two adults to Indiana, plus hotel, plus meals, plus zoo fees? I don’t even want to think about it!
I had to laugh because we just got back from a wretched trip to Omaha to celebrate our 10 wedding anniversary. We took our son and had plans to visit the zoo and every other tourist trap we could fit in. On the way (1.5 hrs) both of us got hella sick and the three of us spent the rest of the weekend in A)a mental wrestling match, B)in tears (mostly poor old mom) or C) wishing we could crawl into a quiet corner and pass out. At least you also had the train highlight to save the whole thing from going down the toilet.