March 28, 2006

My kids are the easiest kids to please on the planet. We've never taken them to Disneyland, or Hawaii, or even to the Smithsonian. Heck, the only exoctic location they've been to, is Kansas. We have however, taken them to an all-you-can-eat buffet. This took place 2 weeks ago, and I swear, they thought they had died and gone to Disneyland. I guess that's what you get when you don't indulge your kids too much. Easy to please children. Why go spend hundreds of dollars at Disneyland, when you can plop down $40 at Old Country Buffet, and your kids are just as happy? "Pack your stretch pants kids! We're off to the Old Country Buffet!" Imagine their excitement. Don't get me wrong. I'd love to take my kids to Disney, or Knotts Berry Farm, but unfortunately, when your dh is self employed, you tend not to be jet-setters. My kids are SO easy to please, that all I have to do is lift up the couch, and it's like I've uncovered buried treasure. "There's my pencil!" or "There's my gameboy!" they shout ."That's my candy!" or "That's where my brush went!". It's such a fun activity, that I've thought about doing it at Christmas. If you think about it, I could save a ton of money on presents. All I would have to do, is start shoving their favorite things under the couch when I clean. Christmas morning, they come out, and I lift up the couch and say "Merry Christmas!" I can just imagine the looks on their faces. They never look under the couch. For some reason, when they lose something, we never think to look under there, unless we lose the remote control. If that happens, then everything gets turned upside down.