This morning I woke up and was so tired. I finally went back to sleep. Dad took the kids outside and played on the greenbelt. The kids had a great time outside. They were driving their cars, playing soccer, frisbees, etc. We just took it easy this morning and played at home. Dad and I hung outside with the kiddos. We ended up grabbing some sandwiches and going to Meadowwood park. The city had a snow day there. Dad and Nikki went sledding once. It was fun! Justin didn’t want to sled. The kids played in the “snow”-ice for a bit. But then they wanted to play at the park. They just redid the park so it was fun but got crowded. We ran into lots of people we knew. There were lots of play structures so we went from play structure to play structure. Nikki was in the swing pumping herself-Ms. Independent. We were getting ready to leave and the kids decided to go in the snow again. They were loving it. They were throwing lots of snowballs at us. We had a great time. We came home and the kiddos watched Alvin and we rested. So peaceful with them watching TV that we even let them watch a little of George. We played upstairs for a bit. Justin colored and Nicole played doll house. I got the pleasure of looking for their harmonica. It will turn up sometime. We came downstairs and got out the marble thing. It is difficult to make a configuration, mine kept falling down. After dinner we played hungry hungry hippos and the fishing game. Just good old fashioned family fun. I showed the kids their shin guards for soccer and of course they wanted to wear them and play soccer. They went in the garage and got their soccer balls and were playing upstairs. It was cute. The kids played in Nikki’s room for a bit, coloring with both of them sitting on her desk. She looked really tired tonight so we read books. Justin was a little naughty tonight-he pushed me away and he just wouldn’t listen. Getting on his jammies and brushing his teeth wasn’t easy tonight. Nicole was into playing nosey tonight when I went to visit her. She was laughing and pushing on my face and somehow I ended up with a wet face with her laughing. I gave Justin some extra cuddle time. I stayed in his bed until he fell asleep. He is so peaceful and cute while sleeping, reminded me of what I used to do with him as a baby. Nicole on my way out reminded me to keep looking for her harmonica. I hope she isn’t too disappointed tomorrow as I have no clue where it is.
January 9th, 2010 by melissa