Gloomy May Day/Grandpa’s B-day (May 7th)
Today was so gloomy and cold when we woke up. We were going to go the park but it was too gloomy, so off to the MV mall. Before we left though I had a blast playing pretend with the kids. I sat at their little table and they brought over plates and told me what was on them, spaghetti, meatballs, salad, etc. They even brought me a fork and a spoon and we pretended to eat. Their imaginations are amazing. Back to the mall, Vena (Grant and Cole) were there too. We first played on the lights, the kiddos love it. No stroller with us so we went up and down the escalators. Then we headed to the toy store and played with the train table. After we went in the play area. It was a bit crowded but the kids had fun. I decided to have lunch at the food court with my kiddos. It was so much fun. The kiddos had a blast at the mall, running around, etc. When we got home we played in the futon room and read books for a while. I don’t know what I was thinking when I put the kiddos down for a nap, they were wired. I went up there and the kiddos pants were off including diaper and underwear. Crazy kiddos. So finally gave up on nap and let the kids watch Barney for a bit. We played red light/green light. Although the kids version is just to keep running at you and not stop. They laugh the whole time, so it is cute. We started My Gym again. The kids were ecstatic to say the least to go. It was amazing to watch them since it had been a while since we were there. They are able to do everything almost themselves, climb in and out of the ball pit (I still enjoyed throwing them in). They climbed like monkeys onto the bar and were able to hang up their by themselves. Of course the trampoline was exciting. They were jumping so high. I was having as much fun as they were. We came home and had dinner. Then we made cupcakes with the kids. Every year for my b-day I ask Bret to make me yellow cake with chocolate frosting. This year the best present was to be able to make it with my kids. I put the bowl on their table and they put all the ingredients in the bowl for me. They loved putting the egg in. They mixed it. They helped put the liners in the cupcake pan and of course they wanted to try to put the batter in the liners, what a mess! They helped put frosting on their cupcakes then we ate them. It was a great time together. The kids were pretty tired and went to bed pretty easily, we love that!