We had a GORGEOUS week in New Jersey-the weather was amazing for the first official day of spring to arrive!!! We spent TONS of time outside. I have a feeling that as the weather warms up, we will be rotating our time between the backyard, parks, and soon the pool!!!!
Monday morning started very early as I woke up at 5:30 to get my sister and family to the airport:( I was home before the rest of the family was even out of bed. After Chris headed off to work, we had a quick breakfast before we headed out for a jog with the double stroller early in the morning! I huffed and puffed pushing many pounds and we ended up at the community center, in time for music class. After our fun time at music, we headed to the gymnasium for some play time with our buddies for the morning. The kids had so much fun before we parted ways and headed home for lunch and naps! Shortly after we arrived home, I could NOT find Andrew's lovey. It turned into a complete disaster as he just LOVES his little doggie. I finally cuddled him to sleep and while he was sleeping, I searched the web and called several toy stores in NJ and NYC to see if anyone carried the specific lovey, no luck. Chris put our Amazon prime membership to use in a two day express order on Amazon hoping that it may arrive early. Since nap time didn'tt last long and the weather was gorgeous in the afternoon, we headed to our neighborhood park for lots of playtime hoping to wear these kids out. After baths, I put Andrew to bed and he cried and cried and cried. I tried lots of alternatives to fill the shoes of his little lovey but he would just throw them at me. Finally, at 8:00, I saw a little piece of his lovey peeking out of one of the craft boxes and quickly ran it up to him where he immediately stopped crying and fell right to sleep-it's amazing how much he loves that thing!
Aiden headed off to school on Tuesday morning while Andrew had his first babysitter, that was not related to us!!!! I'm hoping to do parent/child swim lessons in a few weeks with Aiden before summer arrives, but I have to find a babysitter to watch Andrew while I take Aiden. One of my friends down the street also has the same dilemma so we found a babysitter that is willing to watch our two little ones, while we take the two big kids to swim lessons. So I headed over to my friend's house, met the babysitter, and reluctantly left Andrew for the first time! I didn't even know what to do with myself not having either child on a weekday, but I headed out for a quick run while I anxiously awaited to see how Andrew was doing. The hour flew by fast and I headed back to him up and he did great-no tears and was happy as can be when I picked him up!!!! So it looks as if we will be starting swim lessons with Aiden in a few weeks and Andrew will be taken care of by a wonderful babysitter;) After picking him up, we did a quick run by the grocery store before picking Aiden up from school. Again, we had another gorgeous day so we headed to the park for some playtime and lunch! This park was a first for us, but it is right by some train tracks, and we saw THREE choo-choos go by. It made my kids' day and Aiden still is telling people about the time at the park when he saw three freight trains go by! After naps, we headed down towards the neighbors for some playtime, had a quick dinner, and picked Daddy up at the train station. It was a BUSY day!
We couldn't wait to head back to the library on Wednesday for story time after not being able to go for so long! We enjoyed some stories about spring and were even given some sunflower seeds to plant ourselves (although honestly they are still sitting in my purse to do!). Our neighbors invited us over for some playtime and lunch after library, which after a BIG three year old meltdown, we finally made it there and played like sweet little angels! After naps, we headed for a little walk towards downtown for some donuts before heading to the park for more playtime:) We love park weather, can you tell?!?!
Aiden had another day of school on Thursday, while I hosted Andrew's playgroup at our house! It was fun to catch up with the other moms after our vacation, but there must have been something in the air because the kids were WILD and once we parted ways, our house was a complete disaster!!!!!!!!!! We ran a few short errands after school that required the kids to stay in the car (the best errands there are-drive thru pharmacy, vacuuming the car) before heading home for lunch! Our big three year old decided on no naps for the day, but I can't complain because he played wonderfully while I was trying to get things done around the house. Since I was one exhausted mommy, we spent our afternoon playing around the backyard until it was time to pick Chris up from the train and he even came home before 6:30! Due to no naps and some major teething, the boys were in bed quite early and I headed off to do some swimming at night:)
I have to say that we enjoyed having Chris work from home on Friday-it has been SO long! While Andrew took his morning nap, Aiden played like crazy around the house while I quickly tackled massive laundry and lots of other cleaning!!!!! We headed to a park in the morning to play with some friends and I even treated Aiden to some ice cream on the way home!! After naps, Aiden wanted to play in the basement, but this boy and I headed outside to enjoy the sunshine!!!
I love watching Andrew play outside! He has SOOOO much fun:) We ended our day with some grilling out, baths, and another day of early bedtime while I headed off to a much-needed girls/craft night and Chris got some much-needed basketball on the couch time!
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