July 13, 2011

Look at my beard!

Highlights from today: (Click here for pictures)

• 8:30 seems to be our time that we can manage to get downstairs to start the day-probably surprising since we are up well before that.  We had more fruit for breakfast and we are going to have to slow down on the fruit because Campbell’s digestive track/bottom is paying the price
• Reagan on the other hand has almost successfully eaten our whole watermelon from the other night.  My folks, Jason and I probably ate 1/4 or less of it and she has just about finished it off.  Reagan has also started drinking milk-she overheard Dr. Martin telling us to slow down on the boys’ milk and some how she left thinking she was told to drink milk.  It is kind of funny-she hasn’t really touched milk in a year but today she had 3 cups full
• I worked mainly on getting our stuff together for our Hot Springs weekend and let the kids play legos by themselves.  Legos are the thing they love to do and can do it for quite a long time-all 4 of them-and things that they can do for a long time is pretty rare.  And yes, Santa is already storing a huge box of more legos for them.
• We read a zillion books at breakfast (3 actually-it just seemed like a zillion since I was trying to eat too and clean while they were eating).  But they still wanted to read more at lunch-we did squeeze one more in but the highlight of our leftover lunch was everyone getting to talk to Robby on the phone.  Graham was so proud to tell him that he had tried his edamame and liked it.  Still can’t get Anderson to try it-probably just like Robby when he was a little boy (and I was pretty picky growing up too)
• After lunch, it was nap time.  I was out in the garage working on school stuff and couldn’t hear that Reagan and Anderson were out of bed sitting on the steps having a big time waiting on me to come back in.  I eventually let them stay up together in her room and play-kind of nice since Anderson is almost asleep now and he has just been in bed for about 10 minutes.  He is my stay awake boy and usually is awake for an hour after bedtime.  He’s always good but must get bored just laying there
• After naps, we watched a movie and then took baths.  Robby came home in time to assist with the “get out of the bathtub” stage-bath are quite a chore.  That is why we only do them bi-monthly (kidding-kind of).  We do now have a girls tub and a boys tub and can you imagine whose tub makes the biggest mess.  The boys did have a blast playing with soap foam today while Reagan would have no part in it and Campbell whined when I put it on her.
• Grannymom came over during supper and Robby and I went out to eat to celebrate our 11th anniversary a few days early.  We went to Palios and Orange Leaf-big night out and even home by bedtime: 7:30.  The kids had a big time playing and weren’t too disappointed to see up come home.  They finished off the evening with a snack and movie and then everyone headed to bed.