This morning we woke up to the noisy backyard. By the time we got downstairs we were impressed at how much progress they had made getting rid of the concrete. Nicole keeps talking about the pig races from the fair. She really loved it, she even made a drawing and she said they were the pig races. We went to music class this morning. The kiddos had fun. Ms. Judy sang the frog song again and Nicole was so excited. The kiddos are doing so well following what the teacher does. Today we did the parachute and they loved it. After we ran to the Spectrum to meet some other girls from the mom’s group. Only one person showed up but we still had a great time. We went over to the fountains by the food court. The kiddos got all wet and had fun in the fountains. They both said the water was cold. After we had lunch. Justin loved watching the fountains while we ate. Then we ran into Stacie and Nikki. We ran into a few stores then the kiddos rode on the carousal again. Of course Justin got on the ostrich and Nicole the bunny. So great that a little carousal ride can make the kiddos so happy. We went into the pet store and looked at the dogs and birds. When the dogs were sleeping, Nicole and Justin wanted them to wake up. I just let the kiddos run around a bit but then I should have turned around before we got to the train. But I let them ride the train. They wanted the train to go faster. Justin fell asleep on the way home but woke up when we got home. They are watching TV right now. They are enjoying watching what is going on in the backyard. I was able to talk to a few friends (Neyha and Janet) on the phone while the kiddos were watching TV. Oh man, crankiness set in a bit when the TV went off. So we colored with markers for a bit, then tried to do play doh. Nicole just kept putting play do in her mouth. The kids wanted to play outside so we went out to the front yard. I set up their fishy sprinkler and they had so much fun. Justin loved the water and loved making the water go higher. Nicole was in the water a little bit then was busy going in and out of the house, running to the garage. I finally convinced her to pretend wash her hands in the sprinkler. That kept the kiddos amused for a bit. We played outside until daddy got home. Then we came inside and made dinner. It was safe enough now that the back yard is cleared of the concrete, so we let the kiddos in the back yard. They climbed up into what was the planters, threw some rocks, and got very dirty. I pushed them in a wheelbarrow. They liked that but that thing was heacy. They had a great time out there. Bret was busy starting to think about how he has to do sprinklers. Then it was bath time. The kids were tired, by 8:30 all was quiet upstairs.
