What A Day(and night)!

Andy left for Texas at 3:30 in the morning so it was just me and the kids yesterday (and for the next couple of days).  We spent some time playing in the morning before heading off to Riley's arts and crafts program.  After that we ran a few errands and finally found him a decent pair of velcro sneakers without characters and do NOT light up.  Do you know how hard that is to find for a first grader without spending an arm and a leg?  He needs them for his PE class at school and they must stay at school so I didn't want to spend more on them than I spent on his Nikes.  Kohl's to the rescue!  We checked a number of other places and scored a pair on sale for $20!  While we were there, I checked out what girls shoes were on sale.  We found a cute pair of Disney princess sandals that I initially passed on because I figured she wouldn't wear them much more this summer.  Well, once I saw the yellow $4.99 sticker, they weren't coming off her feet!

We came home for lunch and nap time then headed out to Ikea for their "Kids Eat Free" promotion.  I had a few things I wanted to get while we were there and my munchkins love to play there.  They also love to eat there because they have kid-friendly foods, kid-sized tables and movies playing on the t.v.  They were both on the edge of bedtime when we arrived home so we played for a short period and then started our routine.  Both kids struggled to fall asleep last night.  Kendall ended up getting out of her bed 3 times!  Thankfully she can't open the door or turn on the light yet!  When I went upstairs for my final check-in before I turned in, and noticed I couldn't open her bedroom door more than a few inches.  What the heck?  I figured she'd put a toy there while she had gotten out of bed.  So I turned on the hall light to look down and see legs extended on the floor.  Here my little princess must have decided to defy me by getting back out of bed once again and eventually passed out in front of the door!  I considered leaving her there but determined it would be better to have her wake now instead of midnight when we'd both have to be awake!

Well, my little man decided for some reason that he wasn't going to sleep last night either!  He was in my room 6, yes, that's right, 6 times last night!  He came up with every excuse under the sun...the wind, lightening, thunder, etc.  When I got up to tuck him back in, the trees outside were completely still...not sure where he got the idea it was the wind?  So by 4am, there was an actual thunderstorm so he did end up sleeping on the floor in my room...

Momma is tired and so are my kids.  We were planning on a trip to the zoo today, but I'm not sure we'll make it out the door with as tired as we all are today!  Hurry home Daddy!