3 Fun Kids, 3 Fun Adventures

Upon realizing on Sunday how little time I have left here in Charlotte I decided I wanted to spend some extra time with the Burchard Kids. So I decided to be intentional and spend an afternoon with each one.
On Monday I took Abby out on an adventure. We went to this pottery painting place here in Charlotte called Dish It Out. Abby is such a creative kid. She is always going around the house making things out of whatever she can find, so I knew this would be right up her alley. We got there and she was so excited she picked out a horse to paint (by far one of her favorite things) and then was looking at all the other stuff talking about how Carter would love that or how she wished she could paint that for Paige. Her heart is so sweet. I grabbed a tile to paint and we started to be creative. Abby was all about it and just ran with, I on the other hand had to think about it and think about it. That's when my creativity and my analness collide. However it was a great time. I listened to story after story from Abby. After that we went to dinner and then headed home.
Tuesday I met Tina to pick up Paige for our adventure. I had planned to take Paige to get a manicure however she opted against it. Which to be honest wasn't a bad thing. Instead we went to Dunkin Donuts and got hot chocolate and a donut. Then we headed to the house and locked ourselves in my room to watch one of the movies Miss. Lauren had given her for her birthday. Then while Tina and Rusty went to McDonald's Night for Carter and Abby's school, Paige and I went to Sonic for dinner. It's so crazy for me because I remember Paige being so little and now she's in Middle School and helping lead a Waumba (preschool) room. Man time flies. It was a nice day just relaxing and hanging out with her.
Ok so by tuesday night Carter was chomping at the bit. He kept going "tomorrow, tomorrow I get to hang out with you" "tomorrow is my day to do something." I must say it was nice that Carter's day was going to be wednesday because tuesday night while I had all the kids during small group he listened so well. Well I got Carter from school and we headed to Monkey Joe's (a place with tons of inflatables inside in one big room). He was so excited and we went in and got our wristbands so we could play. It was a blast we ran up and down them, raced through the obstacles, slid down all the slides and then even played some games so Carter could win tickets to get a toy. By far mine and Carters favorite part was this big round bounce house that had all these balls in it and the two football goals and two basketball hoops. Oh the afternoon was a blast. I love this kid even tough he is a booger half the time.
It's so sad to think that life will soon be so different. Oddly enough I have greatly enjoyed having three kids running around for the past five months. I think it might be a little boring with out the activities and the noise. I guess it's a good thing that there will be 9 kids I can run around with this summer at camp. However the Burchard kids will always be so special to me.