Most days when I'm home and the kids are napping, I power through laundry, prep for dinner, maybe even clean a bathroom or two. Yesterday, I was whipped. All I wanted to do when my trio went down for naps was sit down for a few minutes and watch Bad Moms, which I recorded on the DVR some 3 months ago and have yet to get around to watching (I've seen it before, but I really wanted to watch it again before seeing the new one).
I got about 5 minutes into the movie and I heard Isaac calling out for me. Seriously? He had only been down for about 20 minutes (I did the dishes before settling in for the movie). I decided to do what any experienced mother would do: I ignored him. Well, his pleas became louder and more desperate, so I finally decided to go upstairs and retrieve him. He has been fighting home naps for about a month now. I told him we were going to watch a few minutes of my movie before we would go play in the playroom together. I secretly prayed he would have zero interest in a movie featuring real people, but I was wrong. He loved the 5 minutes I allowed him to watch (before I determined it best turn it off). Here is Isaac's sequential reaction to the grocery store scene in Bad Moms.
After my Bad Mom decision, once all of the kids were up from naps, we decided to take the kids to our new town park, which is about ten minutes from our home. This new park has a splash pad, as well as a very good playground build on a mound of mulch. Our kids absolutely love this park, and for a kid with Sensory Integration Disorder, Isaac does SO well there! He was initially frightened by the splash pad and not crazy about the playground on the mound of much, but now he views it as incredible terrain for his dinosaurs.
Here are all 3 of our babies on the splash pad, with Isaac walking right through a sprinkler.
Little Penn-man running to the playground with his daddy close behind.
Isaac had such a great time running up and down the stone steps with his dinosaurs!
The kids convincing Wes to turn into the Green Hulk and chase them (one of their very favorite things to do with him).
Penn figuring out exactly how to climb on top of the tree stumps (which he did)
Great weekend!
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