Rainy Day Adventures

It was a long rainy day at home today, but we managed to have some fun. The morning started out early, 5:30 with Mr. Emmit. He's always an early bird, but every now and then he'll 'sleep in' until 6:30 or so; but of course, not on a weekend. Ellie woke up on the wrong side of the bed too, so after breakfast, we went for a nice little Sunday drive. Colin and I enjoyed about 30 minutes of conversation while both kids slept (at like 9:00 am!) Back home again and our neighbors Sarah, Sydney, and Palmer came over to play (Colin secluded to the basement during this time to get some work done). We played, caught up, ate lunch, and had fun sprinkling and then eating some brownies. The kids napped again after that, and Ellie slept for over 2 1/2 hours - woohoo! Emmit was a stinker again though and only slept for a little over an hour. So, Emmit and Mama went to Old Navy and did a little shopping, and he got a new ball which made him very happy! The afternoon/evening then consisted of coloring, playing with play-dough, dancing, and then eating dinner. After dinner, Emmit wanted to play with his new ball, but so did Ellie, so of course it was temper tantrum city because they couldn't play TOGETHER! That would just be way too easy?! So, Colin decided to take Ellie to Menards to get some new Christmas lights, and she was completely FASCINATED with all the lights on display. Emmit was in bed at 6:30, and Ellie's on her way soon. Wonder how many more days like this we'll have before Spring? Winter hasn't even started yet, ugh =P

Some pictures of our little monsters...Ellie rocking some post-nap hair and doing her best CHEESES for Mama!









Emmit learned how to climb up on the kitchen chair and then the table from there this weekend. He was doing it ALL day! There's no turning your back on him at all now!