Our Kids

So I have been boycotting Target, not really Target but shopping in general except for food. When we get bored or need to go out I used to go to Target, but I would spend big $$ on things we did not need and really not have anything to show for it except an hour out of the house. I haven’t been to Target in ages and haven’t really missed it. I figure it has made me try new things like Bounce Jungle and saved me some coin along the way. One of our new things is to go to the mall early enough to walk around look at the puppies, the lego store and stretch our legs and then get Rubios for lunch. It works and I only spend money on lunch! So I have upped my lunch budget but still saved coin in the long run:) So adios Target, you were good to me but not my pocket book.

Landis is a born carnivore or just an all around eat anything foodie:) Everytime Jason has chicken she goes for it. So when we were at Chick Fil A I got a little thing of nuggets (at least they are actual chicken) to see if she would eat them. She did, not a ton but a little, it might be that she likes it or it might be that she will eat anything (this is highly likely). Piper decided to try a bite, she is so good about trying new things, she kind of liked it and kind of didn’t. Lela took a few nibbles and kept confirming that this was in fact the “meat” of an actual clucking chicken. This seemed to turn her stomach and she abruptly stopped eating, ha!

Well it has been cooler in the mornings but the middle of the day when we are dying to get out it is still too hot. We are making ready for fall though by putting in an industrial fence/gate to keep in our super strong German Shepherd who has a fondness for eating small things. Sadly though even making preparations doesn’t make it cooler in the afternoon.

The girls are getting a bit stir crazy but school starts next week and that will give them 2.5 hours of unstructured but supervised active play Mon – Thurs. They also have a nice big playscape that is under a huge tree. Hopefully that will give them the active stimulation they are craving. I still haven’t figured out how Landis is going to fare since drop off time is right during her nap but she will adjust I know, I just hope the adjustment doesn’t include giving up her nap altogether, lol!

Teacher Karen made a house visit yesterday and the girls did very well. They were excited that she would come to the house to meet them and were very “articulate” according to Teacher Karen. Thursday night is orientation, I was hoping Jason could go too but it doesn’t look like it unless Uncle JJ offers to come over and babysit:)

We went to the library this morning but Landis was not too interested in the books and wanted the snacks in my bag and let everyone in the library know it, ha! So we had to jet and sit outside in the heat and read books until I could not take it any longer. Then we went to Chick Fil A (for some reason I think their playplace has got to be the cleanest of all fast food so don’t burst my bubble) to check out the playplace. It went okay until some bully kid would not let them in the playplace and then when they got in he went to the top and with his girl sidekick they proceeded to block the way in to the slide and yell at the kids climbing up. Obviously this sent Piper crying back down the slide as the bully kids snickered at the top. I got Pipe out and we got ready to go, Lela and Landis were not touching that fellow with a ten foot pole so they did not get scared. The bully kids moms got their kids without apology and got them ice cream cones and left:) Not judging but just interesting.

So we are home now and the girls are unwinding with a little Arthur on the boob tube while Landis naps and I surf the internet. Sigh…….just 6 more hours until bedtime.