Melissa’s Blog

Well since going to the dentist on Tuesday I have been getting bad headaches. So went back today and they adjusted my bite a bit, hopefully that was it. There went my morning while the kiddos were in pre school. The kids had a great time in pre school. After pre school we had some pre school friends over to play. The kiddos all played really well and it was fun. After everyone left the kiddos took a break and watched some TV. We met Paula and kiddos at Blue Gum Park. The kids played and had a great time. So cute! Of course the kiddos played in the sand, the swings, and the play structure. They were into pushing trucks and boats in the sand. On our way home, they said it is dark we need to go to sleep. Dad had to work a little late, so the kiddos and I just had pizza for dinner. At dinner the kiddos were eating brocoli and decided it was slippery, the kids were cracking up. We cuddled and read lots of books together. We waited for dad to come home then headed upstairs. We still hear the kiddos talking. Actually I think Justin went to sleep and Nicole keeps calling him.

The kids played with trains mostly the entire morning. They kept on saying they are in the special lane (carpool lane) heading to Disneyland, so cute. Then they say there will be fireworks there. I just cleaned up a bit this morning. Then we headed to park day with the mom’s club. It was the holiday party @ Settler’s Park. We had a great time. Nicole was really wanting to play with Teagan, so cute. And Justin found a little boy to play with too. The kids had a big snack so I didn’t have to worry about lunch when we got home. The kids rode their bikes, climbed on the play structures, and really loved being in the sand. The sand was really soft and they were just laying in it. We came home and the kids played trains and trucks. Actually went upstairs to play for a bit. I tried to pick up leaves in the backyard as it was really windy yesterday. I chased them upstairs and then gave them a bath. They wanted to stay in the bath an extra long time. Nicole got out first, so Jusitn just hung out in the bath himself. After we had a snack and did a little more cleaning in our backyard. Then the kiddos watched Thomas and then we went to open gym @ My Gym. Of course the kids had a great time at My Gym. They were very jumpy on the trampoline. They loved sliding into the ball pit and playing in it. On the way home we stopped at Castle Park just for a short time. The kids were monkeys climbing on the play structures and had fun swinging in the tire swing. When we got home they were hungry, so I hurried and made dinner. Just as we sat down to eat daddy came home. The kids played for a bit after dinner. Then we went for a walk around the neighborhood to see X-mas lights. So fun to go on night walks with the kids, they brought their little flashlights too. We got home and went upstairs, we are still waiting for Nicole to fall asleep.

This morning I was off early to go to the dentist. Bret got the kids ready and off to pre school. Of course daddy couldn’t leave pre school until he got trailers out of the shed for the bikes. I am miserable from the dentist and Bret has lost his voice. The best part of the dentist was as I was coming out of the elevator, Bret was there to give me a hug-he knows how much I hate the dentist. The cleaners are at our house right now so Bret and I are sitting at Panera with our lap tops together, groaning to one another. We picked up the kids from pre school and all ate lunch together. We ate at Woodbury and the kids had a great time running on the grass. Bret came home to work while I took the kiddos to the grocery store. They were great helpers. We came home and I have been pouty from the dentist. The kids played a bit. It was nice Nicole was in the futon room playing and Justin was playing trains, so no fighting. The kids watched some TV while I addressed Christmas cards. It has just been a blah day! After TV we realized we needed to get out, so dad and I took the kiddos to Blue Gum Park. The kids and us had a great time. They love when we slide down and play with them. We came home and the kiddos brought their trikes in the house and rode around. We had dinner, after dinner we played games with the kids, their favorite Candy Land. Well this seemed like the longest day ever, but the kiddos are in bed sound asleep. Now Bret and I can go groan to one another again, my teeth hurt and his voice is still hoarse.

This morning the kiddos had their first dental app’t. They were amazing! The dentist was able to do everything from counting teeth, to polishing, flouride, etc. Justin was the brave one and went first. He has 18 teeth, waiting for 2 more baby teeth to come in. Nicole has 20 teeth, all her teeth are in. They watched TV and didn’t seem too bothered by the dentist poking in their mouths. Justin’s teeth are closer together than Nicole’s. It was so funny to watch the kids with the suction thing in their mouth, Justin sucked on it like it was a bottle. At the end the kids got new toothbrushes, toothpaste, balloons, and some little toy. I was so proud of our little munch kins and so was the dentist.

After the dentist our day got really fun. It was our My Gym class today, the kids always have at My Gym. Took lots of pictures today. Of course sliding into the ball pit was so much fun, climbing up and hanging from the bar, etc.

