A guide; How to make your children happy

1. at 6:00pm, take your 6,4 and 22m old (or what ever age your children happen to be) to their grandfathers to celebrate his birthday. Make sure that you have not yet eaten dinner. When you get them to his house, feed them a big fat piece of chocolate cake and a large scoop of chocolate ice cream. Top off this sugar rush with a can of soda; hey it's papaws birthday, we can bend the rules....or shatter the rules with a large sledge hammer.

2. stay at papaws and play with all of his usually off limit goodies until it is time to go.

3. take your children to the Golden Arches and buy them the rare treat of the toy-meal, instead of just a burger and a shared drink.

**at this point they will be deliriously happy, and wonder how the night can get any better....but know, you have more plans**

4. turn the car towards the park, and listen to them squeal with delight and shock as you pull in to eat at the pic-nic table.

5. watch them scarf down a burger and run off with the freedom of the park

6. stay at the park until it is dark

7. bring them home, and shower them and change the sheets on their beds.

8. tuck them in with a short movie (remember we are shattering rules)

9. watch as they drift off to sleep in with a blissful smile

10. know that you have now set a new standard for fun, and begin to plan their next impromptu, rule-smashing night.