We slept in (8am) and then Phoebe requested pancakes. I do enjoy pancakes every once in awhile since I make a big batch and the we reheat the rest of the week. I washed dishes shortly after to stay on top of keeping the kitchen clean. The kids watched movies which occupied them for the perfect amount of time.
Walter received some cars squinkies for Christmas. He can't really be trusted with them alone, but the three of us played with them today. For lunch I went all out and made turkey burgers and sweet potato fries while making a bowl of tuna noodle salad for us to also have this week. Our 'Monday' will be Tuesday and I know we'll be just fine until I grocery shop on Wednesday on double coupon day. I've always tried to keep things in control and planned out prior to the envelope system, but that fixed amount specifically for food really keeps me in check. I let the kids go through the coupons and we cut any that I may need before their expiration.
And I'm so proud of myself for this next activity. I've got tons of craft ideas pinned on pinterest under my 'kid ideas' folder. So I hopped on there to see what easy craft we could do with the supplies in our house. Boo at us for not having the traditional white shaving cream or we could have had snow paint! I decided on footprint penguins even though a project with a four and two-year-old and paint can get me twitching. They turned out so adorably. I'm not sharing since I'll have them hold them up for picture #3 at breakfast tomorrow.
We finished the day with clean up and dinner. I treated the kids to a bath. I say treated because my baths are usually in and out, clean them and dry them. James fills the tub twice as deep, lets them dump water on each other. I'm just so paranoid that I can't usually let loose. I really tried tonight, and Walter might have hung himself with that extra rope. He even went so far as to giggle while peeing on himself as I'm trying to pick him out of the tub. Good thing the water was right there to turn back on. We made good time on our bedtime rituals so I let the kids watch a bit of their movies again. Phoebe curled up with Princess Charm school in the playroom, while Walter and I went in the living room to watch The Littlest Angel.
Phoebe ended up falling asleep on the loveseat, so I carried her to our bed. Yes, James is coming home tonight, but I completely forgot that fact until I had crawled her all the way to his side. I'm sure he'll want to stay up late and watch movies or something with David, and he usually falls alseep on the couch when he does. Walter and I finished his movie and then he went to bed very easily.
Here's the picture I took when Walter discovered Phoebe was sleeping.
I know I need to figure out my camera. I'm thinking I'll reserve that book from the library again that was recommended to me, I ordered from a different library, checked out, didn't crack open, and then had to pay a late fee. I think that's a bit more realistic than taking a photography class.
I'd also like to record here that my reading has already improved. Thanks to our Christmas present kindle fire, I've been reading whenever I have a spare few minutes. I'm 23% through The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and 8% through Larkstorm by Dawn Rae Miller. I meant to just download a sample of Larkstorm, but I must have accidentally bought the whole thing. After I finish my nightly chores, I'm curling up with The Hunger Games until my eyes tell me to stop.
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