Blogging *Again*

Wow, two days in a row. Not too shabby.

We're having a mostly great day here today. Autumn did puke all over me again this morning, though. :( She's still stuffy and all the coughing plus a belly full of mucous triggered another lovely fountain. But, to protect the new(ish) carpet I threw myself in the line of fire as I had not yet showered and was still in my jammies. An easy fix compared to the carpet. However, she still seems to be feeling well enough.

When she woke from her first nap we headed out for a bit after getting dressed. Little Diddles wanted to wear his new shirt. When he came to Wal-Mart with me this weekend he spotted a green shirt that he wanted to have. He loves green and I'm a sucker for my little guy, especially when he takes an interest in his clothes. So I bought it. However, it's short sleeved so I told him he'd have to wear a shirt under it too because it's chilly today. Once he got both of 'em on he approved with a nod and a "That looks stylish". And then he wanted a fauxhawk:


My growing girl is in a new (to her) outfit today too. So that means a picture:

Although now I'm noticing her Valentine's socks are sticking out like a sore thumb (sore toe?).

Speaking of 'sticking out'...I love her little tongue:


Of course her brothers love her bunches as well and couldn't wait for me to finish with her little photo session so they could get back to her:


I hope these kids always love one another this much!


Once we headed out, our first stop was our temporary library. The kids love the library and so do I. They pick out books and browse the movies and play with the puzzles and such they have out. It's a good time. And I LOVE free books. Books that I can read and then take back so they don't clutter up my house. I'm not against owning some books. Like kids books or books I might want to read again and again (like Harry Potter). But I'm quite the avid reader so I really like being able to "rent" books and take them back. And my new favorite discovery are the e-books I can get from the library and read on my Blackberry! However, not a ton of titles I'm interested in are available that way but still...free e-books too??? Libraries rock!

Okay, so anyway...that was quite the tangent but we did spend some time at the library this morning. The boys wanted to stay even longer than I'd planned because they were liking it so much so we just hung out. Autumn cat-napped in her car seat and I browsed one of my new books.

Our regular library has closed because they're about to open a new facility to replace it. We've been having to go to another branch or the bookmobile for our library needs lately. But we got the idea to drive by the new branch just to look at it and we got excited. The bonus is that we found a small playground right across the parking lot from the new location and I'm envisioning plenty of fun outings with books and playing at the park on the nicer days. Yay!

We then headed to Starbucks where Easton was not happy I got a coffee. He wanted chai. Hee hee.

And we hit the post office as well where Easton was very pleased to see there was no line (unlike that nightmare visit we'd had before Christmas). Alabamaws, be on the lookout for new pictures! :)

Finally we headed home despite Dalton pleading to "go somewhere else!!!" I guess all those days at home recently had taken their toll on him as well. :)

I have a few Dalton funnies before I go...I was nursing Autumn and D was hanging out with us so I was quizzing him,
Me: "Dalton, who's your father?"
D: "Daddy!"
Me: "Who is your grandmother?"
D: "Gramoo?" (Yes, one of them) :)
Me: "Who is your aunt?"
D: "My bug!"
Ha ha ha! Ant/aunt!!! Hee hee!

When I busted up laughing he goes, "You are kidding me!" Just because he's heard people say that. Goob.

And as we were heading into the grocery store last night both boys grabbed my free hand. I have Autumn's car seat in one hand and they each grabbed a finger from the other hand so one is standing in front of the other. It makes it a little harder for the boys to walk so I instructed Dalton to hold Easton's hand instead so we would be more of a line (we do it all the time with E on the end) . He obliged but he didn't let go of my hand to do it. So the boys were kind of making a loop and Easton and I just laughed and laughed that Dalton did it that way and we walked all the way into the store that way as a circle, just because it made us smile. :)

And now it's time for me to go. The boys are being so silly for their quiet time and that's making me smile too. They are playing with their pretend food and "meep"ing to communicate with each other instead of talking. They can't wait for Daddy to get home and see how crazy they were with this food. Rascals!