And Zachary set them up for lunch today- we've been super strict about making sure they eat all their meals at the table- we want to eventually get our carpets cleaned but there's no point if they are just going to keep spilling stuff all over the floor so we're trying to make it to where we don't have a lot of trouble getting them to eat at the table. But today- Zachary treated them to this set up: eating lunch and watching Bubble Guppies!
So I have no pictures from today- only a video. This had been going on a while before I thought to take a video- they're such good sharers... sometimes.
Also, I wrote the other day about Liam's scores but if the specialists had been with him today, their scores would have been a lot higher. We were watching Bubble Guppies and I was asking him what color hair each one of them had- he got them all right even if they weren't on the screen when I asked about them. Then I asked about what color each of the Sesame Street characters and he got all of them right even though we weren't watching it and there were no pictures of them or anything anywhere around! Every time he got one right he would give me a kiss- it was so sweet. I spent some extra time with him getting ready for bed- I was rubbing his hair and then pretended to be asleep so that he would go to sleep and he started rubbing my back. Such a sweet boy! Also! I found out today that Irma, Liam's favorite, has been teaching him how to say "here." He says something that sound like "Hurr," but now he is saying "he-err." I noticed it was getting better but today when I picked him up from the gym one of the other girls commented that Irma's been doing a good job with him!
Bubble Guppies: the only thing that can make both of my children sit still for more than 30 seconds.
Zachary loves grilling on the weekends and Malia loves being out there with him. Liam and I are more inside people- I love being outside in the fall. When it's over 80 degrees, I like to head back inside in the air conditioning. How sweet is this:
Malia got a lot of playtime outside and I risked waking her up by taking these pictures but she was out so we were fine. I checked on her 20 minutes after she went to sleep:
First, Liam stole my chickfila sweet tea and then Malia tried to steal it from him. They really just like the tiny pieces of ice.
And then we got to work decorating bags for Mimi and Grandma. Liam's really into stickers right now so first I presented him with fabric markers and let him color. Malia made a few marks and then insisted on watching Bubble Guppies. After coloring, I showed him some stickers that I asked him to put on the bag- that was definitely his favorite part!
Also I saw this and thought either of my kids would be capable of doing this:
The weather looks like it might be nice for a few days so we went in the backyard again today. We were just relaxing but Malia wanted to get some work done so she persuaded Daddy to help her mow our nonexistent grass.
After that, she got a bath and then she was so exhausted after all her hard work! We got her in her pajamas after bath and put her in our room so she could watch some Bubble Guppies before bed. In the time it took us to get Liam out of the bath and in his pajamas, we found her asleep in our bed. Sweet girl.
This is the only picture I have from today but I love it. I love that her hair is on top of her head and she's got this cute little outfit on and she demanded the blanket you can barely see in the corner. And of course the paci.
