Sept. 30, 2008

The Day:

* Woke up late. Had to rush Johno out the door to catch the bus. It always takes Johno awhile to work up an appetite in the morning (just like me), so I couldn't rush him to eat anything.

* Got Jess ready for preschool. He and I were delighted that his green shirt coordinated perfectly with his green frog rain boots we found at Kid-to-Kid.

* Piper went down for a nap at 10 which gave me a whole hour and a half to myself. I puttered around the house doing some light housework and worked on my blog layout. I very nearly erased everything, but got it working.

* P woke up from her nap just as I was headed out the door to pick up Jess. She was only in her onesie and her hair was in a ridiculous array, but she was darling anyway.

* I packed up the two kidlets and headed to Johno's school. I needed to go to the grocery store so I thought I'd take the kids to lunch. We hit McDonald's (blech) at Walmart. They chomped away whilst I did got the necessities. EXCEPT Walmart has been out of jars since, well since I've needed them, anyway. That is the main thing I was going for but oh well. The kids were dee-lightful at the store. They got Robin (as in Batman and Robin) guys in their meal. Johno shot the little arrow thingy up in the air and it got lost on top of an aisle of yarn. I scooted a stool over from the fabric center, but couldn't find it. We went back to the McDonald's and told them our tragic story. They gave us a brand new on at no charge. Gold star for McDonald's.

* Once we got home the boys played with Brooks and Gage (twins from down the street). Piper explored the outside. She liked having full charge of the fence gate. She got pretty mad when I latched it so I unlatched it and let her have the power back.

* I put Piper down for her second nap.

* Jess and I played Candyland for Jess and Mom time while Johno did his chores. He even picked a chore from the Chore Jar (which was to wash the back sliding door) and earned himself two tokens. Jess smoked me at Candyland. I was ahead the whole time until I got the dreaded gumdrop. I never recovered.

*Johno and I did a science experiement for Johno and Mom time. I love that Johno loves learning. I makes me never want to get a video gaming system. We've played around with the idea, but I've always felt strongly against it. It is too easy to let 2 or 3 hours slip by without realizing it.

* I made dinner.

* John got home in time for dinner which was really nice. He had a challenging day at work. He is thinking of going half time in Nov. He was explaining all the ways were are hopefully going to make an income next year. He is really amazing at fleshing out these opportunities. I trust his judgement and put in my two cents.

* I needed to head back to a different Walmart to get the cursed jars because our beautiful peaches are ripening as we speak. As I left John had taken all the kids outside to ride bikes. What a wonderful site. Johno was continuing to practice his two-wheeler. The bike is a hair too tall for him so it is hard to start and stop, but he's basically got it down. John was wheeling Piper around in the little trailer that hooks onto our beloved steel trike. Jess rode his Big Wheel. Just darling.

* The second Walmart was out of jars. Shoot me.

* I came home to a quiet house. John was motivated to get the kids to bed early so he could go visit our friend Paul. He did a wonderful job. I took over reading to the boys.

* Finished a few chores.

*Read my scriptures about loving our enemies and being good neighbors. I really love our neighbors. We have drama here and there (like the little four year old accross the street that keeps walking into our house. The other day I was napping on our bed when we came into our room!)

* It was a good day.