Good Old Fashioned Fun

After a great day at work for Jared, a fun game of tennis for Kristen, and an enjoyable episode of Blue's Clues for the kids, we were all in the mood for some friendly competition. Thereby, the Annual Mackrory Paper Plane Contest was born. Jared brought in 4 pieces of paper and assigned us each to make a paper plane (Jared helped the kids significantly. Well, okay, he made theirs for them.) Then it was off to the balcony for the competition. Much to my surprise, as well as Jared's I think, I won!!! By far. So, in an attempt for redemption for Jared and a chance to prove that I really can make a good plane for me, the rules changed: fly the planes inside and down the hall, where there is no wind interference. Once again, I won. Jared's plane fought a good fight, but mine held strong and pulled out a win (As long as we don't count my disqualification for stepping over the launch line. I'm glad I have a forgiving husband). So, here we share our victory pictures taken by our guest photographer. None other than...BRIELLE MACKRORY!Ooops. Perhaps we don't need an extra finger in the picture.

Perhaps this a bit too far away.Perhaps the aim on this one was a bit low.Perfect. Well, almost.Warming up.

Then it was off to Target for a new version of Target games. In the past we have played the classic where you split into two teams, each team collects 10 "difficult to find" objects, and then the teams race to see who can put the other team's objects back in the right place the quickest. Tonight's rules were that each team finds:

*Something old (old fashioned, old looking, "old" in the title...anything to do with old)

*Something new (a new product, a new version, "new" in the title, etc.)

*Something borrowed (Get an object in the store that is not for sale. We wouldn't recommend this one. It is difficult to find something that isn't for sale that you don't feel like you are doing something wrong when you put it in your basket)

*Something blue

There was 50 points possible. 10 points for the best of each category (Brielle was our judge) and 10 points for collecting all 4 items the quickest.

Despite Jared's brilliant plan of having his helper (a darling three year old who happened to be the judge) help him choose each item, I won. Yep, that's right. Snagging the mirror from the jewelry section paid off (A bit high school, I know. That is why I wouldn't recommend it). So I got to choose the treat. Of course, I chose...Oreos!! Here are our children enjoying our spoils:

This picture reminds me of my two good friends from high school, Kandelyn and Krystal, who defined happiness as "smiling in the mirror after enjoying a delicious Oreo."

You might think this was the best part for them. It wasn't. It was the fact that they got to stay up until 10:00 playing games and eating cookies with Mom and Dad. Maybe we will need to do this more often than "annually." I'll tell you if we do after I have all day at home with tired children tomorrow. But truthfully, I think it will definitely be worth it.