Lots of rain! Nicole wanted to go out in play in it even before breakfast. We were a bit lazy today. Dad played with Justin a bit and Nicole and I did play doh. Then Justin came over for play doh. We made Christmas trees out of play doh and the kids decorated them and put presents under them. They did a bit of coloring as well. Then we headed outside. The kids had a blast playing in the rain, jumping in the puddles, and getting soaked! It was fun to watch them. So funny these days trying to get Justin dressed. You take off his pants and he gets crazy, jumping up and down or very huggy. I did lots of laundry and then we headed to the mall. We needed to get out of the house. We had lunch at the mall and then tried to go to the play area. The play area was so crowded. We just walked around the mall and did mall things…went to the puppy store, toy store, TV store (AKA Gymboree). The play area was a little less crowded so they were able to play a bit. Dad went off to buy the Alvin and Chipmunks DVD. Once the kiddos saw that they wanted to come home. The liked watching the rain too. We watched Alvin with them. I also tried to clean up the house for the cleaners. After Alvin we made spice cake. The kids learned about it from a Leapster game. We had fun in the kitchen but kind of stressful with both kids, making sure everything is equal. Dad played with the kids after dinner. They played Memory. Justin was doing so well at it tonight. We all had the spice cake, it was really tasty. We headed to some neighbors to share. We don’t want any sweets in the house. We ended up hanging out at Andree (Zoe the dogs house) for a while. The kids were wild though. They went up to the third floor and bounced the exercise ball all the way down 3 flights. They also played with Zoe. We didn’t get home until 8:00 and rushed to get the kiddos to bed.
January 18th, 2010 by melissa