We had such a great day today from start to finish. The day began when I woke up at 7:15 to the sound of silence – Ryan had slept all night long! I took advantage of my time alone to take a shower (ahhh!) before Ryan woke up at 8 and Nicky woke up at 8:30.
I haven’t been this on top of things in a very, very long time, and it was a playgroup day for Nicky’s preschool class that starts in the fall, so we went to Pinebrook Elementary School to the playground and met a few friends. When we got home, we were just in time for a nice walk with our neighbors and then came back to play in the basement for a little while before lunch. After lunch, the boys played nicely together while I folded some laundry and cleaned up, then they both took a very nice 2-hour nap.
After naptime, we went to meet our preschool friends again to march (okay, pull the wagon) in the Hilton Fireman’s Carnival parade. Just as we started to walk, it started to rain, and within minutes it was pouring. The boys didn’t mind the rain at all, but Nicky was absolutely terrified of a little boy in a scary skeleton mask, so we had to stop along the way several times, but he was okay. The parade ended up at the carnival, and Nicky rode on the Dizzy Dragons with Chuck, and then he rode on the ferris wheel for the very first time with me! He LOVED it!
After we came home and gave everyone a nice shower, we had a late dinner and played for a little bit before bedtime. Ryan crawled over to me to blow raspberries on my belly, awww. :)
My evening ended with some Ryan snuggles. There’s nothing as sweet as baby whispers at bedtime. It just melts my heart.
Oh, yeah, and the new iPhone 4s came today! Chuck’s activating them now. To finish off our night, I’ll enjoy some Words With Friends and M&Ms in bed. Life doesn’t get any better than this. :)
**I forgot to add a few things last night in my happiness coma:
- When we were walking in the parade and Nicky was so scared of the kid in the mask, he kept his eyes closed but still kept waving to the parade-watchers. Everyone got a kick out of it!
- I asked Ryan where his head was last night after dinner and he put his hand on it; I love the times where we start to realize that he understands us!
- Chuck stopped at Mighty Taco on the way home from his work trip to Toronto yesterday. Yum!