When I got to Steller, I saw this little guy in the yard. I stood quietly and watched him get up in the flower pot. He looks like he's dined here before, but there's not much to be eaten right now. All along, they thought it was deer taking bites off the flowers, but maybe it was the Easter Bunny.
I never know what's going to greet me when I walk in the door. Usually some sort of costume. Today it was hats, boots, and socks for mittens. No one ever told me what they were playing. But they immediately want me to be the Bad Mouse or Bad Queen. I've found out that I can get a cup of coffee and drink it while sitting down and growl and grimace at them every once in awhile, just enough to elicit a scream here and there. Much safer than risking another fall.
This glittery shamrock shirt has all of a sudden become one of Graysen's favorites.
So we saw some sunshine, talked about a picnic, and packed some snacks. But by the time we cleaned up and found shoes and socks and jackets, it had started to rain again.
We drove to North Bend to the grocery store instead and stopped by the post office in Snoqualmie. Both are fun stops for the girls. Graysen is so interested in cherry trees and likes pointing them out. In North Bend there are a few bushes with flowers and drooping berries or something on them that we call the Fancy Nancy bushes after one of her favorite storybook friends.
She asks at least 3 questions a mile when we're driving. I'm not sure how I'm going to find enough answers when Kate starts asking questions too.
This is the way Katherine likes to ride - side-saddle - and Graysen chose to hang on the side this time instead of ride inside. They are so good in the store and give me lots of advice on what to buy. Kate said orange juice and mac and cheese. Graysen just wanted rainbow goldfish and also mac and cheese.
We spent a good bit of time in front of the Easter bunny shelves, picking out which one they would like the Easter Bunny to bring them.
As we were rolling around, I noticed a couple come toward us, and the man had a wooden leg - a peg leg - yep, just like a pirate. I felt lucky that Graysen was looking somewhere else because I just knew she would ask questions about that and make a pirate comment. I breathed a sigh of relief, but I had to go back for something I forgot, and there they were blocking our aisle, for a good 3 minutes. She did see it and look at me and say, "Why that man....." But then she didn't mention it again. I was relieved but figured she was going to bring it up again. I guess she either forgot about it or figured it was really a pirate.
Getting home with the groceries is my least favorite thing, especially with these two. Graysen was able to take one bag upstairs for me, but Kate wanted to stand and stare at a crow a long time, so I was exhausted after one trip up and down.
This bag of Fancy Feast was very interesting to Kate for some reason. She stared at it for a long time. There must have been some cute kittens on it.
After lunch, they played in the playroom very nicely while I cleaned up, and then Graysen wanted to color at the dining table. I really felt lucky that they were both happy and passed by every once in awhile to check on Kate.
Looks perfectly innocent, right?
I did hear some prolonged scratching or scraping noises, so I got up to check. I knew I was in trouble when Kate met me at the door with a hot pink crayon in her hand saying, "MoMo," Her word for rainbow.
LOTS of rainbows. On the plastic storage box.
And on the wall of the playroom.
I guess Graysen dropped a crayon on the way to the table because I don't keep anything like that within reach.
I figured it would come off with a Magic Eraser, and I was right.
Not much remorse though.
In the meantime, Graysen was putting all the barrettes in her hair, "so my mommy will flip out!"
Kate finally took a 2-hour nap, and Graysen and I watched as a huge dark cloud descended, and it began to rain - loudly. We went out onto the balcony just in time to enjoy a big hailstorm.
"Look Mimi, ice is falling from the sky. And it hurts my ears."
Later on, I was just about to close my blinds for the night when I saw this.
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