First day of the new year. Bret and I stayed up too late last night but didn’t even make it till midnight. We were home for a bit this morning. We helped the kids paint their dog houses that Zoe’s family gave them. It was a lot of fun-Bret and I both enjoyed the painting part. They fought over whose dog was whose. Finally we looked at the broucher and realized the white one was the girly one and the brown one was the boy one. The kids wouldn’t play by themselves for a minute so Bret and I got nothing done. Finally we decided to run to Target to get a few things. The kids got their soccer balls. I bet you can guess what we did when we got home-played soccer on the greenbelt. Nicole liked playing goalie. It was fun messing around on the greenbelt plus we used the rocket launcher thing. Our friend Tom from Northern CA came to visit us. The kids definitely showed him how much they like their lion. We went to Ruby’s for lunch. It was really nice and the kids were really good. After we walked around the complex and went into the toy store. The kids played in the sand area and climbed all over the frogs. Tom couldn’t stay too long as he was heading back home today. The kids had fun with Tom and sang for him. They also hid and laughed every time he tried to take their picture. We played in the back yard for a bit-the kids swung. Dad needed a nap. The kids and I took their cars around the neighborhood. The kids pretended they were delivering newspapers like Curious George does. It was really cute. They drove for a bit around the cul de sac too then we did some gardening. The kids helped me. They did get all dirty and not sure if they got any roots out but it was fun having them out there. They also did chalk on the driveway and the garage. We put the kiddos in the Bob stroller with their Leapsters so dad and I could go for a walk. We walked down the path to a little park. We let the kids play for a bit and they had so much fun. We pushed them on the swings then they pushed us. They liked running down the slide. We headed home and made some french toast for dinner. The kids gobbled it up. We decided we needed some excitement so we looked on priceline and found a good deal. So we booked the Hyatt Newporter for tomorrow night. The kids are so excited. Dad played hide n seek with the kiddos then we headed upstairs. Justin and I ended up coming back down to play the race car set. Nicole brought her doll house people down to watch the race. We read some library books as we need to bring them back tomorrow. We asked the kids what animal they wanted to take to the hotel tomorrow and both said the huge lion. So silly.
January 1st, 2010 by melissa