Had an extra kid with my yesterday and it was a really rough day

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Yesterday was a half day at school. My plans were to take my kids shopping so my son could spend his birthday Monday and then do some other things while we were in the area. But it didn't work out exactly the way I had planned. The guy I am seeing (my ex) texted me after my kids got home asking if I could watch his son until he got home from work at about 6pm. I told him that the kids and I were leaving and wouldn't be home until around 9pm. He said he forgot it was a half day of school and his son (who is 9) was alone at the sitters house. I figured the poor kid would be panicked so I ran over town to get him. I pulled in the driveway left it running and went to the door to get him. I got back to the van and van doors had automatically locked themselves with the keys and my cell phone inside. I had blocked the woman in who lives there as she had run home quick to stay with the boy until I got there and she couldn't get her vehicle out of the driveway with me in the way. She called someone and after about 20 minutes he came and had a tool that got the door unlocked for me. I brought him to my house and dawdled around waiting for his father to find someone to take him for the day so my kids and I could leave. It had intended to leave my house around 1 but didn't get to until around 2:30 and I had to take his son with me. He was not happy about going with me nor was I about having to take him with us. In Kmart he started running around the aisles and hiding in the racks wearing a Halloween mask. My son (who is 8) was an accomplice. He would stop but then the other boy kept it up so he would join in again. I told him he needed to behave and he said he didn't even want to come with me and why go shopping if you can't have fun. I needed to get my daughter new pants so I needed to shop. We went to toys r us and my son bought some new toys with his birthday money. We stopped at Mcdonalds and had dinner then headed to a Halloween Party. Again the boy would not listen to anything I told him to do or not do. The church is only about the size of my living room and the kids were running up and down the small hallway. Then some of the kids went outside playing and it was pitch dark out so I asked the boy to come inside and he wouldn't. I was just done by that point so I just went and sat at the tables with my kids. When we left he told me that he and the other kids were hiding behind cars and throwing rocks at each other. I told him what a terrible idea that was and that he should not do bad things that other kids are doing even if they seem fun. On the way home my kids and he started bickering again. I said I was turning the radio on and when the music is on mouths are closed. More attitude from him on how bored he is and how he feels bad for my kids. As soon as I walked in the door I tried to text his father to tell him we were home and to come get him but I got a phone call from my daughters friends mother. During this the two boys were throwing a toy shark back and forth and it hit on knick knack on the wall and knocked it down and broke glass everywhere. I felt like crying. I was trying to help out by taking him for the day and he just would not follow my rules at all. The photo I added was of adorable mummy cookies that were at a recent Halloween Party my kids and I went to.