Why is it that weekends go by so fast. Today we have just had a mellow day at home. We hung out with our good friend Arthur who headed home today. The kids really liked him. Bret and Arthur went to get coffee then we just hung out at home. We worked in the garden a bit and played with the kids. Nicole was loving playing baby. We had to take care of her baby while she went for a jog, and feed the baby, etc. Justin was playing with a baby for a short bit but loved bouncing the ball. We made a track around the train table and I am not even sure the kids used it. After lunch the kiddos went in the backyard. At first they were into the see saw but then they brought down Justin’s blanket. They laid it on the pavers and they were just playing. They laid down on it and wrapped themselves up. They were hiding from the storm apparently. And according to Justin the jelly squirter was going to get them with jelly. It is on the roof and it is squirting jelly on the blanket. This is hilarous and disturbing all at the same time. We decided to go to the ice skating rink and let Nicole practice. Justin said he didn’t want to go on the rink so we took his Leapster. He was perfectly content eating raisans and playing the Leapster. Dad and I took turns on the ice with Nicole and hanging out with Justin. Dad was able to skate after not being on skates since he was 7 he thinks and he did really well. During the all skate the lights dimmed and the disco lights went on. So funny to see Nicole’s reaction to that. Nicole is doing better and better at skating; she really loves it. Maybe this will be her thing. On the way home we stopped at the mall just to run into Gymboree. I had some coupons that were expiring. The kids loved watching the TV. I bought some clothes for next summer-lets hope Nicole will wear them. Justin was into his Ottor pupper that Alan and family gave him, so he brought it into the mall. On the way home I was letting the Ottor be naughty, beeping the horn, turning the lights on in the car, etc…and the kids were just laughing. We decided to go to the pool this afternoon. Skating and swimming in the same day crazy I know. The kids had the best time at the pool and were so happy that daddy was there. We all kept going under water. The kids jumped in the water by themselves, of course we were right there to help them. They loved that they touched the bottom when they jumped in. Nicole was so sad when we had to leave but Bret and I were so water logged. We gave the kids a shower there since it was bath night anyway. It was nice to actually take a quick hot shower after being in the pool. On the way home we got food through the drive thru. After dinner the kids just played outside. They put a bunch of dirt on the table and weremaking mud houses, ugh. What a mess but they were content. I cleaned up a bit and dad mowed the lawn. The kids played with money and the kids fed the animals. Dad was the crocodile and I was llama mama. The kids were pretty tired and went right to sleep.
July 26th, 2009 by melissa