Keeping Up with the Davis': Mommy Weekends!

My Saturday, Sunday and Monday were kid-filled and wonderful! I can't explain how much I am enjoying the extra days I am getting with my little ones. I have quickly learned that time really does speed up when you get older, and especially when you have kids. For this reason, I am so increadibly grateful to my husband and my boss for giving me this extra time with my babies before it is much too late!

Saturday morning the entire family headed to the mall to pick up a few items and to let Kate ride the new Mall Train. Daddy and Hayes went on their way to Macy's while Kate and I rode the train around the mall, singing and dancing like fools all the while! After our train ride, we rode the carosel and then went on to the play area before it became saturated with parentless munchkins. After their little shopping trip, Daddy and Hayes joined us in the play area where Monkey loved hitting the blocks and looking in the mirror! After our little family outing, Kevin had to go to a work event...which left me and the kids unsupervised! So, what did we do? We headed out for some donatos pizza! Kate was thrilled since pizza is always an extra special treat in our house! We both ordered our very own pizza and salad...and ate EVERY bite! We ended our day with some great snuggle/book time! Unfortunately, I was too caught up in the day to take any pictures - even though I had my camera with me the whole time.

Sunday morning I woke up and tackled the grocery store at 8am with both kiddos so Kevin could catch some extra needed zzzzz's. I not only took them with me, but cheeseball rode in his kangaroo pouch and Kate pushed her mini grocery cart behind me (which makes for an extra difficult shopping trip, after which, I typically have bleeding ankles from a certain little cart hitting me at the end of every isle!) I have to admit that I felt a bit like super-mom. I got my starbucks, Kate got her apple juice and off we went to fill our carts full of meat, fruits, vegetables and snacks!

Kate was such a good girl at the grocery that she earned her very last star to fill up that star chart we have been working so hard on. Her first full chart meant a new scooter! I know, I know, a big prize for something so simple as earning stars. But, don't worry, this was just an extra special reward because it was her first time and she worked SO hard! This chart has been a huge deal to her and I wanted her to understand that it is a huge deal to us too (at least that is the argument I gave Kevin ;)So, after our shopping trip to Toys-R-Us, we put the scooter together and off she went! She had a blast and it was worth every penny to see the confidence boost she got when realizing that she "earned" her new toy!

And then there was Monday, my special day with the babies. Before 8:30 am, we had already been outside for a scooter ride and had a tea party. We took a special trip to the playground for a real lunch picnic and then played a little tennis followed by some playground time. Who would have thought that taking our lunch to the playground and eating it on a blanket would be so exciting! Even Hayes enjoyed himself - he discovered grass while we were there!! He kept leaning as far as he could to get those little hands in the grass and then he would pull a few pieces up to stare at them in amazement before bolting them into his mouth. It was one of the cutest things I have seen. After our picnic and tennis "game", Hayes and I had a lot of pretend hamburgers, fries and ice cream brought to us from a wonderful waitress named Kate. After naps and rest time, Kate and I painted a bird feeder before cooking dinner for the family. All in all, it was another fun filled day!