Our Wednesday

Well, I had alot of plans to get alot of things done today, but that did not happen. I woke up this morning with another one of my awful headaches. The kind where I don't even open the curtains to let sunlight in. I spent most of the morning on the couch watching TV with the boys. I TiVo alot of programs for them and then we watch them over and over and over. Carter's favorite is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse & Kinnick's favorite is Little Einsteins. They are both educational so I don't mind letting them watch those programs. By lunch time my headache was much better so I let the boys play outside for a little bit so that I could re-pot some flowers. They both decided they wanted to help me. Kinnick was eating the soil and Carter was using his shovel and dirt was going everywhere. It was quite the project. After we got done doing that it started to smell like pigs so we came back in the house. After both of them napped we planned to go get some groceries at Fareway and then go pick up Maddie at daycamp. My wonderful mother offered to watch one of the boys for me while I went to Algona, so that helped alot! It is so much work taking both of them shopping for groceries. They always want to ride in one of those carts that looks like a firetruck or police car, but then I never have enough room to get my groceries in those carts. And by the time we get to the checkout one of my boys is trying to push the other one out of the cart. Oh the joys of grocery shopping! Kinnick stayed at my mom and dad's house because he needed a nap and Carter wanted to go with me anyway. He was quite the handful at the store. He did not want to ride in the cart, he wanted to walk like a "big boy". Well, we did not get far and he ended up getting put into the cart against his will. We were in the produce section and he was trying to grab everything he saw. He wanted to eat the grapes, then he wanted to eat a banana, and finally while I was getting kiwi he decided to try and eat through the plastic bag to get a bite of an apple. We managed to leave the store spending under $200 so I was happy about that. I even bought alot of meat and pop this time too. When we got to the YMCA to pick up Maddie she was just starting to play racquetball with one of her friends. She was bummed that we had to leave, but I could barely keep ahold of Carter because he wanted to get down and play. Plus we had groceries in the car and needed to get going. We went and picked Kinnick up at mom and dad's and then we came home and the kids played outside while I carried in groceries and put them away. They came in and we had supper and then we watched a movie and played in their toyroom. Carter was ready for bed by 7:30 and Kinnick followed shortly after. Maddie is just getting ready to head up to her bed now. I plan to do some school work and then relax and watch my soap opera from today that I TiVo'd. Talk to you all again tomorrow. Love, Stephanie and family