Happy 4th of July
We all slept last night. Nicole did wake up in the middle of the night to go potty and for the first time she used the big potty. I got up early and walked the dog. The kids loved their decorated bikes, Justin said “woo”. The kids were pretending parade this morning. We went to the parade and brought the bikes but forgot helmets. Luckily we weren’t too far from home. The kids liked the parade, Justin wanted to keep biking and biking. Dad took him to the lake and he biked around the entire lake. Nicole didn’t want to bike anymore so her and I went into Barnes and Noble and read some books. Dad was calling me and Nicole said how about you don’t answer that, she really loves being with me and I love being with her, but I want to be with dad and Justin too. Here are some pics from our morning:
We had lunch when we got home and then Nicole and I headed to Kohls. We had fun together. I let her help me get gas (closing gas tank, etc) and she said we never did this before. She helped me shop and was nice wanting to shop for Justin. We are heading to Grammy’s in the afternoon and Nicole said how about you and I go in mommy car and Justin and daddy go in daddy car. Off to Grammy’s, on the way there we realized we forgot everything. Nicole took her bathing suit but somehow it didn’t make it to Grammy’s. Also we forgot the kids floaties-it has been a day of forgetting. We did stop on the way to grammy’s to get new floaties that we just left at her house. We had a great time in the pool with the kiddos. It was cold but the kiddos didn’t mind. Dad showed the kids how he swims under water, we both jumped in, etc. I had to show the kids I could do it too, so I went under as well. I had trouble with my toe nail still so when I swam the bandaid kept on falling off but I had to show the kids I could do things too. Anyway the kids jumped in a lot with us catching them and with their floaties around them. Poor Justin was so cold but didn’t want to get out of the water. Him and I went in the house to play for a bit while Nicole and dad stayed in the pool. I had fun with the kids playing trucks, building towers, etc. The kids played really well at Grammy’s. We had a nice dinner and somehow it is 9:00 and the kids are finally asleep. That is the only problem when we go out at night the kiddos have such a hard time going to sleep. We are listening to the fireworks right now. Maybe next year we will take the kids. Just not worth a cranky day tomorrow due to lack of sleep.