today started out pretty slow and mostly quiet. q woke up healthier than he did yesterday...his nose was much better and there were no content issues with his diapers, but he also woke up in a super mischievous mood when it comes to behavior. i swear to god he did everything he knows he's not supposed to the entire day. he totally wore me out.
we started the day waiting for construction crews to arrive and finish the last of the most recent construction, groceries to be delivered, and for our friends to come visit.
our friends arrived just as the construction crews finished up and just minutes after the pizza arrived...perfect timing. we had a ball sharing pizza and fresh fruit while being entertained with a fashion show. the girls went to town with some play makeup and clothes. the boys played around with trains and cars, taking occasional breaks to heckle the girls. once nap time hit, the girls moved onto playing the wii, making brownies, and doing some art projects. q was super unhappy about being separated from all the fun, so he took only a short nap and woke up on the wrong side of the floor (he refused to sleep in his bed. again.). late this afternoon, we went out to play on the playground. the kids had an absolute ball. livie cried when her friends left. if she could find a way to be with them 24/7, she'd do it in a heartbeat.
today, my grocery delivery bubble was burst. i have so thoroughly been enjoying grocery delivery and have had very few problems. today, there was a problem...a rather big one. first off, the groceries arrived an hour outside the 5-hour delivery window. this isn't too bad...not much to complain about. the groceries all arrived HOT, though. and several of the refrigerated items were not stored with ice or anything else cold. in fact, the shredded cheese i ordered was a big oily lump of melted goo (cheddar doesn't melt "pretty"), and the two containers of margarine i ordered showed up in liquid form. i submitted a complaint right away, and got a phone call minutes later. tomorrow morning, those items will be replaced. now that summer is really heating up, i will be sure to be meticulous about very plainly requesting that cold items be stored with dry ice (which is how it's usually done...never had to request it before).
kids tuckered out after their playdate
in order to keep q out of the girls' craft, i gave him his own supply of shave foam to play in. he made use of it, as you can see.
it's a good thing shave foam has some detergents in it...made it easier to clean up this gigantic mess.
athletically-inclined s totally owned the wii basketball court!
one monkey
another monkey
and another monkey. this monkey did so much monkeying around that i had to send her home with band aids. i felt very bad about that until her family let me know that this is totally normal for her :-)
three artists working hard on their 3D pics. we used a combo of equal parts shave foam and elmer's glue along with some glitter glue to make a 3D paint. i learned this trick from miss pam, olivia's 3yo teacher at harmony hill preschool. this trick never gets old. if i wasn't so damn tired, i might be whipping up another batch of this paint to make my own creations :-)
the girls singing and dancing to a tune on just dance kids
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