Tues&Wed (mostly) in pictures

Tuesday I was feeling super tired and pretty sick, so we had a home day.  On days where we stay home all day it can be hard to find things to do for the kids until nap time.  The kids were both in really good moods and we did a lot of reading, playing cars, being silly, singing, and cleaning up together. It was a really nice morning with lots of laughs.

On days that we stay home, the dress code is pretty ridiculous.

Featured: Frankie in Joey's basketball shirt, doggy pants, and the underwear she insisted on putting on over her pants.

Featured: Joey in daddy's "cool hockey shirt" 

In their undies before nap sharing a 'Funky Monkey'

After nap time, we ventured out to the grocery store because I'd been making kind of sad meals over the last few days and I was feeling good for the first time in over a month, so I wanted us to have something nice for dinner.  Joey was so excited when I told him I was making salmon .He's obsessed with salmon. Probably because we don't have it very often, so it's a special treat for him.  He was jumping up and down at the counter as we were leaving and saying "MOMMY! I'M SO EXCITED FOR SALMON!!!" It was really cute.

For dinner we had one of my favorite kind of meals: salmon, good bread with oil and vinegar, and salad with lots of croutons. This is also Stuart's favorite kind of meal, so we had a nice dinner together :)

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Today was a different story. We needed to get out of the house after being home almost all day yesterday... at least, I did.  Especially since the weather is getting SO nice here.  It used to be 100 degrees most days and now it's cooled down to about 75 as a high (mid 20's) so, it's nice to be out with the kids.

We went to Santana Row... my favorite place ever.  You can get a nice cup of coffee and the sidewalks are super wide for scootering and there are restaurants and stores everywhere and all of the restaurants have outdoor dining on both sides of the sidewalk and the place is so... Europe-y or something and I just love the feeling of being there! Not that I've ever dined at one of those restaurants.... but, the food looks so good. 

There's also a really cute play area that we spent a little time at, and a new fountain that the kids splashed around in.  It was hilarious and so cute and Frankie got absolutely drenched, but whatever! I just stripped her down when we left and she was a-okay :) 

Joey in the little play area.  He kept saying, "Mommy! I climbed up to the top of my very favorite apple tree!" it was so cuteeeee

This picture makes me laugh. Frankie is such a funny little one

I could NOT believe that Joey got in on the action. He usually hates getting wet, and Frankie kept splashing him with her feet and his pants got wet and he barely got upset. He must have been in a really good mood.

O be still, my beating heart.  

I guess the day isn't over, but it feels like the majority of ours is. The kids will probably sleep for the next couple of hours, then it's playtime, dinner making, chaos, and then Cubbies tonight!