After My Gym we came home and had lunch. I gave the kiddos a quick bath so we could head to Disney. Daddy came home early and off to Disney we went. The parade and fireworks were earlier than normal tonight. We got on one ride, the rocket ships then it was pretty much waiting. We had to line up an hour before the parade and the kids were great just sitting there with us. They liked the parade. Just so fun to watch their faces watch everything. They were excited to see Santa and waved to him. The parade was really cute-I am glad we went. Then we went over to see it is a small world lit up for the holidays, so cute! It was pretty crowded so we went and had dinner and waited for the fireworks. The kids seemed to like them. I think they were a little scared by the loud noises but they were mesmorized. It was a great show. We fought the crowd out of there and hiked it back to the car rather than wait for the shuttle. What a fun Monday night we had. Justin fell asleep in the middle of telling stories and Nicole went down pretty quickly as well. We had a big day.

This morning we read the paper and the kid’s bikes we bought were on sale, so I ran to Target. It wasn’t crowded so I also did some shopping. We needed to take my car to Costco for new tires. So we went over a half hour before it opened, Bret waited and I took the kids first to the play area at McDonalds, then walked around Sears Essentials. Daddy came and met us with the new that it was going to take like 2 1/2 hours. So we played at Sears for a while, then walked over and had lunch at Chin Chin. We introduced our kiddos to chopsticks and they really like fortune cookies. We went back to Costco and picked up pics and X-mas cards, three hours later the car was finally done. Justin fell asleep on the way home and he stayed askleeo on me.

He woke up so happy then the kiddos watched TV, Thomas and Barney. Bret built one of the kid’s bikes in the garage while the kiddos watched TV. After TV the kiddos were pretty screamy and fighting over everything so we went outside to ride bikes. Then we headed to Vena’s house for play and for dinner. We all had a great time. On the way home, we drove around and looked at some Christmas decorations, the kids love it. We read books and the kiddos fell right to sleep. Now I want to relax and watch TV!

This morning we went to Costco to try and get new tires for my car. Even though we got there when it opened the wait was 4 hours. So we did a little shopping in Costco and came home. The kids wanted to play trains and did for a bit. Nicole was busy playing with the Little People farm and fire station, it was so funny listening to her talk to all the people, so cute that I had to get the video camera out. We also put together the gingerbread house, the kids had fun decorating it but it was a bit hard for them. They loved taking the gingerbread people and dancing them around the table with crumbs going everywhere. After lunch the kiddos took a bath then we had to get ready for the pre school party. Plus since we were all dressed I wanted to try to take the family Christmas picture one more time. We got one we all look half way decent in-yeah, I will be ordering cards tonight.

The kids pre school holiday party was cute. We ate some food then the kids all got up on stage by class. First to go was the 2 day class, so cute. They sang hello to everyone and Jingle Bells. We videoed the enitre thing. They raffled away baskets as well and we won a couple things. Justin actually got near Santa at the party, wouldn’t sit on his lap but he stood in front and told him he wanted a Diego bike.

After we raced over to the Tustin train station to watch the holiday train. We ran into lots of friends. It was just a train all decorated for the holidays with Santa, they did a little show. The kids loved it and ate their first candy cane. We got some dinner on the way home. I Was taking pics of the kiddos in their car seats and they were being so silly when the flash came on and the kids had a little flashlight so they were flashing me back, cracking up.

Our tired kids went right to bed.

This morning I convinced the kiddos to go in the bike trailer with a bribe to the park. Play group was at see saw park (Hicks Canyon). The kids were great in the trailer with snacks and books. I think the trailer is short lived, once the kiddos get their new bikes I bet they won’t go in the trailer anymore. The kids had a great time at the park, Nicole made a new friend and it was adorable to watch. Justin got a little cut on his finger and just wanted to go home. Justin just sat on my lap forever and was convinced to go to Vena’s for lunch and juice. So we biked over to Vena’s and the kiddos all played and had lunch together. The kids all got little guitars and keyboards and made music together. So nice just to hang out. We biked home, Vena was so nice to give them juice on the way home in the trailer, so they were more than happy to go in the trailer. They are getting harder and harder to pull in the trailer. We came home and the kiddos played. We played in the front, the kids rode bikes, and played. We played in the backyard and then in the house. We went from laptops, to trains, to games. I played Candyland with the kiddos, that always takes lots of patience. We played lots of games, Hi Ho Cheerio, and Don’t Break The Ice. It was fun. Daddy came home early, he and Nicole went to mow the lawn together while Justin and I played cars. We decided to try and go to Kohl’s as I needed a few things, what a mistake the place was packed. We just left and headed down to a street in RSM to look at X-mas lights. All the houses weren’t done decorating yet, but it was still pretty cool. The kids loved it, so cute. They kept walking around and wanting to see more and more. Then we went dinner at a cool restauraunt in Rancho. We had fun! We came home and the kiddos were a little wired. Nicole is still awake.

