Escape from Monotony

Look at that face...isn't it the most adorable ever?  Ok, I'm aware that my friends with kids of their own will beg to differ but for the rest of you, you're on my side, right?

Lately, recognizing that our hopes of adding to our family don't seem to be happening in what I consider a timely fashion, we've decided to take advantage of the things we get to do with only one monkey.  Drew (and Jesse, for that matter) gets bored pretty easily.  So, while I'm content at home reading a book or catching some sun in the back yard, they're longing for an escape from the monotony and some kind of adventure.  Our solution was to plan (that part is for me) that at least once a month, we would take off and do something completely spontaneous and fun...some sort of an adventure.  After all, if God choses to bless us with another one, it will never be this easy to be spontaneous again. 

Our first venture in adventure led to a drive to Red Lodge where we saw a group of local kids, with the help of Missoula Children's Theatre (see what they do here: http://www.mctinc.org/About_MCT/Mission_Statement ), perform "Pinocchio".  Afterwards, we headed over to the park where Drew had a blast "boot skating" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gn6cPIBhMY&feature=youtube_gdata_player).  The day was totally unplanned and a complete blast.  

Last Saturday, we decided to drive to Billings which is not all that unusual for us.  While we wandered the mall though, on the hunt for a pair of Chuck Taylors for Drew, we all caught sight of the Build a Bear store.  Drew, of course, was fascinated...although he didn't really know what it was about.  Jesse and I shrugged our shoulders, grabbed his little hands and headed in for some fun.  An owl, named "Turner" now has a new home and it's purchase resulted in some money being donated to a public library (that seems like a "win-win" to me).  

Sometimes, it's as simple as going out and trying a new restaurant...or Drew's favorite, going to eat pizza.  The bottom line is though, we don't want to remember this as the time we sat around hoping for a new baby.  We don't want to just remember monotony.  We have an incredible and adorable little monkey already.  We want to remember this as a time where we had some great adventures with him.  So, we're on the hunt for some more fun.  What's your favorite fun thing to do with your kiddos?