Love Three Day Weekends
This morning we were out early to go to the swap meet. No time for breakfast either, so we stopped and got bagels on the way. We hadn’t had bagels in a long time with the kiddos, so the kiddos were thrilled. We picked up Grammy on our way. I am thinking about decorating the kids play room, so I wanted to go and look for a border. The border store wasn’t there today though. Anyway we had a great time walking around the swap meet. Nicole had to touch everything and got a little screamy when we had to move onto something else. Justin just went with the flow. Justin found a little toy he liked, so we got it for him. It is this little basketball thing. I got some more books for the kiddos too. The kiddos got to go in the bounce house. The only problem was the bounce house was in the sun, so even that was hot. The kiddos had a blast but were so sweaty and hot. We got them some lemonade to cool off. When I told Nicole she was going to get lemonade, she said “that will cool me off”. After we stopped at Grammy’s for a while. Bret needed to help her with a few things. I played with the kiddos in the play room. I read a ton of books to them and we played with the ball toys, the caterpillar, etc. Before we knew it it was lunch time so we stayed for lunch. We all ate outside which was nice. It took Bret a while more to finish up so we figured we would leave at nap time. Justin fell asleep on the way home, we drove a little more to get Nicole to sleep. They are much happier with a nap, even if it is for 15 minutes. Bret wanted to check out Irvine Lake, so we drove out there while the kiddos sleep (just a few miles up the toll road). I am glad we didn’t make an outing of it as we found out it is $20 a person, plus $9.00 a child just to get in. We came home and just wanted to play at home for a while. The kiddos played a bit on their own which was nice. Then we all played, we went outside. We made a stepping stone with the kid’s hand prints. I think it came out really nice. It was a little tricky to make. The kids loved putting their hands in the cement, Nicole wanted to do it again. The kids were happy playing in the backyard, of course Justin loved playing with the hose. Nicole was making dog and cat food in the sandbox. I cleaned up the sand a bit. What a mess in our backyard. We ate dinner and then decided to head to Castle Park. The kids rode their tricycles there, it was so cute watching them ride. Then we rode around the park. Stopping a zillion times to put pine cones in the back of their bikes. Justin was so cute-he got two pine cones and automatically gave one to Nicole. Then she started giving some to Justin too. I just love when they share. They had a great time riding their bikes. Justin almost didn’t want to stop and play at the park. When he saw Nicole playing at the park he stopped. Justin went on the swings first on his belly. Nicole went on the play structure. Then they both were on the play structure, climbing, hanging, sliding, and jumping. It was a great family night. The weather was perfect and the kids were great. We came home and all the pine cones are now in the house-ugh. When we got home, it was time to get the kiddos upstairs and ready for bed. The only bad part of the little nap is it is 9:15 and the kiddos are still awake.