We woke up this morning to strong wind, rain, and some hail pounding our house--we haven't even had a lick of rain in months so this was unusual. Supposedly a tornado touched down somewhere close by, although I haven't heard anything official. Lily and I are recovered from yesterday's bug and the whole family made it to the 9:00 service only a little late. Lily wanted to stay with us but we insisted she go to the nursery--we're having to reset some boundaries with her so even though she would have been fine with us, we had to draw the line. After church, we had lunch at Moe's and Ty sampled some black beans and rice. He has also figured out how to furrow his brow and then open his eyes really wide--a little game we played with Lily too. He was entertaining us all through lunch. After stuffing ourselves, we stopped at the mall to let Lily burn off some energy and for Todd to pick up his suit at Jos. Banks. Both kids played in the play area and as usual there were about 10 or so kids who were a full foot taller than the recommended size--and they are always the ones jumping off the structures dangerously close to Lily's head or Ty's hand! But, L and T seemed completely oblivious and we returned home all intact. Todd did the yard as it was sunny, breezy, and chilly this afternoon and the babes and I did our Publix run, complete with chocolate chip cookies for both. Lily got to try fish sticks for the first time tonight and declared that she "loves them!!" I broke down at Publix and bought them along with frozen chicken nuggets--it's time to make my life just a tiny bit easier :) Both kids are in their rooms now (7:10 pm) and I am waiting for Todd to emerge so we can fix dinner for ourselves. TTFN
