Daddy's Day Off

Joe has Fridays off and we like to do something fun with the girls. The day started out like most of our days, Noelle gets up first. We snuggle for a little while and then she is ready for the day to start. She hops up heads to the kitchen points to the refrigerator and says "juice" (meaning milk, basically anything in a cup), then goes to the cupboard gets a bowl, and then opens up the pantry points to the cereal she wants and says "cerealll" repeatedly. What can I say she knows what she wants. Anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, Joleigh rolls out of bed. It takes her much longer to start the day. She needs to cuddle first and immediately have the TV on. She will eventually ask for some milk and maybe some breakfast. She is not quite a morning person, but her mood is usually good, just needing a little time to veg out. Anyway, after a few disney channel shows, Joe and I decided we needed to plan something before the day got away from us and we were sitting in front of the TV all morning. We decided to head to Desert Ridge and bring the girls to play in the water fountains. It sounded like something fun and new to do. I had brought the girls once before, Noelle was too little but Joleigh had a great time. Once we got there the girls wanted to have nothing to do with it. They would walk slowly up to the fountains and then run right back to us. It didn't help that after just a few minutes of being there, two kids collided and one little boy was screaming and blood was literally gushing from his mouth. Turns out he knocked a tooth loose. So watch your kids and be careful.



I'm glad we were persistant and didn't turn around and leave. We stayed for about an hour and then grabbed some lunch at Rubios. We came home and everyone took a very long nap! Hallelujah! The late afternoon, we spent playing as usual, then Joe went and rented Meet the Robinsons to watch as a family. We got the girls in their pjs early, popped some popcorn and enjoyed the rest of our evening.

I love that the simplest things can make for such a great day together. The girls absolutely adore their dad and can't spend enough time with him. They were all smiles all day long!