Thursday was a totally different story. Anna dropped Mia off at our house bright and early in blustery, snowy, 15 degree weather with more gear than you could imagine to keep her warm. She was a little sad to have her mama leave, but I was able to distract her by watching her favorite movie, "Signing Time". Mia is quite the little scholar when it comes to sign language, she was signing things all day, but unfortunately I didn't always know what they meant or what she needed, we made do anyway. Not long after the movie, Z and Shawn (arms full of food, jackets, and of course cars) showed up for the days adventures. The library down the street has storytime followed by the toy library being open on Thursday mornings. Due to the cold weather, we thought getting the kids over to the library would be a fun activity for the day. We struggled getting Mia's carseat in, bundled up all three munchkins and headed over there, only to find out the library was CLOSED! Thankfully, Shawn hadn't unloaded her car of kids before I found out it was closed. I ran into a friend and her daughter, Nicole and Sadie, while at the library and invited them over to play as well. While the 4 munchkins played, Shawn cooked up a feast for everyone of tomato soup and grilled cheese, yummy!
After lunch, it was getting to be Mia's naptime, but our plan of walking her seemed out of reach with the frigid temperatues and so Shawn attempted to rock her, which clearly wasn't going to work. Knowing Mia's sleep secret is being outside, Shawn she bundled up Mia in the stroller and got herself dressed in warm clothes and headed out for the naptime walk! Shawn is superwoman, only 5 times around in blowing snow with wind chill temps below zero and Mia was out! LT went down quickly and Z figured his 30 minute car nap in the morning was a sufficient nap for the day. Mia woke up soon after LT went down and so she and Z made cookies (or I did and they ate them!)The afternoon was filled with fun activities like singing "The Wheels on the Bus in a homemade car, drawing pictures and music class. We wanted to bundle everyone up to play in the snow, but the temperatures outside were just too cold and so Shawn brought snow IN for them to cook with! The three played in the bucket of snow for probably 30 or so minutes. Mia was a little unsure of the craziness of snow INSIDE, but after a few minutes, she decided she would join in and played too. Z left not too long after the snow fun and then it was just Mia and LT. Mia had been pretty quiet for most of the day, but came out of her shell for the last hour. She was running around our house with her doll saying, "Happy doll! Happy day!" I asked LT to give Mia a kiss and he turned to me as if he needed to practice on me first. He kissed me and then went to give Mia a kiss and she turned away. LT looked back at me confused and distraught, but went for another one and it worked! They gave each other subtle smiles and went back to their playing as if nothing had ever happened.
Mia and Z went upstairs to get LT when he woke up on Tuesday. This is the only picture we have from the day because these munchkins are so fast now!
LT and Mia in big chairs watching "Signing Time".
All three bundled for the failed library adventure.
LT, Sadie and Mia enjoying their tomato soup and grilled cheese, Z was on the go.
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Thank you, Kari & Shawn. Kisses to da boyz.
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