Being April

The day started out... well, it started... both kids woke up with drenched diapers and wet beds. So they both spent most of the morning in just a diaper. Dean made chocolate chip blueberry muffins for breakfast, which DJ liked a lot while I washed bedding. Unfortunately bedding included a beloved Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal, and DJ did NOT want me to put it in the washing machine. Partially to distract him from his Pooh, and partially because they both really needed one, kids got a much needed bath. Dean charged up his RC helicopter, so after baths he flew his helicopter much to the delight of DJ. While they played, I made a cake in a Winnie the Pooh cake pan that was surprisingly difficult to find. Following helicopter flying, an episode of Blues clues, and general playing around... and a nap for Andrew, we went out to lunch at Arctic Circle. DJ loves that restaurant because of the cool playground inside... we wanted to go to the park, but it was too cold. for DJ we g...

me: "DJ, say one" DJ: "two" me: "no, say one" DJ: "two" me: "One!" DJ: "Two!" me: "fine, say two" DJ: "three" DJ likes to play in his laundry hamper, but I only let him when its empty. I washed his laundry yesterday so he had lots of fun playing in it yesterday, today however there were some clothes in it, so I didn't expect him to try to play with it. He's usually pretty good about that, but today he found his way around that little rule... at least in his mind. He brought it out into the living room to play with it, and I was expecting to see the clothes that he took out of it on the bathroom floor, but I didn't see them there, so I was a little confused. A little bit later I was getting him some socks and I found all of the dirty clothes neatly put away in his drawer... I guess he thought he was being helpful. First thing in the morning after waking up DJ: Cann...