My friend Amy let me know Old Navy was having a sale on their kids' shoes so I ran and got Malia some. The ones she's wearing in these pictures, you can't really see because they're clear jellies but they're super cute and she loves them!
She started walking sideways...
We had walked to a little playground across the street just to get the kids out of the house- I fear Liam is coming up on his little phase where he is just unmanageable for a week and then comes out being an angel. Here we are on our way back - Liam and Zachary were ahead and you can tell by Malia's swinging arm, she was determined to catch up!
Our little excursion wore out Miss Malia:
Also I saw this and I kind of want a t-shirt that says this. Well seven of them in different colors so I can just wear them every day and just point to my shirt when anyone gives me a look.
Today is Friday the 13th and it's a special 13th- it marks 13 years since Zachary and I started dating! So we started the day by going to the gym... Here's Malia singing on the way home:
Liam and Malia have this new habit of eating dinner in the living room on the picnic blanket but now in their chairs using the ottoman as a table- it's super cute- and to be festive, Zachary put a flower and candle on the ottoman. Really for me to take a picture of it because it didn't last long but it was cute while it lasted.
I had arranged for a babysitter to come watch the kids so Zachary and I could go out to an anniversary dinner but last night as we were reflecting on the meaning of the day- Zachary asked me another tattoo question- "What would you have us get if we got matching tattoos?" I said a Roman number 13 and he said he was thinking the same thing! He might have made me a strawberry daiquiri and that may have influenced my willingness but he somehow talked me into getting matching tattoos! So that's what we did before we went to dinner. I went first because I knew I'd chicken out if I had to wait too long. Our appointment was at 6:00 but when we got there they told us it'd be another 30 minutes so then I got nervous. I was fine until I knew I had to wait and then I got freaked out. Zachary was thinking it was going to hurt really badly because of the way I acted while I was getting mine- I wanted to tell him it didn't really hurt... but I couldn't. My legs got numb, my hands... and I started seeing black. I don't know what it is- it's this way with needles too- it's not the pain. I don't know what it is but something freaks me out. So here's Zachary getting his:
Here's the bandage that makes it look a lot bigger than it is:
And here it is! It'll look better tomorrow, promise.
Oh my goodness. Last night we made boneless buffalo wings- yum. So today, Zachary made some buffalo chicken nachos- here they are and believe me, they were delicious!
Malia's still not feeling great- I hate it for her but she is such a good snuggler when she's sick!
Liam had some testing today before his group session so Malia and I had lots of time- we went to AC Moore and then chickfila and ate inside!
Then we went to pick Liam up- Malia didn't make it all the way to the school:
She didn't wake up until I got her out of her car seat and she was super clingy so I let her take her nap in our bed:
While she took her nap I brought in my stuff from AC Moore- this was one of my purchases- mini corn hole boards- Zachary is going to be so excited to play tonight!
When Malia woke up, she was burning up- she had a pretty high fever so we had a wardrobe change but she still wanted her blanket... poor baby!
She went to bed pretty early- we'll pray that she wakes up tomorrow happy and healthy! And just for fun- here's a picture of Zachary and the two cats. Trouble.
Funny story: Liam kept repeating something today that sounded A LOT like shut up and I was wondering where he got that from but as I continued to listen and try to figure out what he was saying- hoping it wasn't really shut up- I eventually discovered he was saying "turn up" as in the volume of the music playing on my phone. Also I saw this today and loved it:
The kids went to the CDC today for a couple of hours and one of the caregivers accurately assessed that she needed to get her hair out of her eyes so gave her a pretty tight ponytail. This was the aftermath:
This morning I asked Liam a new question- I asked him how many eyes he has? He pointed to one and said "one," and pointed to the other and said "two." I had no clue he'd do that so I asked him a few more- ears, knees, shoulders, etc. Then I took a video but Malia took center stage:
Later, Zachary brought home this keyboard- one of his Mids was throwing it away so he grabbed it- we put batteries in it and the kids loved it!
