Today

Today was just a not-terribly-interesting sort of a day. I've been on a bend to get the things I need to start making my own cleaning supplies (note the book i'm reading. That's a whole other post for later). Should have been easy enough. But I could not for the life of me find the right containers--namely decent spray bottles and squirt bottles. What I wouldn't do for my left-over peri bottles! Who knew??!!! I might have to wait until i use up what's left of my dishwashing liquid and use that as one, but i need, like, four. So anyway. To start over, we began our day at Keegen's 18 month checkup. He looked great. Forehead laceration healing well, still on his own little 10th percentile curve, no ear infections; etc., etc. Both boys got their flu shots, much to their dismay. Bode was freaked out about it no matter how much i tried to prepare him (can you prepare a 3-year old for a needle being jabbed into their thigh?). And of course Keegen was upset too with his two injections. Sooooo, in keeping with the tradition of teaching my children to cope with food, at 9:30 in the morning, we headed to McDonald's for a shake. Totally worth a needle jab in their minds, me thinks.

From there to Target, which was totally disappointing. As mentioned above. I spent way too much time searching for what I needed. I really like to be in and out of stores as much as possible! No meandering with two small children in tow, thank you very much! Then to Wild Oats for the oils i needed. Then home to lunch and nap/quiet time. So, a totally boring morning for the boys, except I guess they enjoyed their shakes and they had a blast playing with the plungers at Target...And yes i let them travel all over the store with them.

After naps, off to WalMart. Poor kids. Not much more luck there, but did find a few spray bottles. We'll see if they last. Returned a Halloween costume and ended up at Whole Foods looking for the last thing I needed (which they did not have). So i ended up getting a bunch of food at their deli section and we headed to a great park that was on the way home. We had a lovely picnic. Bode kept saying, "This is a really good picnic, Mom." I guess he approved of the pizza and green beans almandine, of all things! Keegen chowed on the yams and sesame noodles. And they had a blast playing on the playground. This was our first time back to a playground since Keegen's head gash and I realized I was a little nervous. Shadowed him more than i normally would, but not too bad.

Once home, the boys had a great bath in this wonderful bubble bath that smells so good! After their baths, they chased each other around the house like maniacs and then off to bed after a yogurt. Keegen enjoys the books we read at bedtime, but has no interest in the soothing things I try to do that Bode likes so much. Don't sing to me, don't rub my back, just PUT ME IN MY BED and turn off the light! So that's easy enough. Bode gets a couple songs and a back rub. Lately he has a lot to say at bedtime which i have mixed feelings about. Part of me likes it and wants to encourage him to chat and part of me wants to say, after 12 hours of hearing him run his mouth, Shut up and go to sleep!!! I always leave him with a kiss and an "i love you." And tonight he left me with a smoochy sound as i walked out and a, "You get good sleep tonight, too, Mom." Gotta love 'em.