Brady finished work early today, thanks to working himself to the bone basically, so instead of meeting him in the city, he came home, got dressed, and we all went together. We finally dropped off Jerilee’s gift that we “paid” her with for watching the babes while we were off having Rowan. After that, we whipped through Walmart, in and out in a half hour, and then made it to Dr. Mikes a few minutes early. We didn’t expect everything to have started off quite so smoothly, but it did!
Brady and I both needed treatments, and while we were really happy to be there, Dekker was pretty clear on the drive over that he did not want to go to Dr. Mikes. However, upon arrival, a nice woman in the waiting room passed him a book about tractors and he was immediately happier. Dr. Mike asked him some questions and even teased him and tickled his ears, and Dekker just giggled and squirmed and totally let it happen! Big wins all around. He asked where we were headed for the evening, and we made a joke about our exciting lives and our anticipated Superstore and Costco shops. He looked at us like we were crazy and laughed, saying we had sure picked two big things to do in one day with all three kids. I laughed back at him and said we had already hit Walmart, so we were already a third of the way done. He just shook his head and smiled. Its true, we might be crazy. But living so far from the city, we sort of need to get lots done in one day, rather than being able to duck in for a thing or two each and every day. It makes sense to us anyway.
Once Brady and I were all tuned up, we went for supper. Our kids are SO cute today! They ate amazingly well, as in TONS, and very happily. Dekker was eager to get to the next place, anyway. He LOVES the free cookies as Superstore.
It was worth the wait. Dekker was such a good helper, remembering what we needed to get from each section. My favorite part was buying the kids hats from the clothing section. I’ve never been a “hat in summer” kind of person, and I didn’t think I’d make my kids wear them much, but since the older two have done blond and pale like me (so far, anyway) its necessary. I slipped one on Dekker’s head and there it sat for probably two hours until he was home and in bed. He loves that thing. And his cookie, of course.
We did Costco last, and by that time, it was quite late, and Costco was about to close, so I ran in to grab the few things we needed and Brady stayed in the van with the kids. I did a very quick run through and was actually out the door before the entrance had closed, so I felt less guilty about coming so late. Then a quick stop for coffee for Brady and I, and we were off.
Deks and Laela giggled at each other the whole way home. Its so funny, because when they get in their moods, they can just stare at each other, and it sends them into uncontrollable laughter. Over nothing at all! Except the other ones face, I suppose. It was so nice to have the van filled with happy sounds rather than overtired ones. These kids were just SO cute today!
Twas a good day. Time for a donut and a bath. I love our evening routine around here.