Melissa’s Blog

Justin was up a little early this morning. He colored the bird house instructions that he made in pre school. He had to cut out the pics then put them in order of the way you do things. Justin wanted to build a bird house this morning. Bret worked on figuring out how he could build one, but then we remembered Home Depot has the building things for kids. We went over to Home Depot. The kids made a little wooden fooseball/soccer thing. The kids hammered all the nails in. I built Justin’s a little backwards, oops. Luckily dad took it apart and fixed it. We came home for a bit and the kids were all playing with the new things they built. They even colored the wood balls. We went to a friend’s birthday today at a bounce house place. The kids had a blast. We had a great time, most importantly we got to see lots of friends and the kids had fun. Justin sat at the boy’s table and Nicole sat at the girl’s table. We had pizza and cake. We came home and weren’t sure what to do. Finally we decided to go over to the pool and go swimming. The kids brought their floaties. Justin just loves getting around with his floaty and just relaxes on it. We went to the pool a little late so it was getting a bit cold. At home we made dinner then dad went to do some errands. The kids and I played Cars Bingo. I played Bingo and tried to clean the play room at the same time. Dad came home with flowers for our anniversary, very sweet. We went upstairs and Nicole was busy doing shows with her animals, pretending that she had all the Chipmunks/Chippettes. We brushed teeth and got into jammies in between shows. We read lots of stories and lots of cuddle time.

Here are some pics of our day:

Today was just a normal day. I worked at pre school. It was just a bit hectic at school today. The teacher tried to cram to much in one day. Justin brought his sting ray car he got from Vegas to share and Nicole brought her pink bear that has the blanket with her name on it. The kids had a great time at school, outside we did bubbles and played freeze tag. After school we came home and we took care of Tierney. She is great, into everything and very busy. We played at home for a while and she was all over the place. Nicole loved putting on her pants after I changed her diaper. T looked kind of sleepy and Nicole wanted T to sleep on her so badly, so sweet. Nicole just loves helping with T. Nicole and Justin had to go to the dentist today. The dentist was checking on their cavities. Nicole’s has actually improved and he was able to seal it to protect it. Justin had to get his cavity filled. Luckily it was just a small cavity. The dentist was able to do it with no numbing or laughing gas. Justin did amazingly well. I was so proud of him. Nicole was a little scared to have sealant put on her teeth. Nicole did love the animals with teeth that she was able to brush. I cuddled with T while Justin was getting his cavity filled. I watched and cried-I am so traumatized by the dentist. At that moment I decided to have all the kids back teeth sealed. Anything to avoid more drilling, etc. Over the next few weeks the back teeth will be sealed. The kiddos were great though. After we stopped at Target to get some birthday presents and water sprayers for pre school on Monday for wet and wild day. I felt so bad about the dentist that I wanted to buy the kids everything. But I tried to not make a big deal out of it as the kids didn’t see it as a big deal. We came home and played outside. We blew some bubbles for T and the kids played with their water sprayers. I needed comfort food so we went out for pasta. We sat on the patio which was really nice and now I am so full but it was worth it. Nicole and I played baby when we got home while dad and Justin played Mario Cart. I stayed with Justin until he fell asleep and then gave Nicole an extra long visit. Now to go rest and go to sleep soon, I am exhausted.

We spent most of the day at Disney today. We met some friends there and had a great time. The park wasn’t too crazy which was nice. We got on lots of rides; monorail, rocket ships, Autopia, tea cups, small world, saw Mickey and Minnie’s house, storybook land, and circus train. We waited twice for the Roger Rabbit ride and it broke down. We were in line for about 30 minutes and get to the front to be told it was broken down, so frustrating especially since I convinced the kids to go on the ride. It was a beautiful day at the park and we were all tired by the time we got home. We let the kids start watching Ratouille and give them a break too. Nicole really liked the movie but after a while Justin said it was too long. We managed to scrape together dinner. I need to get my act together someday and plan ahead of time. I knew I was going to Disney earlier in the week but didn’t plan dinner. After dinner we went for a walk. We walked on bunny path and looked for bunnies. The kids brought some lettuce to feed them. When we got home Justin and dad played Memory.  Nicole pretended she was Boo from Monsters Inc and had me pretend wrapping presents for her. We read some library books and tried to get the kids to bed somewhat on time since I am working at pre school tomorrow.

Somehow we didn’t have much to do but it seemed like a busy crazy day. This morning I decided to have Nikki go to pre school alone while I had alone time with Justin. I had Nikki go to pre school by herself first since I wasn’t sure she would actually go through with it. Nikki did it! I was so proud of her. I read her a few books  before leaving and she didn’t even mind we were leaving. I had a great time with Justin. Justin chose to go to Chuck E Cheese. It was nice to get some alone time with Justin. It is something I will always remember and hope he does too. He loved playing games, of course. We played Mario Cart, lots of skee ball, etc. We played against each other and laughed…just enjoyed being together. He found a new game he loved even more than Mario. It was a boat race. The time flew by while we were out. We had Chuck E Cheese to ourselves for a while-best time to go is first thing in the morning. Justin picked out a little lizard and lollipop for Nikki. He was so happy to give it to her, so sweet. Justin and I got back to preschool at snack time. Justin was able to celebrate someone b-day-Nikki was picked for a candle. We had snack then the kiddos played together. After pre school we headed to the library. The kids love picking out new books. We just took our time and read lots of books. We got home a little late so had a late lunch. The kiddos played for a bit and got along so nicely. Then it was bath time. Nikki took a bath and Justin took a shower. Of course while naked they had to pretend to be dogs. We had a snack then headed outside. The kids helped me wash my car. I can’t remember the last time we washed it-it was so dirty. I love having a clean car. The kids played in the garage for a while. They put on their snorkels and masks. Then one pretended to be the life guard and throw a rope out to save the other one. It was so funny. When dad came home we had plans to wash his car, but the kids ditched me for Mario Kart. While everything was out I just washed his car. We had dinner then the kids finished their game. I asked them if they wanted apple pie and they immediately paused it-it was so funny. We went upstairs and read our new library books. We had fun visiting the kiddos tonight and tickling them, etc. They were tired and went right to sleep. We are starting to get them back on schedule.

Well today we went on an adventure, sort of. We offered to pick up Grammy from LAX. I was so proud of myself for getting us to Santa Monica pier. Unfortunately we didn’t have much time there though. We should have left a little earlier this morning, we get held up by seeing a neighbor which was fun too. The kids wanted to play at the beach for a bit. I brought my camera and got some pics. The lighting is not ideal but the kids are cute no matter what.

We also walked up on the pier, played some games at the arcade, and grabbed lunch. Then we went to LAX to pick up Grammy. The kids liked to see all the planes flying in. We went to Grammy’s for the afternoon. The kids had fun playing at her house. Justin wanted to dump water off the balcony and into the pool. Nikki played with the little people sets for  a while. The kids played in the play room for a bit. Then the pretending happened. The  kids grabbed one of Grammy’s rugs and pretended to be going on a magic carpet ride. We all went out to dinner and dad stayed to make sure Grammy’s car was working while the kids and I came home. Someday we will get the kids in bed on time again. I am off to relax, I have been gone all day.