Day 30: Playing Hookie

So Skylar woke up this morning looking miserable and complaining that her throat hurt. I felt her forehead which did feel a bit warm and told her I'd get her some medicine. She went and laid down on our sofa with about 4 blankets on top of her and I thought - great, she's sick. As I was giving her her medicine I told her that we not be going to school today and she just nodded and laid back down. Then Bryce woke up and it was a different story. They were chasing each other all over the house and climbing on everything! You know, a normal day. So I asked her "Skylar, I thought you were sick?" And she stopped for a minute, looked at me with a little grin and said "well, my throat DOES feel scratchy!" Out-smarted by a 4 year old! I continued to watch her just to see if she'd crash again but nope, she was perfectly fine. Little stinker.

Since she was clearly not sick and they were clearly determined to burn off energy by destroying my house, we headed to bootcamp. It was an adventure. This was my first time at bootcamp with all 3 kids at the park location. Bryce again does not understand why Skylar gets to be out and he's stuck in the stroller with Eva. So most of my battle was fighting with him to be patient, here - have another snack, play with mama's phone, etc. Finally I had enough and figured I'd test the waters a bit and let him out. I told him to stay right by sissy to which he replied "okay mama." Two minutes later I hear someone say - uh, is that someones son? And there he was all the way over by the swing sets which from where we were was quite a trek. Sigh. Back in the stroller we went, kicking and screaming. I did still get a little bit of a workout but this is becoming harder and harder. I spend more time chasing my kids down or trying hard to pacify them with snacks and toys the entire time, that I hardly get a workout. Anyway, after bbc - we normally play at the park but with the wind and cold, it was just not a good day for it. So instead we took the kids to wonderwild and played for almost 4 hours!!!! My kids had a blast and it was so good to see them burning off energy. Brycie even went potty in the public restroom! That was first! Eva spent most of her time snoozing or being held by one of her Aunties. Spoiled little thing.

We finally got home and the kiddos past out. I had to straighten up a bit because Nana was coming over to babysit while daddy and I went on a date. The kids were so excited to see Nana and barely waved goodbye as we headed out the door. The original plan was to go shoot our guns but daddy changed his mind and we went and had sushi instead. I love being able to spend one-on-one time with my man! Another good day...