Today was quite a mish-mosh of a day for us.
We were up earlier than usual, which I'm never a fan of. But, we did actually have to be somewhere, so I guess it wasn't SO bad. We ate some breakfast and pretty much were up and at em' right away. I took my shower and got ready. Then, we gave the girls a quick bath and got them dressed. Meanwhile, I did a few loads of laundry. As much as I hate doing laundry, it is the one chore you can do while doing everything else you need to do at the same time. So, it's not ALL bad.
Once we were all cleaned up and ready to go, the girls and I were off to my dad's house to do some Halloween Arts and Crafts with my stepmom and some of my nieces and nephews. Olivia was pretty excited to play with her cousins for a bit, and they were both pretty interested in their little art project (they made little Halloween keepsake boxes). After the crafting, some lunch and a little playing in the yard, we were on our way home. It didn't take long before both girls passed out.
We put then down for their naps when I arrived home, and I joined Christian in the yard where he was already hard at work on our weekend winterizing project. Today's jobs included deflating pools and beach balls, and packing them away along with sand box toys and other random outdoor toys, raking the back yard one last time (this ended up being my job, and I have the massive, painful blisters to prove it!), cleaning up the deck, scrubbing down the grill and picking up some of the yard decorations. It doesn't sound like a lot, but man, it sure kept us busy!
The girls joined us for while after their naps. Did some swinging, chased the dog and bounced in their bounce house for a while. Finally, we called it a day on the yard work and headed inside. We grilled some chicken for dinner (so good, it's going to be mighty sad packing the grill away pretty soon...), watched Tangled for the millionth time and just spent a little time playing and goofing around with the girls.
It doesn't matter how down you might be, how ill you may be feeling or what is going on in the world, those girls know exactly how to put a smile on our faces. They are so fun, and so thoroughly entertaining. It's hard to imagine what life was ever like without those goofy smiles, sweet laughs and pure chaos.
Once the girls were down to bed, Christian and I settled in for a movie night. I had grand plans of watching two movies....even though I'd already watched it, I wanted him to see Bridesmaids (which, he loved), and then I really wanted to watch Scream 4...but, I after barely making it through the first movie, I gave up and went to bed. I long for the day I can actually stay up late!
Here are some pics of the girls doing their crafts.
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