We finally had a free Saturday, and took advantage of it to head up to Boise to visit, shop, and enjoy the day. We met up with my Aunt Teresa and cousin Emma for a fabulous lunch, visit to an old time candy shop, and some relaxed play/visit time. It was a gorgeous Saturday (although we did fight a major headwind on the free way the.entire.time.we.were.driving).
Flatbread Pizza was our lunch spot of choice and it was amazing. A wonderful place for kids, but classy and delicious for adults as well. (Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera, and my camera on my phone completely sucks since the phone spent at least two solid hours at the bottom of the Salmon Falls Reservoir one fishing day--that's a whole different story that I won't go into here!), so I stole these pics off the website.
At Flatbread, children get to make their own personal pizza. Jackson and Emma had a great time creating their pizzas (Emma's, a smiley face and Jackson's with everything obsessively neat and well laid out). They even got to watch their own pizzas bake in the brick oven, complete with wood-burning fire. The kids loved it, even Lilly, who didn't actually make her own pizza, but enjoyed eating more of Jackson's than he did.
Right down the street from Flatbread is this wonderful little old-fashioned candy shop named Powell's Candy. Powell's has all the old-school candy from when my parents (and possibly even grandparents?) were kids. Candy cigarettes...real black licorice...Neccos...it was great. Our kids were not at all interested in purchasing any candy, but they enjoyed everything about the place. Although they didn't want any candy, Jackson begged for a cheap little potato gun (imagine that) and Lilly spent a good 20 minutes playing in a basket of Tootsie Pops (having no idea they were edible, obviously, or we would have had issues!). Apparently Powell's does candy scavenger hunts as well (wouldn't that be fun!).
We spent the afternoon checking out some thrift shops that we are seriously lacking here in Twin (Play it Again Sports Equipment, Urban Exchange Outfitters, Plato's Closet...), scored Jackson some tee ball cleats at Sports Authority (red of course) and headed over to Aunt Teresa's for a fun afternoon/evening of hanging out, watching the kiddos play and enjoy each other, and making pizza puffs for dinner (kid friendly and delicious!).
This busy family needed a Saturday like that!
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