Mother glanced to the children and cleared her throat loudly, drawing the attention of a few of them before she began to speak.
"Right Right my dears listen up!" 
The majority of the kids glanced to her and the quiet chatter settled down.
"As you all know, we have a new guest stay with us and as it is a wonderful morning we have decided it a good time to get you all out for some fresh air."
Most of the crowd groaned imagining it was some kind educational trip. Mother smiled slightly imagining there surprise when they hear what it really was.
"We will be heading to a..." She paused jokingly for suspense but no one seemed to take the joke "Water Park!"
She slipped the tickets out the envelope and waved them as the children began to whoop

"Remember to wear a swim suit and if you have none we have prepared a few" She resumed her normal authoritive tone and sat down while people went about there business.