Just another day

Mady and Niki played Big Daddy's XBox most of the morning, er, early afternoon, a war game. Dom showed the girls how to play last night and they have been waiting to find there way covertly through the rough terrain and blow stuff up since we made them log off sometime around 2 am.

Ezra and Luke played with blocks and shoes all day. They think it is hilarious to hide from each other and when the seeker has found the hider the hider runs wildly down the hall screaming. The only problem with it today was Ezra felt the need to wear Mady's clogs while playing this little game and kept falling in the hall. He just wouldn't take the shoes off. Once they laid down for a nap I put the shoes away so he wouldn't break his ankle!

Mady and I played Set for a bit tonight. I was beating her pretty badly so she decided she only wanted to play one game. Last night she was all over it, I think she just wanted to be on the computer. Since she was bored with me I let her log onto Club Penguin and play what she wanted. The Set game mysteriously disappeared after I cleaned my room tonight. I thought Mady misplaced it but I think I may have misplaced it!

The plan for tomorrow is to take Mady out for the day. We had another book store gift card to use but it has also been misplaced. I think I have one errand to do then we can go hang out @ the books store and do whatever Mady would like after that. I want to go get another board game!

Here are some pix of the kids playing in cornstarch. These are a few weeks old but I thought the site needed some more pix.

Book finds & ice cream

This is the weekend Mady has to go stay with her dad, or @ her dad's house as the case maybe...which it usually is. Her dad travels for work and is rarely home. Mady doesn't always enjoy going, but then, she doesn't always like being here either!

I actually got Dom to spend the afternoon with the boys and I took Niki to Border's and to Cold Stone Creamery. I am a book...addict? I love books. I am trying to grow our classics collection. I never read most of the well known classics. I am enjoying reading them to the kids. Normally when I shop for books I will buy on Half.com or Amazon or go to Half Price books. Today we purchased books @ Border's bc we had a coupon. I think we did alright. I purchased 3 hardback books by EB White some wooden toys for Niki and the boys, Mad Libs (one of my favorites!) and a couple of beginning reader books Niki thought she may like to try after I showed them to her.

We attempted to ride the train near the zoo but it's closed for the holiday! I don't think we will ever get to ride that train. We have zoo passes yet every time we are near that area I never have any cash, the train station only takes cash. Sometimes we are on a time limit and we run out of time, sometimes we are too tired after we have been to the zoo. However, I have made it our goal for Wednesday to ride the train! We are headed over to another attraction in the area and we are going to ride that train around the city and catch the gorgeous view of the river! Ummm, actually, I haven't watched the weather, so I suppose I should add only if weather permits.

Oh, we got a book of science experiments cheap too. I am sure I could have pulled them from the web, but sometimes it is nice just to have it already printed out and ready to go whenever the mood strikes. It came with a few odds and ends to perform the experiments as well. So, I am off to work on an experiment of Niki's choosing since she has watched her new movie and probably some Mad Libs!