Fun With Friends
Well Bret had to work late last night. Nicole had to get up to pee, it was a busy night in the Sanders’ household. This morning, I made a gourmet breakfast for everyone, blueberry pancakes, sausage (Nicole really wanted sausage), eggs, and fruit. The kiddos played really well this morning. We got dressed and decided to go to Santa Ana Mall. Daddy stayed home to take a nap to make up for being awake last night. The kids and I had so much fun at the mall. We didn’t take the stroller, so we could go up and down the escalators. The kiddos played in the play area for a bit. They had fun but then noticed all the ride on car things. They rode a fire truck then some pink car. I wanted to go into a couple stores, and the kids did so well. While I was shopping in Pumpkin Patch for the kiddos, they got stickers then got to watch some TV. I should have left them there and gone shopping-ha. They had fun. We went and played in the Disney store too. I bought the kiddos some sun glasses. Nicole wanted Minnie and Justin cars. They look like such cool dudes with their glasses on. Of course I tried to take a great pictures and now what I got was silly faces (still cute though). We came home and had lunch. Then we were determined to get the kids down for a nap, since we are having friends over. So I read a ton of books. I sat in their room and sang songs, told stories….then the rocking began. Justin rocked to sleep so quickly. Nicole took a while but it finally worked. Yeah! I just didn’t want any cranky kiddos tonight. After nap, we played for a bit and got ready for our friends to come over. Krista and Paula and their families came over. We just had a bbq. It was really nice. The kids all played so nicely, no fighting. Sara and Nicole played in the play house together, I heard them giggling. Nicole and Ellie were next to each other at dinner and they were having a conversation about straw cups. Justin was really into his Diego rescue pack. We played in the house for a while then the backyard then the front yard and greenbelt. Nicole and Justin did so well sharing all the toys. The kiddos finally settled down for sleep around 9:30. Have to finish cleaning up and off to bed, I am really tired.
