A Productive Day

We went to the library this morning, and spent about 40 mins reading books. After that was time for the boys to "claim" their prizes for the reading program. They couldn't wait to put the wooden beads into the Bead Box. They could drop a bead into the box for every book they read. And then they got to pick 4 C prizes, which if you asked me it's junk toys, but you also got the option to pick a Toys for Tots token to donate in place of picking a prize. The boys were thrilled to drop anything into any boxes, so that's what we did instead. It made all of us happy!

Next stop was IKEA with Yi Yi (what they called my sister). Yi Yi was late as usual :P, but the boys behaved well while waiting. We had lunch at the restaurant, and they boys picked their own lunch and ate well on their own. Mommy was very happy because I actually got to enjoy my lunch when I didn't have to feed them :) They had a blast playing at Children's IKEA. They were cooking at the kitchen, crawling the tunnel between tents, and sleeping from toddler bed to toddler bed while Yi Yi did her shopping. They did well for not getting their nap in, but it got rough toward the end. Elias was throwing a fit as we were about to leave and lost his ice cream privilege. Oh well, all was fair. It was probably an embarrassing moment, but it was least of my concern at the moment.

They napped for an hour after we got home. Drew on the new easel we bought at IKEA and watched a DVD after nap. Could you guess what was it about? That's right, TRUCKS! After dinner, we read more truck books borrowed from the library, and drew some more on the easel before bath time.

Sound like a fun and productive day, right? Right, it was, but it was also very rough because they were not very good listeners today. Yet I was in a good mood.

Praise the Lord!