Family Fun Day
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
January 15, 2017 10:32pm CST
Tomorrow will be my youngest son's 9th birthday.
So today we went out and had some family fun.. partly to celebrate, partly because we haven't really done much lately and needed to get out of the house and have some fun!
First we went out to dinner at a restaurant that recently opened up at the mall called Margaritaville. It looked pretty cool, it's themed like a tropical island with palm trees and sand and pictures of paddle boarding, etc. The music was pretty cool too, mostly Jimmy Buffet stuff and the like.
After that we went to a place called Dave & Busters, which is sort of like a huge arcade. I had coupons for this, that's the only reason we went. I'm not really fond of arcades, I find it to be a waste of money.. but that's just me, I've never been into video games or anything like that. The kids had fun though.
We headed home.. but I felt like doing some more.. so we decided to go bowling for a bit.
We've discovered that none of us can bowl well. Hubby got the best overall score during our second game, he scored 101. I barely broke 50!
All in all it was a fun day.. and we desperately needed a bit of excitement as things have been so blah lately with the cold temperatures and lack of money after the holidays!
Have you gone out and had some fun lately?
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16 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
16 Jan 17
It sounds like y'all had a great day! Our youngest daughter's birthday party was today at home and tomorrow we're taking the kids to mini golf to celebrate with just our family. =)
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jan 17
I had coupons, that's the only reason we went. We went a few years ago to celebrate the twins winning a spelling bee, and I wasn't impressed, so we didn't bother going back. But they're big sponsors of the local professional soccer team so I got a $10 gift card and a bunch of coupons when we went to a soccer game last month.
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@AmbiePam (120913)
• United States
16 Jan 17
@katsmeow1213 Coupons are always a good reason to go some place!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@AmbiePam Yeah, still spent more than I wanted to though..
@annierose (21977)
• United States
19 Jan 17
That is really something all families must do once in a while. Having a balance is really very good. I love it when we have work, love, and play, all in balance.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
19 Jan 17
I'd like it better if work didn't have to be part of the balance
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 17
@annierose Well.. I guess that depends on your definition of survival. We could survive in a homeless shelter, but we probably wouldn't like it very much.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
20 Jan 17
@katsmeow1213 
But we need it or else we cannot survive.
But we need it or else we cannot survive.
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jan 17
Happy belated birthday to your son! Wow, that's a lot of cool things to do in a day! My son's birthday was back in early November and because of our crazy schedule, we couldn't do anything for him back then either. So we decided to go to Disneyland after Christmas for him - but as a partial Christmas present to ourselves too. No more big trips like that for a while 
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.@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
19 Jan 17
Ooh that sounds like fun. We will be going to universal studios in April.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
19 Jan 17
@much2say nope.. looking forward to it
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Jan 17
@katsmeow1213 Nice!!! Have you guys been there before?
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jan 17
I was getting cabin fever as we haven't done much lately.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jan 17
@besweet Yes, I'm definitely a bit less stressed..
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@besweet (9831)
• Ireland
16 Jan 17
@katsmeow1213 It sounds like you needed it. One day full of fun can recharge the batteries and refresh us for some time!
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
17 Jan 17
Happy Birthday to your 9-year-old! It sounds as if it was a nice time. I don't care much for arcades myself, but the kids love them. I have not been bowling in ages. I bet that would be a hoot for our family as well.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
19 Jan 17
It is fun, and usually you can find coupons to make it cheaper
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
23 Jan 17
@katsmeow1213 We went to a Chuckee Cheese party a couple of years ago and Lil Keith had a ball. He was in the zone. I was surprised that it was not as expensive as I had remembered it. $10 went a long way on the games. He also got something, like $10 worth of tokens from the party as well.
@luisadannointed (11847)
• Philippines
22 Jan 17
Cool! When we celebrate birthdays we hardly went outdoors but instead we cook foods and invites the friends of the birthday celebrant.
I went out last week to buy the books that I want to read for this week... And I am reading the fourth book.
@toniganzon (77227)
• Philippines
16 Jan 17
2nd day of January, we went to this pine tree forest and we enjoyed nature with a perfect view.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jan 17
That sounds really nice! I want to wait until it warms up before doing anything outdoors though.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
19 Jan 17
A family fun day is always a good idea. We don't have a Dave & Busters here, but there is plenty to do.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
19 Jan 17
I am not a fan of Dave & Busters anyway.. I only went because we had coupons.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
20 Jan 17
My fun is going to the Y every day...We took our kids bowling when they were young and had a blast with them. I was in a woman's Bowling league in Kansas but never did ti once we got to Canada...Our favorite bar when we moved here had a play room for the kids and it was full of arcade machines and it was free...
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 17
That's pretty cool! Arcades are so expensive!
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jan 17
Actually he chose a strawberry cream pie. For dinner I'm going to make chocolate chip pancakes.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Jan 17
I'm glad you were able to get out and have some fun. Happy 9th Birthday to your son.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jan 17
I should have given you my coupons then!
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@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
16 Jan 17
Happy b'dae to your son....hope you all do enjoy there.
@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
18 Jan 17
Wow.. Enjoy your family time... Wish him a happy birthday....
