Scattered Like the Wind...

So in a perfect world, I wake up this morning, feed the kids, and log on to weather.com to see what the prediction is. Oh, I see...scattered t-storms...70% until 3:00 and then it goes down to 30%. Might be a good day for shopping. So I awake the other adults (apparently if you're NOT the mom, you get to sleep in while on vacation) and we plan to leave mid-morning for the outlets. The plan is to go hit the shops while its raining and make it back in time for some clearer weather this afternoon. So...we head to the outlets making a quick stop at McCalister's for some lunch.

Shopping went really well. We rented two $5 jogging strollers from Shoppers Services and within 30 minutes both kids were asleep. I actually got to try on clothes. What a concept!!! During our excursion, the sun finally peered out from the clouds. As we finished our last line of shops and let the kids play on the playground, out came the clouds and down came the rain...

The way home was rainy and stop and go traffic...took us much longer to make it back than it did to make it there so we decided to stop and eat an early dinner at Fudruckers hoping the rain would clear up. Fudruckers was a great restaurant and really kid-friendly.

They signed the wall...

Watched the gators

And checked out the patio pets

In the end, my plan fell through. It rained the rest of the night. As you can see, the kids were less than pleased....

Apparently, my life is less than perfect...one can not predict "scattered". I'll settle for that anyday!!! Tennessee here we come!