Getting Started

Today was a very exciting day here in the Sisson household! We had lots of arrands to run today. To start the day off the kids came in and woke up just before 8am, perfect time to start the day. They take off for the other room at full speed while I on the other hand needed a few tries to get moving! I walk in to the kitchen where Jonathon is standing in his snow boots. He looks at me and says "Look Mommy it's very slippery!" And he proceeds to show me that he can slide his feet around on the floor. My first thought is a pipe bust and water is all over the floor! But the floor didn't look wet and when I put a towel down and wiped the floor it didn't get soaked. I was baffeled till I pulled myself up off the floor and looked at the counter. I left the PAM cooking spay out! Mikayla had found it first thing this morning and sprayed herself and the kitchen floor. She cleaned up in 1 bath while the kitchen floor is still hazardous after 3 moppings! After cleaning up the rest of the kitchen it was off to run our arrands.
First things first we needed food. Chik-fil-A was in the same shopping center as our first stop, so it made a great choice for lunch. As we walked in Jonathon threw his coat on the floor Mikayla went running for the playground and I tried to regain control. The kid behide the counter looked at me and with a smile asked "Did you forget the leash?" I smiled and laughed thinking it would have been nice to have one! We ate our lunch and continued on to the rest of our day. Our first stop was to buy me some shoes for the up and coming formal event. We got to the store and as we walked through the door the electricity went out sending Jonathon and Mikayla in to a screaming fit! After a brief moment of insanity the lights came back on and I found the perfect shoes!
Back in the car, we went to the tailor to get my dress fitted. This was a very interesting stop. There was a very nice older gentleman that worked there and watched the kids for me while I was changing. The kids were each given a dumdum sucker, Jonathon surprisingly chose a Coconut flavored one, while Mikayla got a watermelon. They both stood quitely and ate their suckers. When I was handing my dress over to the seamstress she complimented me on how well behaved my children were. It was a very proud moment! "Yes, they are!" ("at the moment", I added in my head.)
Then back in the car and off the Wally World! I had a secret mission to accomplish while I was there. I not only had to get groceries, I had to buy my hubby a new desk chair! I had the one I wanted to get him in mind and Woot! they still had it! I quickly ran through the rest of my mental list and got in line to check out! Everything went B E A Utifully! We made it to the car and back home and the only complaint from either of the kids was "I'm tired." from Jonathon.
When we got home I put on their favorite movie UP and got the groceries put away and then got to work on building Todd's new desk chair! It looks great! And so much better for him to sit in than his old one. And he really enjoys using it too! After a long day of running around and no naps! The kids went off to bed at 7:30 with no complaints. Now I get some well deserved time to myself and a chance to spend some quality time with my hubby.