Woke up to no children, very strange. We were woken up by dad’s cell phone in the middle of the night. Dad slept in this morning. It was weird coming downstairs and have no one around. I read the paper and played on the computer, a perfect Sunday morning. We talked about our finances a bit, we really never have anytime to sit down and talk. We went to the Spectrum and just walked around, went into a few stores. Then we picked up the kiddos. Nicole didn’t go to bed until 10:45, we will be paying for it today. The kids had a great time. It was worth it to have a night to ourselves. When we got home Justin wanted to race the remote control cars with daddy. Nikki and I read lots of books. It looked as though the kids needed some resting time so we let them watch TV. They were a bit crabby after we shut off the TV. We made them take a bath but by themselves. Lately they have not wanted to take a bath but once in they are so happy. Justin took a bath first. I was ironing at the same time, so I finished with the distilled water. I can’t believe how much fun he had with the container. I think he stayed in the bath for almost an hour. Nicole and dad played doll house for a while then we switched. Nicole finally got in the bath. She had fun playing with the same container. And making up stories for Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet figurines, it was really cute. Playing doll house with her she pretends the kids are the chimpmunks and I play Uncle Ian. I feel like I didn’t get much Justin time tonight. After dinner we headed upstairs, trying to get the kids to bed at a decent time. Nicole and I played more doll house while dad and Justin played soccer in the hallway. Then we just read books. Justin fell asleep right away, I am thinking he may be catching a cold. Nicole is trying to unwind; she has called us up there twice already.
January 24th, 2010 by melissa