I'm sorry I don't have pictures from today, but it was just too "hands-on/busy" for extra stuff like that. :)
We started out the day with a good Nap for Finn, then off we went to see Rachel Gustafson with Bettina and Adelaide at Edinborough Park in Edina (again). Good times! We pushed it to the max with our time there, because that's what we do these days...AND because we didn't want to leave once connected with friends again... On the way home Layla fell asleep, so her that that should have started at 12:30 didn't start until almost 2:00.
Layla slept from 2:00-4:00, and Finn also had a great nap! I had to go in and feed him once during his sleep, but it was well worth it for the 2.5 hours he slept in total! Yessss! We putzed around the house for a while until Papa came home, and then we rushed out for a Family Date Night at Oxford Community Center. They have a fun pool with water slides, a play area with slides for little kids, waterfalls, etc. It really didn't hurt that it cost only $8 total for the 4 of us. OR that it's located less than a mile from our house. (MAN I love how many cool things we have near us to do with the kids...but I digress...)
Layla ADORED it! She couldn't stop laughing and jumping the entire time! She was constantly in motion with a huge smile on her face. Jonas crawled all over the pool with Layla while I sat in the shallow end with Finn. (He's been cute lately with baths...and I hope Jonas doesn't mind me sharing this, but...here goes. Sometimes Jonas will fill the tub and then get in with Layla while holding Finn too. Finn thinks he has DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN when this happens. He just yells and splashes and laughs the entire time.) So, keep that thought in mind as you picture Finn seeing all FOUR of us in WATER TOGETHER! Oh, the yells! :) I think he was *less* excited about the water temperature, but he forgot about that in the amazement of watching everything that was going on around him.
The worst moment of Layla's life came when we had to leave (Finn's bedtime). Oh, the agony! Oh, the drama!!! She begged and pleaded to go back to the water. She even grabbed both my cheeks between her hands as I was dressing her and said "inna wadder, okay Mama??? Okay??" So cute. But, no. We left. :)
Finn went to bed, Layla got a bath, we ate Trade Joe's frozen foods, Jonas left to decorate the church, I put Layla to bed...and that's it so far.
Good day.
You?
