Melissa’s Blog

Today was a day of my friends being really sweet and taking care of me and the kiddos while hubby is out of town. We walked to Maggie’s (Aliya) house and played this morning. My kids had a wonderful time. They loved the bounce house, it was so cute to watch all three kids bounce together. The kiddos all played well together. We were outside almost the entire time. We had lunch there and then it was time to come home. The kids had a great nap today-must have been all the jumping. After nap, we then went to Christy’s (Lexie and Sienna) to play and have dinner together. The kids had such a great time playing. We had fun playing out with Christy and Lexie. We had spaghetti for dinner. Usually at home we have the kids get naked for spaghetti since it is so messy, so of course they said “naked spaghetti night” and naked they were. It was so funny though. It was a great day hanging out with our friends and it was so thoughtful of them to think of me and the kids. Time for bed, I am exhausted.

I woke up to both kids saying “I want to go pee pee on the potty”. Nicole wanted to wear daddy’s shirt this morning, guess she misses her daddy. After breakfast, we ran to Target as we needed a ton of things. The kids were so well behaved for me at Target. I debated about what to do this morning but ended up going to Alice’s for a play group. The kids had such a great time at her house, playing outside most of the time. We stayed for lunch. And Nicole did so well with the potty. We came home and the kiddos took a short nap, but at least it was a nap. Paula and her kiddos came over to keep me company why Bret was out of town, so sweet. We walked over to Northwood Pizza for dinner and Vena (she was husbandless too) met us with her boys. It was fun. The kids played with all the video games. We walked home and played in the yard a bit then it was time to head upstairs for bed. Justin was a little whiny tonight for some reason. I have been up there three times already as Nicole keeps saying she has to go pee pee. Right now she is just stalling going to bed.

Last night Nicole woke me up to go pee pee in the middle of the night-kept her diaper dry. It sucked that I had to get up, but she is doing so well. We went to a new park early this morning. Met Vena’s group there (Victoria, Candice, Stacie, etc). We went to a new park at Portola Springs that had a cute train. The kiddos loved it and had fun. Nicole did so well using the potty again. We are so proud of her and are amazed at how well she is doing. We came home early as we were hosting play group. Play group was nice. My kids were outside the entire time, painting with water, sand, swinging, swinging their friends, etc. Sand everywhere but oh well! After nap Bret had to leave for his trip. I decided to meet grandma at Fashion Island. Nicole was pretty screamy for some reason. We saw the fishies which the kids liked then they ran around this circle that is on the ground made of bricks. We went on the carousal and just walked around and saw all the fountains. Had dinner there, the kids were really hungry and got some ice-cream. Then we headed home for a quick bath and reading time. Everyone is sound asleep. We miss daddy!

Mondays are hard, the kids miss daddy. We headed off to the zoo this morning. We met Paula and her kiddos. It was fun, but for some reason my kiddos wanted to fight over who was going to push the stroller. They never want to ride in it but I take it as I have so much stuff in my bag. Nicole was a hungry little girl this morning. She ate so much. Anyway the kiddos didn’t get to see to many animals, as most were busy eating. We saw monkeys, cows, roosters, chickens, geese, etc. We rode on the train; Justin was very excited. Nicole did well using the potty at the zoo. Scary having her in underwear but she did great. We came home, ate, and took a nap. Justin woke up first and I had fun playing catch with him with a football.  After nap we went to Costco. I needed so much stuff. Then we played outside for a while. The kids are just loving playing with water, so we got the water table out. We played in the garage too so I could clean out my car a bit. Nicole is doing really well potty training and doesn’t want to pee in her diaper at night or at nap. So you put the kiddos in their cribs, come down stairs, then you hear “I need to go pee pee”. Then you go up there, take her out of her crib, undress her, diaper off, no pee-you dress her and 5 minutes later “I need to go pee pee”. She always goes on the 2nd time. Then we hung out on mommy and daddy’s bed and she went right to sleep.

