We had a bit more of a broken night with Solly, but it wasn’t even that bad. We’ve really just been spoiled. But he was up extra times last night, and we woke up feeling more groggy than usual. Brady and I, anyway. The big kids were up considerably earlier than usual, but put themselves back to sleep and we all managed to dig up a bit of extra rest this morning.
In the mid morning, Brady and I made the plan that we’d all run into the city quickly for Walmart. We STILL do not have curtains up, and our big, eat facing bedroom window is making life hard, haha! We bought curtains and curtain rods the other day, but of course, the curtain rod for our room was too short. Let me tell you guys, it is TIME for curtains! So while the kids finished up breakfast, I pulled out their clothes. Thats easily one of my favorite parts of taking the kids out. Even when we’re going anywhere special, of they aren’t dressing up nice, its still fun 🙂
They were all SO cute!!!
We drove in to Walmart and loaded everyone up to go in! I don’t know how other families do carts but we put the bucket in the cart, Rowan rides in the seat part, Dekker perches on the end, and Laela prefers to walk with me and hold hands. Sometimes she and Dekker trade places, but its actually a good system! No one is hanging off the sides or running away. They’re all pretty contained.
Of course, the first thing we saw upon entering the store was a really really good cereal sale. Six boxes of cereal later, we made it to the home section and started looking for our curtain rod. We really like the ones we got for the kids rooms, but they didn’t appear to come in a longer size. It was my fine detective skills that found exactly what we were looking for, hidden behind a stack of other rods that were hung in the wrong spot. Win!! So we snagged our curtain rod, a little extra hardware bag (who leaves an 8-10′ curtain rod with only one tiny support??) and our cereal, and headed to the tills. We paid up quick, got into the van, and made our way to my parents place for lunch.
It was a really nice rest of the day. The kids played awesome together, us adults actually got in some conversation, my parents spent some special time outside just with the grandkids, etc. It was a lovely day. We were concerned we wouldn’t be able to stay all day, just with the shape the kids are in these days, and the choppy night and morning, but they did very well! Solly slept a lot and got in lots of cuddles with just about everyone. Rowan had a good nap and when he wasn’t sleeping, he was WALKING. That kid doesn’t have a big desire left to crawl, thats for sure. He has been walking for three days only, and he is really, really good at it! Far beyond counting steps. He goes from one room to the other, and back again, following the big kids around.
He would absolutely not be left out! And thankfully, he is not the kind of kid to cry every time he goes down. Not. At. All. He laughs and gets moving again. He only cries if he full on smacks his face, or…nope, thats about it. No self pity for this kid!
After a full afternoon of fun and good food, we headed home. I love how close it is. I love driving up to our house and seeing it, standing there in all of its glory. I love that Laela still says “Wooooow!!” when we drive up to it, because that’s exactly how I feel.
Now, everyone is tucked in, except Solomon. He’s waiting for the curtain installation (FINALLY!) to be done in our room. But that’s just wrapping up, and then its milk and sleep for this little dude. And then his parents soon to follow. Its been a lovely day, but I am anticipating sleep, for sure. My most recently dose of medication never fully kicked in and I am feeling rough, to say the least. So a snack and a bath are next on the list.
Looking forward to the week to come 🙂