Riley Trip #2 Day #1

Well, our friends Jeff and Kelly have arrived safely in Russia and today we had the chance to keep Riley for the day. Ethan was trilled last night at bedtime when I told him Riley would be coming over bright and early. When he got out of bed this morning he wanted to head to the window to see if Pop Pop might be here already to drop Riley off! The kids played well together for the morning and after Madeleine's morning nap I loaded them up in Stella (a.k.a. our motherly minivan) to run some errands and take them to McDonald's to play. We needed to pick up Madeleine's 9 month pictures (which came out SO cute!) before we went to McDonald's and the kids did a great job of sticking together and holding hands as we marched through the store to get them. I may have just possibly been dangling the McD playland over their heads a bit to get them to walk so nice and hold hands...maybe:)! They had fun munching nuggets, playing video games (Riley) and climbing up the tunnels and down the slides(Ethan). I also was brave enough to attempt a little Target run for a few needed items on the way home and I found that a box of raisins and some fruit snacks convinced them they should be angels in Target as well! The careful art of manipulation...hee, hee! Now all three kids are resting quietly and I'm glad to have a few moments of peace and quiet. Maybe we'll have our new camera by Friday and I can snap some pics of them to add to the blog. We'll see what happens next!