We woke up and had breakfast then headed to Starbucks. The kids love Starbucks. They get milk in a coffee cup and pretend to drink coffee, so cute. Well we came home and Nicole went poop in the potty. She was a little scared and didn’t even want to flush it. But she did it and we are so proud; she is well on her way to being potty trained. Then it was time to take Easter photos. After we had an Easter egg hunt on the green belt. The kids had a blast. Justin was a little more into it then Nicole. Nicole noticed a cookie in an egg and wanted to open them all up outside. We came in and opened the eggs. They had fun seeing what was in them. I put some stickers, tattoos, toys, trains, a few m&m’s, and cookies in them. After we just played in the backyard all morning long. We did bubbles, painting the concrete with water, playing in the sand, swinging, etc. A good time was had by all. Then we met grandpa for lunch at Fuddruckers. The kids had fun playing with all the video games, driving cars. At the restaurant Nicole had to pee and was afraid of the toilets in the restroom, so we ran to the car and she went pee pee in her potty. We ran to Home Depot for a few things then home for a nap. After nap we needed to go back to Home Depot and decided to play at the fountain. We took the kids shoes off and they had a blast kicking the water in the fountain, they were laughing and smiling. Daddy shared his smoothie with them-we discovered they love smoothies. Then we came home and ate dinner outside and more play time in the backyard. And Nicole again went poop on the potty. She is still a little scared but we are so proud of her. We pulled out the water table and the kids had a blast. The water was cold and they could have cared less. It was fun to watch them. Then bath time and bed time. It is pretty quiet up there right now.

We are tired, these munch kins are killing us, but we had a fun day. Well since Cybersand was down we had to get that working, so we couldn’t go too far. Plus Bret had to install the new Tivo. So after a bit of a screamy morning the kids watched a little Sesame Street then we went out to play. We played out in the front yard for a while. Justin rode his scuttle bug and Nicole her tricycle. They love to go on our neighbors “bumpy” driveway (pavers and bricks). Then the kids ran in the house and got balls. So we played balls on the greenbelt. I found the lizard that got into our house yesterday and Bret got it out of the house (harmless but I don’t like lizards hanging out in the house). The kids liked him though. Then we ran to do an errand and go for lunch. The kids played at the fountain at lunch and got all wet. Nicole has been doing so well using the potty. Running in the house to go potty. Then nap time, it was a quick nap. We finally made it to the beach (what we wanted to do in the morning but there was too much to do). We went to Balboa. The kids had so much fun at the beach. Justin loved the water, he was soaked. Nicole near the end went down to the water with us holding her and Bret dunked her feet. She liked it for a short time. She had fun playing in the sand building sand castles and knocking them down. We got dinner down there and headed to the fun zone. The kids enjoyed watching everything that was going on. The kids even went on their first ferris wheel ride. They liked it but it was a long ride so they got a bit bored. We went into the arcade and the kids played some ball games. Then on the ferry again and home. They liked their little boat ride. We had a great time with the kids. As the kids would say “I do it again”. Got to go fill eggs for our little Easter egg hunt tomorrow.

Our server was down, so no blogging yesterday. Stinks to have no access to mail, blog, our website, etc. We went to a community Easter event. We met Paula and kids there-it was cute. The kids were excited to go in the bounce houses. Unfortunately there were some bigger kids and it was crowded, so my kids were a bit intimidated. We found one though that they were able to jump in for a bit. The kids had fun playing bean bag toss and chasing the bubbles. We went and had a snack then played at the Dinasour Park. I want to go back to the park soon, it was really cute. Like I said though very crowded. I needed to run to the dentist, so brought the kids home with daddy. I just needed a cleaning but they think I fractured a tooth-boy I hate the dentist! The kids have been going down easy for nap, so nice and took a nap, again so nice. After nap we ran to Toys R Us to buy some birthday presents for our friends. Then went over to the path where the train is and watched the Metrolink and Amtrack trains. It was fun just hanging out. One train beeped for us. We played there for a while in the grass and went over the bridge. We decided to have dinner over at Woodbury and played there for a while. The kids liked the fountain and running on the grass. It was a fun day with daddy home from work due to Good Friday.

