First, here's a picture of Malia helping to clean up- she's so sweet.
And then... we went to the playground across the street today and Zachary found this praying mantis. He brought it home to take pictures of it (we had left our phones at home).
Then he came back to help me get the kids home... via bike.
Also, here's my little momma Malia loving on her Minnie...
and here's a video of lunch on a typical day in the Holliday house:
We slept in, did a little shopping and got to watch a movie today- we saw The Girl on the Train- a book that I've read. Oh and we ate at restaurants. Like three times. My favorite kind of movie is one adapted from a book I've read so I was really exciting. Here's one of our purchases from today- Liam and Malia's Halloween costumes!
Zachary and I drove the kids halfway to NC (near Richmond) to deliver Liam and Malia to their grandparents for the weekend! We thought about spending the weekend at home so we could get stuff done but Zachary decided I needed to stay away from home so I could have a weekend to relax! Here's Liam and Malia eating some cheetos when they got to Grandma and Daps house!
While Liam was in school today, I took Malia to the only drug store I could find that gave flu shots to kids her age. We had to wait a while so I got her this phone... she's a fan.
She took it like champ. Later, we walked to get Liam from the bus and she pushed Chase in the baby doll stroller- such a momma.
I'm going to blame someone else for the fact that it's taken me a month and a half to write this post. I asked my brother to send me the pictures he took of the kids before the wedding and he hasn't yet. He's incredibly busy so I don't blame him at all. But if I can make it someone else's fault that I'm so behind, why not?!
I decided to get Liam a haircut this morning- he needed one badly and when would have been a better time to do it than his uncle's wedding day (and when I had people around to help)?
Here are two of the pictures that Matt got of my precious little children before the big event:
So how did the kids do?? They were memorable. Liam did make it down the aisle but promptly exited stage left as soon as he got up there. Malia did the opposite. I had to carry her down the aisle but once she got up there she was pretty good for a while. She stood with Zachary for a few minutes, picked some flowers off of bushes for a few minutes, and then made her grand exit right next to Daps and right in between Matthew and Rachel. It was really cute.
Soon after, my mom and Uncle Matt came to pick them up so Zachary and I were able to enjoy the reception child-free.
