January 31 = Family Day

Sundays are probably my favorite day- we usually try to do something outside of the house on Saturday but usually Sundays are low key days- especially during football season.  This morning, Grandma watched the kids while we went to the grocery store.  Such. A. Help.  We saw our old neighbors at the commissary with their two kids.  The dad questioned our decision to use time away from the kids to go to the grocery store but then he looked at the two carts they were having to push and his wife begging the baby to stop crying and I think he got it.  Here's Grandma and Liam while mom & dad were away:

 Then we got some family pictures:

And Zachary started a new game with Malia.  He does the "I got your nose" game and she gets it back from him and returns it to its rightful place!

January 30 = Date Night

Mo asked us a few weeks ago when a good time for her to come up to Maryland would be.  We immediately responded- this weekend would be great!  We love to have the grandparents up to spend time with them and for them to spend time with the kids.  We got a bonus tonight though in that Grandma turned into babysitter and Zachary and I got to go out on a date!

We had dinner at Brio and then went to Target... because Target makes everything better... and we went to a hiking store... Eastern Mountain Sports?  I can't remember what it's called but Zachary loves it.  It was so nice to get away for a few hours and be able to have a conversation without it being interrupted.  Oh and to go out to eat and not have to be stressed the whole time- that was really nice too!