A Sunday Excursion

An excursion is an expression commonly used to describe a purposeful short journey or trip, and today we undertook such a short journey to Indianapolis for Mommy to visit the TJ Max Home Store, one of her favorite places to once or twice a year visit and shop for unique home furnishings and such. On this occasion our journey produced purchases of Hello Kitty underwear for Ms. Bodhi (size six for my little three year old!!! baby amazon girl!!!), some socks for Mister Buddha, some fudge for DaddyJ and some home decorating ideas for MommyJ.

After a visit at Mommy’s favorite store, we stopped briefly at Daddy’s favorite (Half-Price Books) where Daddy got a book on philosophy and Mommy purchased a “surprise” Easter book for two special Easter bunniesJ. We then stopped at World Market, a favorite store for both Mommy and Daddy where we purchased some candy for a good girl named Emilia and a good boy named Jude, and a hippie/flapper hat for Ms. Emilia, and where again Mommy nurtured numerous home improvement suggestionsJ.

After our “shopping spree,” we headed home, listening to the IU-Michigan basketball game on the radio, and arriving home to let the dogs out for a break before proceeding on to a quick trip to Meijer’s for a hitch cover (paw print design of course), and then made our way back home in time to enjoy our dinner of Subway sandwiches we picked up on the way back home. Daddy couldn’t help but marvel on how nice our new family vehicle is and how comfortable it proved to be for outings with our family!

When we got home, Sean Franky stopped by to watch the remainder of the IU game with us, and after the game he left to get home to make his own dinner (he declined our offer to join us for Subway, Mommy texted him for his preference but he wanted to wait and make himself some Chinese foodJ).

After the game, it didn’t take long for all of us again to be ready for an evening’s rest. The weekend was an eventful one, selling our dear Ford Mustang and journeying to Indianapolis in our new family car, and squeezing in work for both Mommy and Daddy on top of spending our time together as a family.

So, we sat together in the living room and read our Sunday newspaper (GiGi and GiPa always give us their Sunday paper, and it has become our family tradition to “read” it together. It wasn’t long after that that Mommy had the two of you dipped in the bathtub for a much neededJ bathing and then pajama-ed-up for bedtime. Daddy was either slightly ahead of you or just shortly behind, a common point of dispute with Mommy. Nonetheless, it was a wonderful weekend together, and one leading into a fun-anticipated spring break week together.

“Night, night.”JJJJ