Today was another full-on Mr. Mom day. Even though they're rare, I enjoy them. They give me a satisfaction at the end of the day that is hard to beat, like I handled these 3 little munchkins and came out on the other side. God bless Steph for doing this every day. She went to The Woodlands this morning for Mariane's 70th birthday party, so it was all me and the kids here.
It was harder than the last time. My strategy didn't change - run them ragged - but they are more difficult to handle now than before, so it was a doozy.
It's about them all waking up at 6 AM. This has to stop. I really hope they come into their own with morning sleep. At least till 8.
So, Steph left early, the kids were up just as early and we ate breakfast and celebrated Lola's (Gracie's favorite doll) 1 year birthday this morning (in truth, she's just as old as Gracie because she's been with Gracie since birth) and by 9, we were headed out the door to find something to do.
It's cold and windy here, and Max is in this stage where he freaks out with cold and wind, so we couldn't really play at an outside park. We went to the Galleria Mall and played at that fancy indoor park. It was nice and the kids loved it. It's kinda like a mix between Central Park (with all of the stones to climb up on) and a children's animal museum (other than rocks, the only things to climb on are real big plastic, foamy animals). It's the nicest indoor mall park we've played at, so as far as those things go, it's a definite do-over and recommend.
After the park, we went to write Santa a letter and drop it in the mailbox. On the way, we actually saw Santa, Gracie sat in his lap, and they all 3 got balloons (separate from Santa). They were happy with the exception of having to sit in the stroller. Max just wants to be independent and walk. I can't have that in a big mall like The Galleria when we're just roaming.
We ate, came home, and the kids took an hour nap. Only an hour. I didn't fight it.
Once they got up, I gave them a snack and we went out again. This time, to run errands - UPS store, Best Buy, FBC to see the live nativity which wasn't there, and Blockbuster. We stopped by KFC on the way home for a little dinner, came home, and ate dinner over Barbie's Mermaid Adventure or something.
Gracie was a great little girl today and she wanted to go to FBC's Christmas musical tonight, but they didn't have a nursery for the boys. Sitting through a musical like that in a closed space like that is a recipe for disaster for the boys. She just couldn't understand why it was so. Once we got over that we weren't going, I told her we would pick up any movie to watch in place of the musical tonight. Her pick was Barbie Mermaid Adventure or something.
Tonight, I was able to spend good time with them before they went to bed. I need to take this time, when it's just the four of us, and do purposeful things with them, other than trying to run them ragged. So, tomorrow, we'll just hang around, read some books, play some cars, do whatever they want to do as long as it doesn't involved breaking stuff, coloring on things not to be colored on, and/or general destroying of our items. All else is pretty much fair game and I hope they're in a good mood and/or all getting along, at least for moments, so I won't have to referree or teach or....it's not going to happen. And it's all good. We will have a great time. :)
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