We were out and about this morning early. We met some friends at Woodbury Park. Nicole went in underwear and did so well using the potty (I dragged the big potty). The kids had fun playing at the park. Usual park stuff, swinging, sliding, playing in the sand, going through tunnels, riding on bouncy things…..It was fun to watch them. Then we came home and Carin (Sofi) came over. My kids were a little fighty with each other over the toys. After a while we went outside in the yard and order was restored. The kids ate lunch outside on the picnic table. Justin and Nicole were switching their milk cups and laughing about it. Finally at 1:30 they went down and went right to sleep-maybe they were tired and thats what all the fighting was about this morning. After nap, Paula needed to run to the doctor, so we ran over to her house to babysit. We played all over her house, outside, upstairs, downstairs-it was fun. I told Nicole we could go in the bike trailer and instead we had to go to Paula’s. So I felt bad so when we got home, we went for a quick ride to the store to get milk. They had a fun ride, although, I was dying pulling the trailer. They loved going over the speed bumps. Dinner and then a little Sesame Street. The kids are having fun playing with one of our old laptops, of course a source of many fights. Then it was bath night. Daddy has been giving the kids “boat” rides with the bumper from their cribs. They love it. And tonight they went over mommy’s legs and had a bumpy ride and loved it. Nicole was a little screamy tonight.

This morning the mom’s club had an Easter party at Hick’s Canyon Park. It was really cute. The kids first played at the park then the Easter egg hunt began. Both kids really got into it, it was cute to watch. It is cute to see them see all their friends too. The kids also played some games, races and duck duck goose. Justin and Nicole got close to the Easter bunny but wouldn’t sit on his lap. After we came home and had lunch and nap time. They both took a good nap. After nap we played in the back yard for a while. Sand is everywhere but the kids love it. They played so well back there. Then grandma came over. Nicole was in underwear after nap and did so well using the potty. She got lots of stamps and a band-aid for staying dry. The kids played with their eggs, stickers, balloons, and stuff inside their eggs. They liked the glittery silly putty the best.

Before Bret left for work this morning, I had to run to the grocery store as I was snack mom for pre school. Our play group was at Blue Gum. We brought our bubble bucket. Nicole went to the park in big girl underwear. I told her if she kept her underwear dry she would get a present when daddy got home. She was doing so well. Then she told me she had to go and I couldn’t get the potty out fast enough (my fault). Then I had to put a diaper on her but she told me she had to go pee pee and went on the potty at the park 🙂 We went to Chick Fil A with some friends after the park. We had a quick lunch then it was off to pre school. Nicole went to pre school in underwear. I showed her the little toilets and thought she would love them. Who knew they were self flushing and she was scared after that. So I guess I need to bring my own potty there. Anyway the kids of course washed their hands a billion times at pre school. It was way too crowded again though, so it wasn’t as much fun as it has been in the past. A lot of moms were complaining so they are going to address the situation. The pre school did a little Easter egg hunt but by the time we got out there all the eggs were gone. Luckily my kiddos didn’t care, Justin played basketball and Nicole was happy with the slide. They brought out the water table and the kids just loved it. They had a great time pouring water in the sand, etc. They discovered there is a drinking fountain they can reach. Whenever I couldn’t find one of my kids lo and behold they were at the drinking fountain. They did some painting and we had snack there. They gave Justin and Nicole special eggs at the end. We came home to a clean house then a short nap. After nap we went and did a few errands. When daddy got home Nicole got her camera for going potty. Then mommy went out to dinner with some of her friends. It was nice get out especially since Bret will be out of town next week. They had so much fun with daddy. I missed them!