Trash Truck Day
The kids love Mondays so they can watch the trash truck. We heard it this morning and watched it from the living room. The kids showed me how it dumped the trash too. We had to get ready for a play group this morning. So I cleaned up quickly and off to the store. I barely had any snacks to serve. I went to the store that had the little carts but the kids chose to go in the car carts. This made for much faster shopping. They stayed in the cart until the very end. Play group was really nice as it was a small amount of kids. My kids actually made more of a mess with all the toys after everyone left. It was nice to see other moms. After the kids helped me clean up a bit. Luckily the cleaners come tomorrow. Then my kids and I had lunch and then played for a while together. I think Nicole and Justin pretty much took everything out of the futon room and it all landed on the couch in the family room. Thats what I get for trying to prepare dinner. Well the kiddos didn’t nap-ugh. So they watched Barney and Elmo’s World and ate Cheerios and Cottage Cheese. We played at home for a bit. The kiddos built big towers, and we read books. The kiddos still need a few more clothes to get them through summer, so we ran over to Carters. The kids had fun playing in the store while I shopped. They played with the lego table and jumped on the hop scotch thing on the floor. After we went by Lowe’s and the kids played, jumped off the benches onto the grass. The kids had fun. We came home and decided to wash mommy car. What was I thinking with 2 kiddos? It went well for a while, Justin was hose man and Nicole helped clean with her pink cloth. It went great until it was time to dry. Justin still wanted to spray the car and Nicole wanted to keep wiping with a wet cloth. I finally convinced them to help me dry. It was fun washing the car with them. I even got to vacuum the inside out. What a mess. Justin continued to play with the hose while Nicole was inside the car as I vacuumed. Then they played in the car for a bit. It was a little tough to convince them to get out of the car and come in the house. I drove the car in from the driveway into the garage and the kids loved the tiny ride not in their car seats (I may regret this later when I try to get them strapped down). We had a yummy dinner, then we played outside in the yard with the kiddos. Then we went for a walk around the neighborhood. Nicole rode in the Bob stroller, Justin walked and played a bit but then got into the stroller. It was a nice family walk. We came home and the kiddos started to melt down a bit. So we went upstairs and got ready for bed. Justin decided to do what he called laundry. His version of laundry is taking everything out of their sock/underwear drawer and throwing it everywhere. Luckily he is a good sport about cleaning it up. It is pretty silly. We read books, Nicole’s favorite book is Turtle Throws A Tantrum, where Justin is happy to read anything. Justin went right to bed tonight. Nicole was crying and when I went up there, she told me bears were coming. So we walked down the hall and showed her there were no bears and off to dreamland she went.