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Last night was weird...Dalton was only up once (instead of his usual twice) and Easton was up twice (instead of his usual never). One of those times Easton wet the bed. Bummer. All 3 times that has happened I get all nervous like it's going to be a trend of regression for him. So far that hasn't happened. And this time I'm wanting to blame his illness. He is still somewhat feverish today.

Which means...no one can be around us. Jason's officemate (Kaiden's dad) and his wife just had a new baby yesterday morning...and we can't go see them. My childhood BFF Kelli (Hi, Smells!) just had a new baby and we were going to get together later this week but can't now. It doesn't keep me from bringing him to Wal-Mart or the mall though. Actually when we set out for the mall this a.m. Easton was pretty much fever free. Now that we're home (and he's in bed) he's feeling hot again. This is the strangest "illness". I would've brought him to Wal-Mart sick like I did, but not knowingly feverish to play at the mall. I'm not that bad.

We went to the mall to get my free underwear (I lucked out with regular Victoria's Secret "free panty" coupons). We were also planning to look for a wallet for Easton. I bought one the other day for myself and he asked for one too. It is going to be something he'll have to earn, but I thought he could have a wallet too. Even though he has no money.

At the mall we happened to stumble into Gymboree where they were having a "pick a coupon, any coupon" promo where you peel off the sticker and reveal your savings. Mine was the max: 50%! Score. I don't usually shop Gymbo because I'm cheap but with savings like that I went to town. I bought stuff I wasn't even sure if I liked just so I could make sure to lock in the savings. If I change my mind later I can always return things but didn't want to regret NOT buying something. I only paid $50 for my $100 worth of stuff, in case you couldn't do the 50% off for yourself. PLUS I walked out with Gymbucks $25 off $50 later this summer. Dude. Not bad.

And we weren't able to find a wallet. Nothing boyish. The Disney store (which Eastie calls "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse") says they usually get wallets when the backpacks come in for school. Anyone know of anywhere that has boy ones now? Although seeing as how school just got out I'm sure they'll be bringing the school supplies out very soon, followed by the Christmas decorations, right?

Both boys fell asleep in the car. So I left them there...the big garage door was closed but I had the car door open and the door between the garage and the house open. And I just sat here in the kitchen and ate my sandwich and could practically hear Easton snoring...Dalton woke first. I tried putting him back down...we're still working on that. Easton is done playing puzzles and is now watching a TV show in my bed.

I have a few pictures from yesterday...opening their package:
Dalton, what is it???


Easton "reading" which bag says Easton and which says Dalton, he only looks for the E and the D:


Easton scored some binoculars:


And a box of animal crackers:


Right away Easton asked if he could share some with his baby:


Later we learned D got his own box as well:


He got a little wooden Elmo and Grover figure:

Elmo and Sesame Street in general are his favorites.

Before long I noticed the boys had switched toys:




Thank you, Alabamaws! It's all a hit as usual!

The boys did some more playing, I'm so bummed this one is blurry:


Later in the afternoon they were antsy (from not being able to do much fun stuff cuz of E) so I hauled our tumbling mat out of the basement:






We had fun playing on the mat for a bit yesterday. I left it out last night but all they did with it today was sit on it to watch a TV show while I cleaned up the kitchen and had a spot of computer time. Oh well.