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I was pretty happy with how today played out, for the most part. Our morning was low key, as per usual. We played downstairs and watched a movie. Laela napped, and we drank coffee. Really laid back. When the little miss did wake up, we got her up and fed, and headed outside. We spent the next two hours photographing our kids playing with bubbles, trucks, tractors, the wagon, and checking out the garden.
I obviously don’t have pictures of everything, as I was covered in bubbles myself. But it was wonderful to get out and play in the sun. We brought the kids in at 2:00 for a nap, and they were out right away. A little bit of fresh air sure does the body good! However, the littlest goober slept for one hour and that was it. She usually wakes up and plays and talks in her crib for a bit, but she rolled for only a minute or two before she burst into tears. I went to get her and she cuddled in bed with me and watched baking videos on YouTube for a bit.
We had perogies and wings for supper, which Dekker slept through. Once he woke up, Brady sat at the table with the kids and I baked cupcakes. Ok, no, it wasn’t a big accomplishment, as baking usually is for me. They were just from a cake mix. BUT!, I figured I could either make shortcut cupcakes, or no cupcakes, and I think my husband will agree that box cupcakes are considerably tastier than no cupcakes. So I ended up with 19 slightly overfilled white cupcakes.
However, lucky me, they baked up beautifully! I iced them just basic buttercream as well, and in all honesty, they were pretty ugly, haha! Here’s the one pretty one 🙂
Again, there could be worse things than ugly icing on a cupcake. No cupcake.
What did turn out to be worse than ugly cupcakes was bathing the kids afterwards. Laela doesn’t like baths much, but she’s a lot easier to maneuver. Brady has had the job of bathing Dekker for quite a while, and now I remember why. I am at such a loss. I’ll spare you the details, but when I finally dragged Dekker out of that bathroom, we were both soaked head to toe, furious with each other, and in tears or very, very close. I have no idea what the next bath will look like, but we had a very serious talk afterwards and some of it seemed to sit well anyway. One thing that was different this time, though, was that in between his shrieks, the few times I calmed him for those few seconds, he would say “Detter scared.” He has never so clearly verbalized that to me, so that was a great step! But I can’t get out of him what part he’s so scared of, or why. I suppose that will come out more as his communication skills improve.
After baths, we played in the living room and Brady played some guitar. It was relaxed and quiet and that was good. The kids are now tucked away, and Bradys outside trying to finish up mowing the yard. He’ll either finish, or run out of gas and leave a weird, ugly patch in the lawn. We’ll know soon!
*** Sigh. WordPress just threw me for a loop! $20 later, I can finally finish this post!