Fat Guy On Truck

Last weekend was quite good.  The babies did well sleeping through the night. 

We went out shopping on Saturday and picked up some Thomas the Train books for the boys.  They always seem to have a good time going shopping.  We went to TJ Maxx and Calvin and Brayden kept wanting me to put them in front of one of the mirrors so they could see themselves. 

I was able to play some PS3 while they napped on Saturday.  The weather was nice so we took everyone out for a walk after their nap.  The kids keep playing with their train set every day.  They also are growing more fond on their Hot Wheels cars and Monster Trucks. 

After putting them to bed on Saturday I went across the street to watch some football.  It's nice to get out every once in a while.  Even if it's only across the street.  I had good intentions of only drinking a little (I purposely brought four beers).  Of course after I got over there they told me that they decided they were going to do a shot for each touchdown scored.  It was the Lions-Saints game so I knew I was in trouble (both have exceptional offenses this year).  As I expected they scored a lot and we probably ended up doing ten shots each.  I had to come back home to grab some Whiskey since they ran out.  I think there were only two of us that actually took all the shots that we were supposed to.  The guys talked me into making pastrami for the Super Bowl party.

Sunday morning I wasn't feeling very well.  I managed to get out of bed to feed Aubrey and then put her back down.  Fortunately the kids didn't get up until about 7:00 so I could sleep in a little.  It's sad when sleeping until 7:00 is considered sleeping in.  I managed to drink a lot of water and take some Advil and started feeling a little better.  We went out to Wal-Mart for our usual shopping trip.  The kids were being fussy before we left and we were a little off our game.  We realized while we were at Wal-Mart that we didn't give Carter and Aubrey a bottle before we left (they did have breakfast though).  So they started getting fussy.  Fortunately we had Puffs so we gave them Puffs as we were wandering through the store.  We managed to make it through and got everyone home.  As we were pulling out of the parking space in Wal-Mart we heard Calvin say "Fat guy on truck".  We just started laughing.  We asked him what he said and it sounded like "fat guy on truck" again so we continued laughing.  Then Brayden said it and we realized that he was actually saying "flag is on truck".

Aubrey didn't want to nap at all.  I think she may have gone down for thirty minutes or so.  Needless to say she was quite fussy later in the day.  Erin's parents came by a little after 2:00 and helped with the kids.  I got a few things done around the house.  We decided to put Aubrey down for a nap a little after 4:00.  I planned on lowering the beds in their cribs, but I couldn't because she was sleeping.  Much to our surprise she didn't wake up until 4:00am Monday morning.

I set up an easel that we got from Erin's sister.  It has a dry-erase side and a chalkboard side.  It also has a roll of paper that you can attach and let the kids color on with crayons (which is what we do...no way will we give them markers).  We also picked up a huge magnet board from Wal-Mart in the morning.  It will fit perfectly on the easel.  I need to pick up a few screws so that I can attach it.  The boys will love putting their magnetic letters on it.

They did quite well getting their bath.  They were running around the house after getting their bath.  They would go into the kitchen and then start running and jump on the couch.  They were pretty worn out so they went to bed very easily.