Rainy Day Special

Chad's off days usually do not fall on weekends.  Therefore, quite often, we have to treat weekdays as our weekends.  This Tuesday fell into that category.  I got Caleigh ready for school while Chad slept in and then Chad woke up in time to take her to school.  When he returned, he informed me that he had a plan.  He had asked Caleigh what she wanted for lunch and she told him she wanted some tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich since it was raining.  So, we cleaned up the house and then planned a special Game and Movie Day for the family.  Chad even asked me to make a sign to make it seem more special to Caleigh.

He pulled a card table into our living room and then set it up for lunch.  He also pulled out some of Caleigh's favorite games.

After he picked her up from school, they went to Blockbuster together where they rented Caleigh's favorite Wii game, a movie for the whole family to watch, and a movie for Chad and I to watch after she goes to bed.  They also ran into the grocery store and picked up a pack of Tollhouse cookies for us to bake while we ate lunch.

Caleigh was one happy little girl when she came home and saw the special preparations we had made to spend the rainy day with her.  After playing a few board games with her, we saw she was super tired.  The thunderstorm outside made Chad and I sleepy as well.  So we all took a nice, much needed, nap together.

After nap, I finished up some household chores and got ready to make dinner.  One of Caleigh's favorite things that I make is copycat Chick-fil-a chicken.  I don't mind making it, it just takes a while to make so I don't get to make it very often.  I thought today would be a perfect day to make it since I was planning on being inside all day anyway.  Chad and Caleigh could not have been happier with their dinner as they ate and watched the movie Caleigh has been wanting to see, Chimpanzee.  This movie is absolutely beautiful.

After all was said and done, we tucked Caleigh in for the night and Chad and I watched our movie, The Five Year Engagement.  I couldn't have asked for a more perfect rainy day.