Day 22-Day at Home

Today we are taking it easy in The Big Easy.  We are a family of 5 again and becoming a family of 6 tonight when Jaimie and Jeremy have their date night.  It goes with out saying that I'm super excited about it and Jon is super not excited about it :-)  We decided to switch things up and stay at home in the AM then make an outing in the afternoon. The kids played, I did laundry and Jon mowed the lawn so we could just focus on having fun this weekend and Jaimie and Jeremy wouldn't have to worry about doing house/yard work.  Alli requested a lunch of cheese peas.  Thankfully Jaimie had given me the translation earlier in the week in case she asked for it-quessadilla with peas inside.  The kids gobbled it up.  The girls went down for their nap easy.  Cade, on the other hand, is working on being kicked out of the house.  We spent 30 minutes wrestling, 15 minutes laying down/getting up/walking out/laying down..., 10 minutes mimicking my posture (way hard not to laugh), and the 5 minutes hugging/kissing/I love you/I'm sorry.  After nap we took our outing.  First stop was Borders to get their free books from the Double Dog Dare Summer Reading Program because Alli loves, loves, loves book stores.  All three kids were way psyched about getting a "big kid" book, but Cade was the cutest of all.  He walked around with it under his arm, then crouched down in the middle of the floor and started flipping through it like he was really reading.  Let's hope this love of books continues.  We then went to walk around the mall because it's one of Wylie's all time favorite past times.  It was quite a sight when the three kids would all hold hands and hold on to one of ours.  There were a lot of smiles and sympathetic looks directed our way, but the kids were good and everyone was happy.  Our last stop was the LSU/Saints sport store to get Wylie a special bear so she will sleep by herself.  She picked out a very plain, masculine looking brown bear with a gold fleur de lis on the belly.  All three kids got silly bands, which you would think were made of gold.


We got back just in time for Jaimie and Jeremy to get ready for their big night out and for us to take over custody of Caleb.  We ordered pizza for dinner.  The girls chose Hawaiian and Chicken Pesto-good call! Caleb ate mashed potatoes, tofu with applesauce, and lots of pizza crust.  That boy would eat all night long if we let him! After dinner there was a dance and singing performance.  Watching 3 little kids first listen to a Bible story and then dance and sing along to "Jesus Loves Me" is too cute to handle no matter what your religious beliefs are!  We had popsicles for after dinner treat and then put Caleb to bed.  I love holding and kissing babies!  Putting Cade to bed on the other hand I am completely over!  He was a hellion once again.  Alli goes down like a dream every time.  In fact, Alli is a dream 90% of the time. She will just sit quietly and watch a whole movie or read books to herself for hours...ahhhhhh heaven. Wylie was very excited to go to bed by herself with her special Saints bear, until she said good night to her Daddy.  FREAK OUT!  I finally talked her into letting me sit at the bottom of the bed and she went to sleep much quicker than usual, so I guess that's a step in the right direction.  For some reason she is convinced that all other parents will help their children in the middle of the night but we wont if we don't sleep right next to her...I love 3 year old brains.  Needless to say the bear is put away until further notice.  Jon and I vegged on the couch watching Antique Road Show.  Jaimie and Jeremy came home from their fancy dinner at 9:00ish.  Jaimie even took pictures of her pretty soup with her phone and is quite certain no one noticed.  Jeremy walked her around the French Quarter about as much as he did Jon, but they didn't even get a drink out of the deal because the bar then\y were wanting was closed...bummmmer!  Jaimie went to bed, I followed shortly later and Jon and Jeremy stayed up until who knows when playing video games.  Vacation should be every day!