Carter and Aubrey both woke up a few times last night. Erin gave them both half a bottle at 2:00 so that she could use the stairmaster without being disturbed by babies. Aubrey woke up around 6:30. I took a shower and when I got out Calvin and Brayden were up. As soon as I got them changed I heard Carter waking up. I grabbed Carter and got him changed and then we all headed downstairs for breakfast.
Carter found out he could crawl behind one of the couches that we have pulled out a little from the wall. After Calvin saw Carter behind the couch he decided to go back there...and wouldn't come out. Eventually he finally came out after some pursuasion.
Calvin was a very fussy little boy this morning. Someone forgot to tell him that he needs to be good because Santa Claus is coming to town. He kept asking for "Hershey bar" after we had given him the last one.
Eventually we got all the kids ready and decided to go to the Patrick Henry Mall. We were surprised that the mall wasn't very crowded. Perhaps it's because we got there early. Brayden was flirting with one of the workers at Bath and Body Works. He had taken one of his shoes off and she put it back on. He seemed to enjoy it. The boys rode on a little train at some new toy store. The train has a pedal that the kids had to push down in order to operate. They really seemed to enjoy it. It was set up in a figure-8. The set cost $100 and you can actually buy extra track to make it bigger. It seems like something they would use a few times and then never use it again so we have no plans to buy it.
The boys were singing "la la la" and "tonight tonight" from the song "Tonight tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae during the car ride home. It started with Brayden doing it and Erin and I were cracking up laughing. Then Calvin joined in. We couldn't believe that they were singing the song.
The boys have developed a habit of wandering around to find a place to lay down to get their diaper changed. You'd think they were dogs thinking about where to lay down. We say "lay down right here" and then they go to where they want and say "right here". Then they lay down and we change their diaper. It works.
Aubrey had a difficult time going to sleep for her nap. She had pooped when Erin went up to check on her so she was changed and then put back down. Of course she wasn't having any of it and started crying. We made her another bottle and she took most of it. She still wouldn't go down at that point. Erin brought her downstairs for a while and then we put her back to bed. Eventually she finally went to sleep. Unfortunately for mama and dada that took up precious non-baby time.
Carter was the first to wake up which was probably only an hour after Aubrey finally got to sleep. Calvin got up next. I don't actually remember Calvin getting up because I had fallen asleep on the floor while playing with Carter. Dada still feels like crap. I actually think I feel worse today than yesterday.
I played catch with Calvin in the Living Room with a football that is sort of a mesh type football with holes throughout. He caught a football by his finger getting caught in one of the holes. I thought it was pretty funny.
Dada went out to the garage to get a soda tonight to try to help a scratchy throat. When I opened the door Calvin peeked around the door and said, "Hellooo". Silly kid. He was an entirely different kid this afternoon from the morning.
The boys figured out that they can blow bubbles with straws in their water cups. So they proceeded to do that for a while. They have been doing pretty well using cups, but we mostly give them sippy cups because we don't want to clean up spills all the time.
We all went out for a walk tonight. It was a bit chilly, but we had the babies wrapped up in blankets so they stayed toasty. The cool air felt good to me.
Carter went to bed early which wasn't a surprise since he had a fairly short nap. The boys brushed their teeth again tonight before going to bed. They seem really excited about brushing their teeth. *m
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