Here's what's been happening around here this week. I've been too busy and tired to post!
Saturday: took the girls (by myself) to the zoo! We had fun! It was a rainy day so we first headed to the indoor gym/exploration part, which they loved. Here they are making collections of rocks, shells, pinecones, etc. A first: we managed this without anything going into a mouth! My babies are growing up! Then we wandered over to the merry-go-round. I wasn't sure how I was going to manage THAT by myself, but figured out a plan: Emma on a horse (by herself, even though she is slightly under the height limit for not having someone standing there with her, ha ha), Elsie, Delia and I on the bench sleigh type seats that they have a few of, right behind Emma's horse. E & D were whiny and pissed that they weren't going on a horse at first, but all smiles once the ride started. Since Emma was the only one to have to pay, this was a DEAL and we went for a second run. Then a few too many animals/walking (and therefore a bit of a meltdown), then lunch in the cafeteria, then home for LATE naps. All in all, a good outing...
Elsie (top) and Delia (bottom) working with rocks and shells
Boo! Emma cracking out of a dinosaur egg, & Elsie and Delia adding fungi to a log.
The view from my side of the stroller
Sunday: K & L's afternoon out! We're still not quite comfortable leaving the kids at bedtime, so we have discovered afternoons out are the way to go! We head out after they are all down for a nap, do something fun, have an early dinner (happy hour!) and are home soon after the girls have dinner, by 6/6:30. Works GREAT. We had fun this time wandering around Pike Place Market, dodging tourists, buying fruits and veggies, browsing a baby boutique and Indian food store, and then walked around Belltown a bit and had a luxurious, grown up meal. Thanks to grandma E and grandpa T for entertaining the kids while we were gone. When we returned they were all having ice cream, ha ha!
Monday: The Children's Museum! This was a meet-up I had organized with the multiples club. We met up with 4-5 other families with twins (THREE of us had ID twins and a sib 2 years older, strange!), and I actually got to talk to them a bit since Grandma & Grandpa were there that day as well! Its definitely easier doing stuff like that with a second (or third) adult, whew. I spent some time with just Emma in the art studio there, and that was fun, too. Places like that are starting to get hard, since Emma wants to do more big kid things and the babies are more interested in the baby stuff (or scatter in opposite directions in the blink of an eye).
Tuesday: Emma was back to school, hooray! And not a moment too soon, we were at each other's throats all morning! While she was at school I cleaned and gathered up a ton of baby gear and dropped stuff of at two consignment stores. It is such a relief to get that stuff out of the house! We are swamped with stuff and I am in major purge and organize mode. Well, I will be once I stop spending so much time here, attempting to replace any space I might be making on my bookshelves...
Wednesday: Today we had a surprise call at 7:30am from G & G, who ended up hanging out in Seattle for one more day due to a cancelled flight! So, after breakfast we headed back out to the airport to pick them up (still in jammies!). Which was great, because that meant I had (grownup) company at the babywearing meeting at the library later on. It was at a library pretty close to us, so we headed over and I got to hang out with the other mamas while Grandma Elena entertained 2 of the girls at a time in the Children's section. Its such a luxury (and so easy!) to just be in charge of one child out in the world, woo! I think I might have figured out how to do quick and easy back carry in the wrap (a "ruck"/rucksack carry), for the first time in 3.5 years. You'd think I'd have figured this out by now, but no...
Thursday: More school for Emma, yippee! I think I will take E & D grocery shopping or just back home to do some housework. Not very exciting, but we need a mellow day!
Friday: Elsie and Delia start "Messy Play Day" at Emma's school. We are so excited! Its a class/playtime (where I stay, of course!) for the littlest ones at Emma's school, so Emma can come along too. Elsie and Delia LOVE school an will be so happy to be able to STAY and PLAY!
