Weekends Are Good
We love weekends. We didn’t do anything too exciting today. The kiddos were so happy daddy was staying home. The kids were in the backyard bright and early this morning. They were running around playing all happy. They like making birthday cakes out of sand. We had breakfast, the kiddos love rice krispies. One of the people quoting our backyard were back out this morning so we just stayed home and played. We went to take the kids cars in to get fixed. All fixed and they are so excited to drive again. On the way home we stopped at Kohls center and and had lunch. We played in Kohls for a while then went to see the fountain. When we got home we played some more. I brought the swimming pool in and filled it with balls. They stood in the pool and I had them close their eyes then I dumped all the balls in. They loved it and cleaned up all the balls so I could do it again. They played in the balls for a while. Then we had to move it to the futon room so the kiddos could jump into the balls from the futon. So fun and cute. Bret had to run to the Mac store at the Spectrum, so we decided to go and if the kids fell asleep no big deal. Well they figured out we were going to the Spectrum, so they stayed awake. We rode the carousal while daddy took his ipod to the store. Of course Nicole had to ride a bunny and Justin an ostrich. They love the carousal! Then we walked around a bit and went into the Mac store, so the kiddos could play with the computers. They fell asleep on the way home, power nap which is a good thing. We didn’t let them sleep too long though. I stopped in Target real fast while the kiddos slept in the car with Bret. We came home and the kiddos got to watch Barney. After Barney the kiddos went and drove their cars. Justin was wild trying to drive over everything, lawns, curbs, etc. He kept on getting stuck. Nicole drove a little bit but then wanted to play. Bret and I tried to get some stuff done outside; Bret had to break down the bbq box/pallet, I did a little gardening. Bret fixed a sprinkler, and moved a bush for me. All this why watching two kids…not an easy task. The kiddos brought their bikes and strollers out to play with. They also wanted to play in the dirt with us. They grabbed their shovels then it was time to play with the hose. Justin was crazy with the hose. We kept on telling him to water the grass only but he liked making mud… Then he wouldn’t share with Nikki, so no more hose for Justin. Before we knew it, it was dinner time so we got a pizza to go. We ate it in the back yard which was nice. The kiddos were so distracted with the outside that they would take a bite then play. Oh well at least they ate. We played outside a while more. It was bath night and the kids were so dirty. After bath we played hard, running around. I went down the hall and they ran to me like crazy people. It was funny. We played tug of war gently with their sheets and they were cracking up. They were giggling all night which was fun. It is 9:00 though and they are still awake and I am tired. Time to go back up there.