This morning we just stayed at home. I did a bunch of laundry. The kids played. They filled up their new lunch bags and pretended to eat. Nicole wanted to be walked all day. She loves that harness. Justin walked her a bit but only when she wasn’t running. She kept on promising to be a nice dog but that didn’t last too long. We did dress up with the magnetic doll but Nicole only wants to have the ballet tutu on the doll. Justin played with his new truck and found a great parking spot for it, in between the the entertainment center and speaker. The kids played out in the backyard a bit and they got along really well. The kids had an early lunch as they were hungry. After lunch they took a long overdue bath. It seems like lately bath has been 3 days instead of every other day. They were having fun in the bath. They was a little fighting. Once Justin picked a toy he wanted, Nicole immediately wanted it. Justin was so nice as most of the time he gave it up for Nicole. They kept on splashing though and throwing wash clothes at each other, but they were giggling the entire time. They took a really long bath and I was getting really bored that I decided to do some ironing. After bath Nicole put her swim suit on and after being naked for a bit, Justin wanted his Spiderman swimsuit on. The kids played with the Leapsters for a bit. Nicole helped me with the laundry. We finally headed outside. I tried to work in the garage for a bit. I am also working on getting all the weeds out of the grass, so I pulled some out then fertilized. The kids played really well while I did this. Justin first got his broom to help me sweep, then they headed on the green belt. Justin brought out the rocket launcher and they did that for a bit, then hopped on the Thomas hippity hoppity ball, then threw sticks down the drain, then bubbles. I was amazed at how long the bubble play lasted. They dipped their hands in the bubble solution and used it as soap. They had bubble stuff in their hands all over their legs, etc. Note to self give them a bath after bubbles not before. So I knew I had to get the hose out to clean all the bubble stuff off so I decided to wash my car. The kids were so excited. We got started then our neighbor with Zoe the dog came by. The kids continued to wash but I chatted. Just when I was ready to work on the car again, the kids wanted to play with Zoe. So finally an hour later or so we started washing the car again. The kids were great helpers. Dad came home and we all finished my car. Then another neighbor came over with her kids. All the kids rode bikes and scooters in the clean garage. They also played in the backyard and house. My kids decided to stay on the greenbelt and play soccer with daddy. Finally we ate dinner after 6:30. The kids were so hungry that they finished a whole thing of blueberries and ate a ton of veggies. We read some books downstairs and finally headed upstairs after daddy got off the phone with his brother. Dad read more books while I put away laundry. Justin wanted to rock with me tonight, I love when they are so snuggly. Nicole wanted to sleep with her Minnie Mouse bookend. I will take it out of her bed sometime tonight. Oh I forgot to mention Nicole got up all by herself to go potty in the middle of the night. I was sleeping in her room and she didn’t know I was there. Of course I woke up anyway but at least she didn’t scream mommy. Bret and I are still so full from all we have been eating lately-worst feeling ever. Hopefully we will sleep well and feel better in the morning.
June 1st, 2009 by melissa