Happy birthday Accalia! I can not believe my little girl is already 6. It’s happening too fast. I can still recall bringing her home from the hospital and how tiny she was. I feel truly blessed to have her in my life and that she is a happy (most of the time), healthy, well-adjusted girl.

We ended up going up to Mitchell to get a wood sample (damned imaginary termites that can only be seen by pest technicians) to be sent in for testing so we maybe won’t have to drop a thousand dollars to treat a problem that doesn’t exist. The bonus about the detour was that we saw a vehicle with Louisiana plates. Another one down (hey, I’m giving us until the end of the year…)

After that 15-20 minutes in Mitchell, we were off to Sioux Falls. Went directly to Chuck E. Cheese for some pizza (haven't had THAT in awhile) and a lot of games for the b-day girl and her sidekick. We all had a blast. Ended up discovering that the tickets that are won are basically the cash equivalent of a dime.

Anyway, from there, we went to the Children's Science Center at the Washington Pavilion. It was pretty cool, lots of hands on stuff for the kids to do (and Amy and I as well). There was one hallway where the light is manipulated to make everything look black and white. Really weird. We also took in a show at the Cinedome. Almost got motion sickness with that. Kids were pretty much ready to go after that. We had two non-birthday related stops to make, then grabbed some supper and were on our way back home.