Daddy’s 37th Birthday
I heard the kiddos this morning so I ran in to get them back to sleep so daddy could sleep in on his birthday. The kids were happy it was daddy’s birthday. We played all over the house this morning, read the paper, ate breakfast…usual morning stuff. I wanted to go to Target, so the kids and I went and daddy went to get his oil changed in his car. We were at Target for a long time. The kids were happy in the cart, so I was able to shop. Then they got out and got to look at the clothes and played with all the toys. Daddy met us in Target. We found a little basketball for the basketball hoop in the backyard. The kiddos had fun playing with the new little ball, even played catch together with it. But it is a heavy ball so they both kept on saying their fingers hurt. So they went back to dribbling and making baskets, no catch. We had lunch and realized the kiddos wouldn’t nap. So I gave daddy some alone time in the house and I took them to LakeShore Learning Center. We played in there a bit and shopped. The kiddos liked the carpet in there and liked jumping on all the bugs. I bought the kiddos some scissors and they were so excited. So excited in fact Nicole is sleeping with hers (still in package). Then we went over the Laguna Hills Mall. We did the usual mall stuff, escalators (up and down a million times), rode the cars and other toys, watched TV in Gymboree, played on the lights, ran around, etc. We came home to pick up daddy and off to Grammy’s we went. Grammy had a little birthday celebration for Bret and grandma/pa came as well. The kiddos had fun playing with Grammy’s toys. Asked us to go in the play room with them. They both went in the pool for a bit, surprisingly Nicole was more into than Justin. I had fun with Nicole was she was on the steps of the pool, she would kick, make it rain on the pool by splashing, dip the back of her hair in, kick, etc. But every time a plane would come, the kiddos would run out of the pool into a grandparent’s arms. Daddy was fortunate enough to be able to clean out Grammy’s fountain for his birthday. We opened presents and daddy got a money change counter thing, so the kiddos asked for more money to put in it-they had fun. We had a nice dinner and once cake was mentioned the kiddos were done with their dinner. It was so cute-they helped blow out the candles and sang happy birthday. After dinner, the kiddos played outside and got to see the Goodyear blimp. Nicole wanted to go back in the pool. She loved putting on this towel with a hood after she got out. Justin was playing in grandma’s lap liking watching the blimp and getting a back rub. Then it was time to go home. Kiddos are sleeping right now and I am going to follow soon.
