Today was brilliant. It was cold and cloudy, but the kids and I made the most of it. We started off with rasberry chocolate muffins, got dressed and headed to the dealership to pick up Mommy's new plates for the new ride. On the way, we stopped at Carter's who was having a major, major sale. I found Sawyer's "going home from the hospital" outfit, a birthday shirt for Tay & Thomas and a big brother and big sister shirt for them. It took twenty minutes to rack up a ton, but to mark things off my list while the kids played contently was a huge accomplishment and very relaxing. At the checkout, I looked up a coupon on my iphone and asked if they would accept the code. They did! Bonus!
After getting my plates, we headed to the jewelers to have my ring cleaned and inspected. I checked out some bling in the meantime. After that, we headed to RJ Goodies for lunch and dessert to celebrate Tay's birthday early. We sat by the fire enjoying our lunches and sweet goodies. It was so nice, but it also made me realize that these amazingly controlled moments are dwindling. Things will be so different once we throw an infant in to the mix.
On the way home from lunch, we decided to take a small detour at the little Hooks Airport to feed the ducks and watch the planes come and go. I just so happened to have an entire bag of bread heels for such an occasion. The ducks enjoyed their lunch, but think the kids enjoyed feeding them more. After the bread was gone, we took a little tour of the airport and were lucky enough to encounter a two-seater plane drive to his hanger right in front of our ride. The kids were thrilled and the day was complete.
We filled up the Chocolate Thunder for the first time since we purchased it almost two weeks ago. Score!
To sum up the day, we ended off with a trip to Peek a Baby for Sawyer's 30 week 4D ultrasound and topped it off with dinner with Daddy. It was a perfect day without crying, fits, fights, struggles, or mishaps (unless you count the two times at two separate venues a server tried to give my children their drinks in glass tumblers). I TREASURE these types of days!