And still behind...

I am supposed to be sleeping right now, but it's driving me nuts that I got behind on the blog again... They've been so cute lately-- I will try to fill you in...

Harper and Juddy Boy are still big into "school day" and "overboard." We have started trying to break Noah a little bit from the technology habit he is so absorbed in. He is doing much better in his communication though... Friday afternoon he wanted to call Nanna, so I let him, and he invited her over. So, Friday night she and Pappa came over and ate dinner and then Noah actually wanted Pappa to play MarioKart with him. He loved it, of course he beat Pappa every time, but he got a big kick out of Pappa's animation!

Yesterday, Josh needed a nap, so I took all the kids out for the afternoon. We started at PetCo and picked up a couple of things for Hoover, then we looked at all the animals. Noah would "find" the snakes and lizards in their cages and thought they were cool, they all loved the fish and Harper and I love the neon glow fish, we may have to get some of those one day... Judd loved the birds and said they were "CUTE" and Harper loved the white parakeet. We went past the guinea pigs and Harper spotted it, and said "ahhh, Hi little fella." How cute is that? They got the biggest kick out of the $2 mice. We watched one tank of them for a really long time. There were 3 little mice that were very playful and were all playing on the wheel, some would run on the inside while the others were trying to climb up the outside of the wheel, then they'd fall down and Noah was just belly laughing at them... it was fun. After PetCo, we went next door to shoe carnival and it really was a carnival-- Nanna can testify from the previous trip to shoe carnival. I finally got them measured, picked out shoes, then tried on. Noah first found a pair of high top but unfortunately, very unfortunately... they didn't have his size... next he picked out a $4 pair of "cherry red" crocs, and they were really out of his size in those... I would have gotten him those for backyard play though, he loved those red shoes.... But, eventually he found a smooth pair of silver, navy and lime green nikes that we both could live with and boy is that kid proud of those shoes. He didn't have school today, since it was Martin Luther King day, and he went to exercise school and the first thing he did was stick his feet out to show everyone his new shoes. He did the same thing to Jennifer and Michelle at therapy too. After Noah was satisfied and checking out his find, I grabbed some for Judd and tried them on, check-- he was done... Harper was mad and tired and wanting out of the stroller by this point, and was not happy with any shoes I showed her. I wanted to get her some white and pink new balance, but they were a little pricey, so we got her the girl version of the kind Noah got... silver, black and hot pink... a little flashier than I would have liked, but she finally admitted she liked them and they weren't too expensive and I wanted to get outta that store, so we just got those and left. Judd fell asleep in the stroller and stayed asleep to the carseat transfer and Harp fell asleep as soon as she was strapped in. I still braved it, and we went to Target. They did awesome, especially for only having 10 minute naps. We started off by getting coke icees and that made them happy. We shopped for a long time and got H all her b-day gifts and I got a little something for each of the boys. On the clearance aisle, we happened to find a singing dancing Brobee. The box was torn and it was marked like 8 bucks... Judd had to have it... I walked away with out it and he threw the biggest fit, crying and crying for Brobee. We walked back and I handed it to him and he hugged Brobee like it was his long lost best friend. He'd push his toe and make him sing and sing along so loud, and as soon as Brobee was done, Judd would say "toe" and hit his toe again and start it all over. Brobee is now hidden in the closet and will be 'til H's birthday party next week. I can NOT believe she is going to be 3... time is flying by too fast.

After Target we came home and the kids were starving. Noah ate some leftover pizza and Harp and Judd scarfed down "meat" --as Judd says...sausage and waffles. Then had baths, then to bed.

Today was busy with the gym and therapy. We got home and is was pretty nice outside, so we went out back and played on the swingset and played with Hoover. Harper got really muddy and after a while they all came in and had a hot shower.
Pa stopped by for a quick visit and played school and played jump with Judd. Once, Judd jumped while Pa wasn't looking, but Pa caught him anyways, and both suffered only minor head injuries. Pa taught Judd to say "PA!" then to jump... It's so cute, he'll get on the little stool and say "PA!" and put his hand in the air with his little pointer finger up. They were all tired from having a long 2 days, so we drove them around 7:30 and they were all out by mile 3.