Today we made up for the missed rainbow from the other night. It was a great rainbow too. If you look to the right of it you can see another one beginning to form also. So I got two for one. I took five minutes to take pictures. Mind you I am on a busy road kids in car and its starting to sprinkle, but it was so worth it. In those five minutes it became even better. In the end we could even see purple as pictured above. Rainbows are great reminders of the promises of God. This being that God will not flood the earth again as he did in the days of Noah. Eli was happy to listen to my story of Noah and the Ark on the way to town. Speaking of listening to stories. That boy has just become a delight to have in the car. Instead of having a one sided conversation I now am able to have him involved and I am loving it!
Today was an exciting day! I decided to not let the bugs get to me and well I did a lot less vacuuming and house cleaning. Probably because well I am so over it and we are not finding a thing. That does not mean I going to completely stop but I may slow down a little bit. Two week ago before we found out we were had fleasm, we picked up a book of plans for a sandbox for the kids. Well then the fleas hit and it got put on the back burner. This week Aunt Di called us and asked if she could buy the kids one. Such a blessing it was. So today was the day her and her son came out to put it in. Eli adores Aunt Di. She adores him too! Eli was so excited she was coming. So they got a sandbox. It was such a blessing too. I know they will enjoy it as Eli loves the one at Aunt Toni's and Lilliana has loved playing in the sand at the park.
Now we have our own little area of beach and paradise............we can pretend we do at least:) It was fun spending time in it. I knew I would, but Eli had a meltdown when it was time to go in for a nap. We are going to have to work on that. The first thing he said when he got up was, "Go play in sandbox?" That did not happen as we had to go to the bank.
As we were walking to the car Eli picked up a maple leaf. He then explained to me that the leaves are all going to change colors and fall off. Then the snow comes. Such a smart boy! We have been talking about this for about a week so I am glad he finally understands.
After the bank I came home and made dinner. Anthony was working late tonight so halfway through dinner I decided I was taking the kids for ice cream. I had grand plans to go to King Kone and sit outside and eat it. Then, I went outside and the clouds were dark so I knew it was going to storm. So we headed a different direction and got Culvers instead. It worked out well because I like Culver's ice cream better. It is actually custard. Eli dressed himself and got his own shoes. He must have been being creative today. Since he had pajama bottoms on and water shoes.
Eli was a big help. He was so good too and ate his ice cream with very little mess. He was very interested in the little kids next to us though so I did not get much conversation out of him.
I even let Lilliana have her first taste of ice cream. She did not seem very impressed and honestly was more intent on watching her brother. She would scream at him to get his attention and just go crazy. I let her sit on the table as I did not feel like trying to juggle a high chair two ice creams and two kids. I may be super mom sometimes but tonight I thought I would leave the costume in the closet.
She ended up just becoming very interested in her toy. Everybody had to stop and talk to her and Eli. They are magnets for this. I love that everybody loves my kids but sometimes it can be very distracting for them. Tonight I had a hard time getting Eli to focus on eating because of it. Thank goodness he is not shy though.
I also played little piggies with her. I just started with the first one and she got a big grin and began laughing. I had not even started the tickle part. The girl loves to play little piggies that is one thing I have learned.
The ride home was very enjoyable. We did see an accident so Eli was thrilled he could see the police, ambulance, and fire trucks. He also told me all about the clouds, that it was getting dark, the colors of the signs, the rain, the moon, and so on. He was great. Now they are safely tucked in their beds and I am going to relax. I am exhausted! I can't wait to see what exciting things we come up with for the weekend!
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