Busy Bees

Today was an insanely busy day. We bounced from one activity to another commitment to another activity, and then back again. They were all fun things, but I know both kids have already fallen asleep even though they've only been in bed two minutes.

We started off the day with a few quick errands and then a trip to the Botanical Gardens. We haven't been in over a month, and in that time they have opened up a new entrance. This also meant new parking, with a fancy new parking deck. We pulled in and Eli gasped, "Mommy look! They made a new parking deck...it's beau-tiful!"

Once out of the car, we met up with Cooper and Finley and both of my kids turned their listening ears off, causing me to 'misplace' Maddux a few times. All of the kids played in the fountains, taking showers under the water falling from the flowers and filling their mouths with water shooting from the ground. (Oh yeah....sanitary for sure.) Speaking of which, Maddie totally grossed me (and probably other people) out before we left by not only drinking the water from the fountain, but drinking it from Eli's croc. Double gross. She held the shoe under the waterfall and then brought it to her mouth. Again and again. Even when I took the shoes away, she somehow managed to get them back and carry on with her drinking.

The kids didn't get down for naps until just after 2PM, and I had to wake them right before 4PM for Eli's swim lesson. Maddie was not happy about that. The kids jumped and swam and wore themselves out and THEN we had dinner company. More playing, more jumping, more boo-boos (Eli fell off of the swing set twice)... Finally bedtime around 9:30PM, which is late late late in our house. I have a feeling the kids might sleep in a little tomorrow.