This morning the kiddos went to pre school. They were so happy to go. It is so hard to leave them there. I looked back as I was leaving, they didn’t mind but it broke my heart. I went to the gym and finally worked out-it felt like it had been weeks. I ran an errand and then came home, before I knew it it was time to pick the kiddos up. We came home and had lunch, Nicole was really hungry. After the kids played trains. They like putting on their socks and sliding around the floor, pretending they are ice skating. Surprisingly they love to fall. I gave the kiddos a bath. I had to warm up the water twice as they were loving being in the water. The kiddos got dressed, Nicole was so excited to wear her new pink Cookie Monster shirt and Justin wore Cars. The kiddos watched Thomas while I finished my book, The Innocent Man by John Grisham. I got so close to finishing last night that I had to finish it. After we went over to the pre school teachers house to help make baskets for the holiday party. I was so proud of my kids. They played so well, no fighting, very independent while the moms worked. And they played like this for 2 hours. Everyone complimented the kiddos. So after we were done I took them to Northwood Pizza as they asked for pizza for dinner and they love the games. Dad met us there, he had to work a little late. So the kiddos would eat a bit of pizza and run to play more games, few minutes later came back for another bite and this went on for a while. They were having fun with the driving games. Came home and read books and off to bed.

This morning we were out and about early to go to Target. Trying to beat the crowds. We did lots of shopping. I realized I needed more clothes for the kids plus lots of stocking stuffers. The kids were great at the store except they have been hungry all day long. We decided to go to park day as I haven’t been to a park day forever. It was at Woodbury Park, one of my favorite parks. The kids had a great time, swinging, sliding, playing in the sand, so cute. After we went to Costco as I needed to pick up pictures of the accident. We ate lunch there too. The kids love Costco but they begged continiously for snacks even after having a big lunch. We came home and of course we all played trains. We went to open gym at My Gym. The kids are loving being back at My Gym and Neil was great in donating an 8 week session for our pre school. Justin was loving sliding into the ball pit. Nicole loved being rolled around in this tube thing and she played peek a boo for the little kids in it. It was so weird as now my kids are the big kids. I remember being at My Gym all worried about the kids, that they would fall, etc. I would put one in the ball pit so I could help the other. Now it is just the kiddos running around and having a blast. We ran into some friends at My Gym too, so it was fun for us all. We came home and made baskets with the balls using the laundry hamper. The kiddos found the light up balls so we shut off the lights and the kids had a great time. Flashing balls going all over the place while I was trying to fold laundry in the dark. Bret came home from work and doesn’t feel too well. The kiddos played really well with trains then we headed upstairs. We read lots of books to the kids, Nicole is really into the Curious George books and Justin still loves his Thomas The Great Discovery Book.

Tis the Season of runny noses. The kids have a runny nose, so I decided to keep them out of pre school. Hopefully other parents will keep their sick kids away. At first I was disappointed I wasn’t getting a break but then I had such a great day with the kids that it didn’t matter. I had to do a call with the insurance adjuster this morning. The kiddos played so well while I was on the phone, I was so proud of them. I was prepared to turn on the TV but didn’t need to. After we went to go get my car washed since I needed to take it to a body shop (insurance requested) to prove there is no damage to my car. The kids loved watching mama’s car get washed. We stopped at the grocery store on the way home and the kiddos were great big helpers. Nicole is wanting to wear her goat shirt (pink polo) and pink shorts but it is so cold. I finally let her wear them but ended up changing her in the car. So I asked Nicole and Justin if they wanted to go to the park. Justin says yeah in the bike trailer, so I ask Nicole if she wants to go in the bike trailer and I get “I am thinking of taking my own bike”, It was so funny the way she said it too. So after keeping my kids away from friends their noses were not bad at all, better to be safe than sorry. I gave the kiddos a bath.

We headed to Castle Park. The kids wanted to ride their bikes there. They did so well listening, waiting for me to cross the street with them, etc. We biked around the track then went to the park. The kids had a great time today and we ran into Maggie and Aliya. I brought my camera and practiced taking pictures a bit. And when you see Nicole’s helmet on she just insists on wearing it backwards.

After the park, the kids biked home and loved looking at the Christmas decorations. Affter dinner we played CandyLand. It is getting easier to play with them but it is still a challenge. They played trains for a while and then our nightly routine. They were tired tonight and fell asleep quickly.