Who Needs Sun???

Lovey woke up ridiculously early today, before 7am I'm pretty sure. She's pretty good about being quiet usually and just looks at books until someone else gets up. Murray was up super early this morning & went for a long run (and he was pleased with his time today, 4:36 avg pace/km and a total of 39km in 3hrs 55 seconds) So he was long gone when she first got up. Then Honey joined her and they played for awhile as I tried to force myself to get up (admittedly without great effort) but it deteriorated when they decided to set the table for breakfast. Honey was causing Lovey great distress by blocking her access to the cupboard. Lovey had accidentally knocked down a bag of toothpicks and desperately needed to get them back in their place on the shelf so Honey parked herself on the chair and wouldn't let her up to reach. So even when they're trying to be good and helpful, they're still rotten!!! Lovey was beside herself as her OCD sent her into a tearful panic and she came running into my room to let me know that the toothpicks, despite her best intentions and efforts, were NOT in their proper place! I told her it didn't matter as they didn't appear to be properly rotated and shuffled anyway. (hahahaha!!!) Actually I told her to leave them on the counter for me to put away later.

When I got out to the kitchen, Sweetie had also joined them and they'd all gotten bowls, cups and spoons, poured their milk & cereal and were all set for breakfast. So what did they need me to get up for anyway? "Mummy Mummy!!!! come come! Hurry!!!!! ....... See? we don't need you!" well thanks for that newsflash!


I went to my class at the gym and they did their morning jobs and then watched TV while Murray relaxed in the recliner. After lunch we jumped in the car and went for a swim at the indoor pool! They've been wanting to go for awhile but since we have a much better pool in our yard, we've been putting them off this summer. The whole way there they chattered nonstop at their excited high pitch level. They were wound for sound!

We swam and played for over an hour and a half when we finally pulled them out so we could go get some supper. The whole way to the restaurant they were still hyped up but managed to settle down once we got inside, thank goodness!

We went to a Mexican place and they were sooooooooo good to the kids! They each got their own menu and once we'd ordered, a guy came over and asked if they'd like a surprise and then came back with a helium balloon and a toy for each of them. This was much nicer than the surprise we got when I took the girls to the ladies bathroom and noticed the owner was using the wheelchair accessible bathroom with the DOOR OPEN!!!!!!!! Ay chihuahua!!

We had a great dinner and shared some dessert and they thought the whole thing was just awesome. Honey really wants to try chopsticks though so she asked if we could go to a Chiny (rhymes with shiny) restaurant next time. Lovey said she didn't want to go there, she likes Mexican food better! and what exotic authentic Mexican cuisine did she try? Some muy bueno chicken fingers and fries!

When we got home we were feeling pretty full so we took Murphy for a walk even though it was raining and the girls got to use their rain suits again. Not a puddle was missed on this outing! :)

Needless to say, they weren't long settling down to sleep tonight!