This morning, I got the kids up, dressed them, and took them out to the van. Dekker doddled a bit by the table and asked why we weren’t having breakfast. I told him we were going to have it at grandmas instead, and those kids beat me to the entrance.
A cute thing that usually happens with my kids is Dekker picking out Laela’s shoes. I usually have an idea of which shoes I’ll be putting her in that day, and based on her outfit, Dekker can usually figure it out, and he passes her the shoes he picks. If she grabs a different pair first, he’ll gently encourage her to the pair of his choice. Its hilarious, really. This morning, however, he was obviously in too much of a rush. By the time I got to the entrance, he was struggling to put his own shoes on (he even got them on the right feet!) and Laela was sitting on the bench with some pretty little white sandals in her hands, looking from them to her socks, over and over. I offered her some runners instead, which she accepted.
We got to my moms shortly after 9:00 and had breakfast and coffee. The kids played for a bit before we had to get on with the day. My mom had an afternoon of errands, and I just needed Costco really, but I needed the extra hands now that Rowan isn’t in a bucket, but also isn’t sitting up in a cart, or anywhere for that matter. So I asked the kids to tidy up the toys they had taken out. This is never their favorite task, especially when it means leaving grandmas, but the incentive of Costco prevailed, and they tidied nice and fast! We had to take separate vehicles to the city, but they knew we’d all be together while we shopped.
My mom pushed Rowan in the little stroller, and I pushed the cart, and we had a really nice shop together. The kids did awesome, which is always a treat, and we got everything we needed. It all was pretty seamless, except for the fumble with the flat of eggs, which crushed three or four, and cracked five others. But it could have been worse, thats for sure.
I gave the kids each a banana on the drive home, which made for a nice quiet drive with happy kids. Upon arriving home, I found my daughter was out like a light, still holding a chunk of a mushed up mostly eaten banana. I unloaded the whole van before finally plucking her from it. There is no sleepy transition for Laela. As soon as she lulled as I pulled her arms out from her straps, she started swinging her legs and chatting. Its this immediate thing that happens. I’m happy she has such quality sleep that just a little nap rests her up so well.
Thanks to my egg fumble, we had breakfast for supper tonight. Jerilee came for the evening and enjoyed bacon, eggs, and toast with us. We had a really really nice visit for a few hours before the kids went down, and we got settled in with some dessert and coffee. Its always lovely to have Jerilee over, and I’ve so enjoyed keeping up with our trashy tv shows together, but we haven’t had a good down to earth visit in a while. So this was fabulous 🙂 The perfect kind of Friday night.
But as you can see, I’m writing this post after midnight, which means we had a really nice evening together, and time got away on us. We’re all old now, haha, and we can’t stay out very late anymore. We’re all sleepy. But today was great, and tomorrow will be great too!!!