Day 56: Monkeying Around...

We are finally over all the gunk that was plaguing us last week (knock on wood). We woke up bright and early and they were begging to go outside and play so off to bootcamp we went. On the drive there I noticed that it looked awfully cloudy and was just praying that the weather would hold up. Now normally I always keep Bryce in his stroller but today I decided to test the waters and see how he'd do out of the stroller. I told him to stay with Skylar and not to go to the playground. And those two things he did. However, the clouds opened up and the rain came down hard and fast so we all darted for the covered areas as quickly as possible. I told another mom that if you really want to see us workout, have it rain on her babies and she'll never move faster to keep them from getting wet. I literally darted across the field with THREE kids in my jogging stroller. Skylar was such a girl about it and looking for anyone who had a towel to dry off where Bryce on the other hand, well - he was your average boy! Every time I looked over at him he was pouncing away in some puddle or digging his hands in the mud. He looked very happy though so for a short while, I let him do it. The rain did not stop our workout and we pushed on. The kids all played and Bryce only ended up in his stroller once for not listening. After bbc was done, we all decided to take them to Pump It Up because the playground was soaked and it was clear they all had energy to burn. The kids had a blast and it was nice because it was really just us girls in our own area. Everyone played and jumped and played some more. Even Ms. Jamie jumped in on the fun and took the kids down the big slide a few times. Once it was clear that we succeeded in our tasks of wearing them down, it was off to bed. I often wonder what people must think when they look in my car and see me dancing around or waving my arms in the air. Well, if you're wondering - it's my way of keeping them awake! I'll put on some kind of silly song like the hokey-pokey (or as skylar says - pokey pokey), shake your silly's out, or the wheels on the bus so that they do NOT fall asleep in the car. Because if they do, even if it's for 5 minutes, they will NOT go back to bed. And this mama NEEDS them to go to bed. :)

It was a very fun but tiring day and I'm tarrrd (as bubba would say) so goodnight world!