Sunday Funday

Sunday night always makes me sad to leave the kids on Monday, and this Sunday night is no different. We had a great weekend and I hope that this will propel us into a great week too.

We went out to dinner with the kids on Friday night and Jack did a few things that cracked us up. First, he loves to eat chips and salsa and he was dipping his chips into salsa and eating them despite not having a drink on the table yet. Suddenly, after a big bite of salsa, he started yelling "milk, milk" and looking for the waitress. When the waitress showed up, she was a cute teenager,  and she talked to the kids and was nice to them; after talking to Jack, each time she passed our table Jack would wave at her or say "hi" or stop eating to watch her walk by. I never thought I'd watch my (almost) two-year-old check out a girl.  The last thing he did that made me smile was something he did all on his own. He had salsa and queso on his fingers and hands, then he suddenly turned and grabbed a cloth napkin and wiped his own hands and face- that boy is getting to be such a big kiddo.

We spent the remainder of Friday night snuggling together as a family and watching some vintage Mickey Mouse cartoons (the kids loved seeing Mickey and Pluto on TV). Saturday we ran errands and Tony and I went to a birthday party Saturday night. It was so nice to be able to get away and enjoy some adult time. But, the most fun day for our family was Sunday.

Sunday morning Harper and Jack slept until 8 am (which means Tony and I got to sleep until 8 am). We got up and played in our pjs and looked read books, then Harper decided she wanted some apple sauce, so the kiddos had a little breakfast appetizer and giggled and laughed while they chowed down.

We got dressed and decided to go out for breakfast on the way to the grocery store. We went to one of our favorite little neighborhood breakfast restaurants and it was packed. We normally sit at a 4 top with two highchairs, but after waiting 20 minutes with two very squirmy toddlers, we were happy to get a table- even if it was a booth...you cannot fit two high chairs at a booth...you cannot do it. So, we put the kids on the inside of the booth and rolled the dice on what breakfast would be like.

The kids did a fantastic job! When we first sat down, they were most excited about the ketchup and salt and pepper shakers (Jack) and the stand with all the jams (Harper), but when the food came out, the kiddos stopped playing and started eating. Between the two of them, they put down two good-sized biscuits, 3 silver dollar pancakes, and they each ate some of my omelet. Jack pretended to put tabasco sauce on his pancakes and thought that was just so fun- he was my breakfast buddy and did a great job sitting in his seat.

Tony and harper were breakfast buddies and she was so happy to be with her daddy. Harper ate a great breakfast and loved making silly faces with her daddy- check out those two!

After breakfast we strolled over to the grocery store and the kids were excited to try out the shopping carts with a car in the front. The kids have ridden in the top of this cart (the normal seat) before, but they've never wanted to "drive" the car- now, I think they'll want to ride in this every time we go.  They  were great shopping and would both say "beep, beep" and pretend to honk the horn while they "drove."

We rounded out our weekend with a trip to Costco where the kids spent some time fussing (mostly because they decided to skip their nap and chat in their cribs instead), but the fussing subsided when they started holding hands and playing in the cart. Here's a series of pictures from the Costco trip- I love these kids. I love them so much!