Small Playgroup

No one volunteered to host playgroup today, so last night I sent out an email saying I could have people over at our house. Since it was last minute only a few people replied. It turned out only one kid ended up coming. Marissa (and Bodar and baby brother, Espen) came over this morning. We had a very nice time. The kids had fun playing with each other. Noah was very curious about the baby. I made blueberry/cranberry oatmeal muffins for the playgroup. Since it was last minute, I hadn’t gone shopping so I just made muffins using what we had in the house. They turned out pretty good. Evan ate a ton of them. I also cut up oranges and Bodar brought clementines. Evan ate a lot of the oranges and clementines as well. Noah didn’t seem to like the muffin, but he did eat quite a few animal crackers.

After playgroup I let Evan and Noah play for a little while and then I put them down for naps.

Right around the time Morry got home Evan woke up. We spent some time upstairs. I was getting some things together to get rid of (baby toys, etc) while Morry hooked up the tv and components upstairs in our old entertainment center we moved upstairs.

For dinner we went to Mimi’s Café. We ate for free. Yes, you heard me. Evan, Morry, and I had free dinners. A little while ago we ate at Mimi’s and were disappointed with the service. We had to wait a really long time for everything and they didn’t give the kids a snack plate. I wrote a little message through their website saying although the food was good, we were disappointed with the service. I got a call from the manager and he invited us to come back and dine on them. The service was a lot better this time. All we paid was $9 for the tip.

The boys are playing now and we are about to put them to bed.

Out of the house

We finally got out of the house today and enjoyed the nice weather. I’m feeling a lot better, though still not 100%. Evan seems pretty much better too, and Noah is still good, so far.

I took Evan, Noah, and Lizzy on a 2 mile run this morning. It’s been a while since I have run. I had planned on doing a 5k charity run on Sunday until I got sick this week. I haven’t registered yet. I wanted to see how I did today. I think I could probably do it, but I’ll wait until the last minute to decide.

We met Bodar and Marissa (from playgroup and school) at the park today. The weather was nice, but a little bit windy. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing outside. Noah loves playing with the little rocks on the playground. Evan spent a lot of time on the bouncy horses.

After the park we went to Target to return a few things and pick up others. I got some plates for both boys’ birthdays. They actually had Cars plates (Evan’s theme) on clearance, so I was able to pick up a few. We passed by the Easter candy display (or couple of aisles, actually). I decided to get our first Cadbury cream eggs for the year. I bought a box of the little ones for Evan. He was excited, but I don’t think he really knew what they were.

When we got home he ran into the office/bedroom (Morry was working at home today). Hew wanted to show Morry the cream eggs we got at Target. We told Evan he could have one if he ate a good lunch. Evan actually ate really well. He must be pretty hungry form not eating that well the last few days. Of course, he enjoyed his little cream egg at the end of lunch.

Evan and Noah took good naps today.

For dinner we went to Mimi’s Café. The food was good, but the service wasn’t so great. It took a long time to get our food. Evan and Noah ate well and behaved well even though we had to wait awhile. We ordered Evan a mac and cheese kids meal. It came with a oreo pudding dessert. Evan got a little cup of dirt (pudding, crushed oreos, and gummy worms). Of course, he loved it and went right for the gummy worms.

Evan and Noah are in bed now and it seems to be quiet in both rooms.