Happy mother's day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful day! and that all the mommies got what they wanted! I had a great day today despite J being in Germany. William had a rough night last night and we didn't sleep in but he woke up cheerful and playful. We got some cuddle time before Evelyn got up. It is always nice when i can have time with one child when the other is sleeping so I can focus on them and not feel like i am neglecting the other. after Evelyn got up we went downstairs and called Grandma to wish her a happy mothers day (ok i should have waited but i didn't look at the clock).

I made french toast which I don't usually eat but for some odd reason I felt like it today. it took Evelyn some convincing that she wanted it instead of pancakes but she was happy with the breakfast once served :) after french toast i dug into the strawberries. after giving evelyn hers I took soem for me

Evelyn "no mommy don't eat the strawberries"
me "but today is mothers day and i want strawberries"
Evelyn "no mothers day"

after cleaning up for breakfast we played for a little while and skyped with Grandma and grandpa hirsch. Evelyn stayed put for a little while then we got out the paints which helped. Willam was ready for a nap once we said good bye so we put him down then skyped with grandma kidd and Zach. zach was showing off his cars so Evelyn had to get her's too. she can't wait for their next visit. after saying quick hi to grandpa we skyped with aunt sarah. unfortunately evelyn had had enough at this point and was being a little more difficult and running away more frequently.

Evelyn was anxious to go to the library and park but i appeased her by giving her lunch and William woke up with good timing at the end of it. of course then he had to eat which evelyn was less patient with but we managed.

I took the kids to walmart and didn't find what i was looking for however i did get some finger paint for our house (and more paint pens and colored pencils that are not sharp) and a bunch of toys for the kids (I don't know what I was thinking but clearly was in the mood to spoil them rotten!

our next stop was mom and dads so that i could borrow the first harry potter movie (i ended up grabbing tow and neither was the first) which I didn't end up watching anyway. i did move mom's rose inside and hopefully salvaged it.

the library was fun we had our snacks and did a lot of swinging :) I tried to get Evelyn to go to the concert but it was very loud and i could only get her to stay for a few minutes and for that i had to bribe her with a chocolate chip cookie. the poor kid has sensitive ears for everything other than her own screaming...

after a trip around the library i found some movies that I thought Evelyn might like (elmo and I spy) so i grabbed them and renewed my membership. by the time we spent some more time at the park William started to go down hill so we left to go home - sure enough he fell asleep in the car.

Evelyn found the movies and grabed the elmo one to play so we watched that untill william woke up (it was a short nap). then it was walk time! we walked down the street and up st paul. when we got to paul I don't like walking on the actual street because it is busy and the cars go prety fast. Evelyn was having a great if bumpy ride yelling "crazy mommy going on the grass" over and over again. One of the neighbors was on his driveway gave me a smile and said "happy mother's day" :) unfortunitly william got upset on the walk early so we had to abourt and go home. I'm still not entierly sure why but bu the time we got home the kid was snotty.

I grabbed out some of the new toys that I purchased and Evelyn and william seem to love them. I finaly talked evelyn into doing the finger painting while I cooked dinner. though it wasn't long that she tolerated doing things my way and started roling the papper, we will have to continue the process another time. when her dinner was ready she didn't want what i had cooked (i asked her if she wanted a hot dog and she said yes... so i decided to replace it with PB and J. I got out the bread and peanut butter and she asked for the pb on her plate. so i put some there and she ate it all - with the veggie dog. and then at the half a sandwich i prepared for her.

I only managed to get one of the finger painting's done with William as he didn't seem to enjoy it any more than evelyn did the first year. so i will have to work on getting his done as well. after dinner i had a headache so we went upstairs to take a tylenol (me) and a bath (them) and put william to bed. unfortunitly despite his sleepy eyes it took him a good 45 mintes to go to sleep. Evelyn was very good however got restless at the end (at the worst time!) and started to shut the bedroom door lowdly etc. WILLIAM fell aslepp and we cam downstairs to do elmo again and just cuddle.

the only thing i could have asked for to make the day better would have been an afternoon nap!