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I forget if I have posted the plans for this extended holiday weekend here or not (yes, it’s Columbus Day on Monday… technically a holiday weekend…) so in case I haven’t I will post retroactively:

• Thursday:
  • My sister and family come to town late at night, we hung out in the kitchen enjoying some homemade skyline chili and various other treats.

• Friday (ALEX’S BIRTHDAY!):
  • A special “Buffalo Bills pancakes” breakfast with the cousins
  • A trip to the community center to play in the gym (which was ruined first by an aerobics class taking up the whole gym, to which we adjusted by playing foosball and other things, until we could no longer take the way the staffer on duty kept making us feel thoroughly unwelcome in our own COMMUNITY center!!)
  • A nice walk through our town, tossing footballs to each other, followed by playing in our yard with all the kids (since we couldn’t use the community center!)
  • Homemade Skyline for lunch (and some other stuff), and making Alex’s birthday cake
  • Various games while the youngest ones slept
  • Grammy & Grandpa arrived for cake, ice cream, and opening presents!
  • Head out for dinner at Red Robin, only to find the wait at least one hour… so we went to Wendy’s instead!
  • Chuck E. Cheese, where the Velasquezes joined us! Tons of games, and lots of tickets won! Alex got a little tiny football for his efforts. 🙂
  • Kids in bed, adults play Apples to Apples and enjoy some nice adult conversation, as well as a few caramel pecans from Esther Price!!! (Thanks, Mom!) 🙂

• Saturday:
  • Grammy & Grandpa are still in town, so we’ll be spending the day with them at their camp site. Swimming, mini golf, and other fun stuff!

• Sunday:
  • Breakfast with Grammy & Grandpa before they leave
  • Apple picking with friends, an annual tradition!
  • FOOTBALL!! (But not the Bills…)

• Monday:
  • Free lunch in the late morning from the new Lowes (grand opening special invite to local businesses)
  • Drive to Clarence for a fun Columbus Day Kids Festival event at Grandma & Grandpa’s church
  • Naps, and/or hanging out with family/friends in the afternoon
  • MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: COWBOYS @ BILLS … watching with friends in HD, eating CHICKEN WINGS! Then, driving home after the game.

Yeah, that about does it. 🙂