We took it easy this morning. A plumber came to look at our leak, so hopefully that will be fixed in the next few days. The kids and I read lots of books this morning. I feel like I haven’t been reading to them too much lately. We played trains and built a new track. Then we headed outside. I did some gardening. The kids helped too. Then they got their brooms and decided to paint every paver with their brooms full of water. I could only step on the wet pavers. We came in and the kids pretend to be firefighters. They put on their boots and get their flashlights. Nicole adds her goggles and firehat. They added their watches too, fire watches.
I tell them where the fire is and they put it out. How great is that? We met some friends at Lower Peters Canyon park (aka monkey bar park). Nicole and Justin went right for the monkey bars. They had a great time playing around, climbing, hanging, sliding, etc. They played in the sand and kept filling up buckets with water from the fountains. It was nice to get out for a bit. We came home and the kiddos watched Sesame Street. After TV I gave the kiddos a bath. They wanted to take one alone with the sprayer. It was nice to spend some time with one while the other was in the bath. Nicole was pretending to be Biscuit and Justin and I were having fun throwing his clothes at each other. He was laughing. I started going through their clothes to see what still fits for the winter. They have outgrown the majority of their clothes from last year. The sleeves and pants are too short. Nice to get it all cleaned out though. We had fun playing upstairs for a bit with megablocks and Nicole was playing with the stuffed animals. We walked to our neighbors house to drop some stuff off. It was so close to daddy coming home so we just sat on the curb and talked. We waited for daddy so we could catch a ride home with him. After dinner we worked outside. Dad mowed the lawn, I did a ton of gardening. The kids played. They painted the wall with their brooms and water. We all went out front and the kids grabbed their scooters and umbrellas. They pretended it was raining. They went on the greenbelt and did their many shows. Dad and the kiddos washed the car together. And I still gardened. I really miss gardening. We stayed out front a little late so our nightime routine was shortened. We read some books. Then Nicole wanted to have a pretend picnic. Justin joined us when the word cake was said. They went right to bed, thank goodness.