Elizabeth woke up at 6... Because she does that... And I put her straight back to sleep because if I'm not awake yet, that crap is considered a night feeding. And Abigail slept in til almost 9 I think because she was so exhausted from last night. Brady was up by 8 I think. We cuddled in bed and watched sports videos on my phone. Football, baseball, basketball, and videos of rocky (nuggets mascot) and dinger (Rockies mascot). He's so cute. Two year olds are the greatest.
Abigail and Brady each had a banana muffin for breakfast (life is so much easier when I just let my kids do what they want and stop trying to get them to eat more just because I feel like their body should require more food) and Elizabeth woke up at 10:45 so I just grabbed her out of bed and promised her breakfast at the library. ; )
After storytime, I fed Elizabeth while Abigail and Brady played in the play area. Also, at one point, all four of us were in one of those purple chairs while I read books and Brady whined about wanting more space. Ha.
While we were at the library, Jodi texted to see if we wanted to meet up at the playground at 12:45 so we stayed a little longer and then I told the kids we had to go. Story time is at 11... How we spend two hours at the library every time is beyond me. Seriously, that I had to pull my kids out at 1h45 seems weird to me even though I should know better by now.
Anyway, we stopped by the house long enough for me to run in and grab snacks (since that would be their lunch) of leftover watermelon, banana muffins, granola bars, and water sippies. Combine that with how Jodi always brings enough food for an army (she brought apples, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes from her garden (probably the sweetest and most flavorful that I've ever tasted in my life... they were like candy), chocolate chip cookies, and crackers) and we were set. I had so much fun hanging out with Jodi. We don't get to see each other as much anymore since elle likes playing with boys and boy stuff and Abigail is all into girly stuff and princesses. Jodi brought several boys from church with her and elle so that worked out well for Brady, but I think Abigail felt a little out of place, even if she didn't mention anything about it.
Abigail ended up walking home with Jodi and all the kids and played at Elle's house for an hour or so. Brady and Elizabeth and I filled up the car with gas (because I was literally on empty and the kids were already buckled and I was worried my car might not start again... Ha) and headed home. I out Elizabeth down for nap and Brsdy and I were just sitting down for some ice cream when Abigail came knocking. So I got another bowl and we all hung out while we enjoyed some deeper butter pecan. Delish. Abigail will only take funny face pictures these days so that's what we do.
Brady likes to do what we do. Always.
And he likes to eat ice cream.
Then I told the kids they could watch a show and one minute later said "actually, no you can't... You have to play outside first for an hour and a half and I'll let you watch a show at 5:30 if you still want to." Abigail was upset (rightfully so on me going back on my word), but I think she forgave me because she ended up playing with Presley and Lucy for the next several hours and didn't come home until dinner time. Meanwhile, Brady and I played in the yard. I tried to get him to play hockey with me but he insisted on playing baseball until his daddy could come to play hockey with him. The weather was perfect and my heart was positively bursting with how insanely adorable and funny Brady is.
Eventually Elizabeth woke up and we got hungry. We ate a hodgepodge of stuff for dinner, including fresh salsa that's just tomatoes, corn, black eyed peas, and good seasons dressing. Y'know the easiest way for kids to eat salsa? Give them a small bowl of it and then just sprinkle broken tortilla chips on top. They can eat it all easily with a spoon and it's healthier that way since they're getting more salsa and less chips. I won't lie, I actually ate mine like that tonight too. So much easier than trying to use a chip to get the perfect bite that has a little of everything on it.
Elizabeth tried out the jumper for the first time tonight. I out her in the bumbo for the first time two days ago and she did well, she pretty much just sat in the jumper too. Not too into the toys on it yet. I put her to bed and then the other kids to bed and straightened up.
Today was wonderful. I didn't ever get frustrated with my kids. They were well behaved they didn't make huge messes. We went to the library, played at the playground with friends, and spent a lot of time outside in our yard too. We are delicious food that was also healthy. My kids wore clothes that we all liked. There were no power struggles over clothing or eating or going potty. When 5:46 happened (that's an inside joke now with my honey), then I wasn't herding kids upstairs for bed... I wasn't even noticing the time. I was soaking up how cute brady was and how happy I was. And then when I finally noticed the time at 7 something, I was just sad that we ran out of time in the day and had to call it quits for bedtime. That doesn't happen very often these days. Everything was just really really super great. I'm so thankful we had such an awesome day today. Days like today are just rejuvenating. And thankfully, it's even making me excited for the weekend!
Abigail frequently prays that she's thankful she could go to kindergarten. But Abigail prayed tonight that she was thankful that she didn't have kindergarten. I had mixed feelings about it when I heard it, but several hours later and I'm still on a high from my day... I get it 100%... I, too, am very grateful that Abigail didn't have kindergarten today.
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