Our Day in Numbers and Cents

45. # of minutes we spent at the Apple store.

Never too early to teach the boys the value of computer animated video games. I mean learning software.

5. Number of times I subtly hinted for an iphone.

3. Number of boys that feigned interested in my request.

3. # of girls Mason attracted at the Playland. 2. # of girls I told him were too young because they were still wearing the security leash backpacks.

1 million. # of times I'm entering this picture in the next Gap modeling picture casting.

2 Nordstrom balloons. Noah new shoes and both boys got some summer shades (which I later found out were style "Skater." Your welcome Steve. 1 Blue balloon, picked by Noah. 1 Pink balloon, picked by Mason. He was feeling metro that day. # of balloons that ended up with us at the end of the day: 0. Place of donation unknown.

The "Skater" shades.

1 Lunch for 4 at Rainforest Cafe. 50 dollars with a coupon. Preposterous. # of kids I saw crying in the bathrooms about whichever motorized animal was closest to their table, 5. # of kids lunching at the restaurant, 5.

1 trip to Kids Korner and Candy Shoppe. 50 dollars. Purchases, 2 lollipops (ok 3 if you count mine but it was a very classy cinnamon stick) and 2 build-a-bear like animals.

1 Puppy picked by Mason. 1 Hippo picked by Noah. # of animals that ended up being named "Fluffy," 2.

Fluffy #1.

And "Fluffy # 2.

# of kids I had with me this day, 3. 2 little ones and 1 kid at heart.

1 trip to the Imax theater to see How to Tame Your Dragon. # of people that looked excited when they saw we were sitting in their row? 0.

# of minutes we sat in the theater before realizing it was too loud for the boys? 3. We saw a really good trailer for Toy Story 3 though so that was nice.

How many stares we got walking around the mall with a family size popcorn and soda? Too many to count.
# of trips we made up and down the escalator for the sheer enjoyment of the boys? 4.

This day to me and Geno. Priceless.