Today's Post

So, I said I'd do a separate post about our celebratory trip to Chuck E. Cheese's and here it is.

Although I should also backtrack to Wednesday night because I got to go have some fun. Ellis's mom invited me to join her sort of spur-of-the moment for coffee. So, after dinner I went and met with her for some decaf at Starbucks. We shut the place down (okay, it was only 9:00) but then we stopped to chat even more outside. I didn't get home till nearly 10:00 which was lovely. We got to chat about all kinds of things and I just always think it's nice to get away for a bit.

Jason said the boys did perfectly. And even Easton who had recently begun saying things like, "But I don't want you do leave" even when he was with Jason was mid-headstand when he told me, "See ya, Ruby". It gave me hope for preschool the next day and I almost said something to Ember about my hope given his farewell but didn't finish my sentence. Didn't want to jinx it--and I didn't! Whew!

So that wraps up Wednesday and then yesterday right after school we went straight to CEC like I said...


I bought $10 worth of tokens and turned 'em loose. For a long time we were the only people in there. The place isn't all that big and so I just try to keep tabs on them and let them do their thing, although Dalton obviously needs a lot of help.









At one point I was helping E play a game that he wasn't quite tall enough for so Diddles wandered off. When I went to find him he was here:






At around this point in our visit I began talking to another mom. She was there with 3 small children and I had to be rude and nosy and ask about it. She had twins that just turned a year old, and then another son who was 18 months older. Wow. When those twins arrived she had THREE KIDS UNDER TWO. And we were talking even more and she was on bedrest for 10 weeks with those twins. She made it to 36 weeks ("term" for twins) but I couldn't imagine. She had a toddler at home, trying to do bedrest for 10 weeks. And her twins were huge when they were born. One of 'em was nearly 6 1/2 pounds!!! Okay, that's enough about that lady.... Sorry. Moving on...

Easton then asked to go check out the animatronic Chuck E. He said, "He likes me!" I said, "Dude, it's a robot."


Dalton, however, NOT a fan. No way.

I took a video but unfortunately the sun is too bright in the window so he's all dark and you can't see much. Oh well. Remember how he was with Red at Red Robin? Well it was like that.

After the tokens were gone we cashed in our 105 tickets. Easton picked an inflatable pirate ball worth 80 tickets for his baby. Then he got himself a 10 ticket lollipop and some other tiny toys. He ate half the sucker and passed it to Dalton to finish. He's a sweetie-poo, I tell ya.

We came home and Easton said he wanted to take a nap...but in my bed. He went and tucked himself in and I went to check on him. He said, "Mom, could you turn off that lamp so it could be dark so I could sleep?" He was pointing to the window. I said, "Honey, it's the sun...I don't have fancy curtains like you do." (He has room darkening ones.) So, he gave up on the napping and had his regular ol' quiet time.

Afterwards I had the crazy idea to try the tie-dyeing I saw Adam and Skylee do with their moms. I should've read the directions before I told E about it. He was just too excited and wanting to touch everything and just get started already. I don't blame him, it was stupid of me. So I didn't know we'd have to soak the shirts first...so he had to watch a TV show with Dalton while they soaked. Then I had to put all the rubber bands and stuff on. Then I had to mix the dye, try not to get it everywhere, strip the kids and we all headed outside. But I couldn't let the kids touch anything because it was already getting everywhere. Dalton kept walking places he shouldn't have without shoes so he'd need rescuing. Easton was climbing the fence in his underwear and I'm trying to do this fun tie-dyeing project with dye all over my fingers despite the gloves and it was making a mess and I have no idea how any of it will turn out because I didn't know it had to sit in plastic wrap for 12 hours before I can unwrap them to then let them DRY. Ack! Oh well.


The boys busied themselves in the sandbox when they realized I wasn't going to let them have any tie-dyeing fun. Poor kids...






While the boys like the sandbox, we really do not spend much time playing in it AT ALL. The mess is often just too much. Especially for Jason. :) I had to stick both boys in the tub again to get off all the sand. E's underwear was full of sand. D's hair...

It's just a mess. A fun mess, but a mess nonetheless. It was a messy messy afternoon.

After their bath we went to pick up a couple things for dinner from the store and came home to eat.

Today is Dalton's 18 month well-kid visit. Pray that he has not fallen any further on the weight chart. If he does his doctor is talking about referring him to a specialist at Children's Hospital and we don't want that. Well, obviously if something's "up" we want to know, we just don't want anything to be up to begin with.

I'll try to update with that later or tomorrow. :)