saturday out of the house

on saturday (november 6) my mission was to keep the kids out of the house while matt finished cleaning and staging it for the listing pictures that afternoon at 3pm. this was going to be a feat because first i could barely walk and second it would mean no nap for mason. so off we went...

first stop was home depot for the kids workshop. madelyn was disappointed that daddy wasn't going to be joining us but was willing to make a go of it anyway. we made a spice rack while mason watched from the stroller. thankfully it wasn't very crowded and mason was able to be right next to us. here is some video of madelyn at work.


next i took the kids to lunch at panera. panera is one of my favorite places to take them because they offer organic options and it is nice to get them something other than chicken nuggets. the problem with panera is that i have to leave them alone at the table to go and get the food and fill my drink cup. i can usually get a table where i can keep them in view as i take care of our meal and beverages. lunch went really well and it was a nice way to kill some time.

after lunch i took the kids over to toys-r-us for their chirstmas toy book demo day. madelyn was excited to try the remote control caveman that seems to be everywhere this year. mason was terrified of it and started to cry when it did a somersault. madelyn also tried out several 'block' products. some of them had too many small pieces to be considered for this phase of life but maybe when the youngest gets past putting things in their mouth. we were able to take care of some christmas shopping and madelyn was so distracted by all the toys that i was even able to get one of her presents.

we still needed to stay away for a little over an hour so we headed over to the mall to spend some time with the barnes and noble train table. plus, i was able to rest in a chair for a while. you would think that these kids didn't have their own train table at home. mason really had a lot of fun but the lack of a nap was starting to weigh on him. he had fallen asleep every time i put him in the car but i kept having to wake him up to sit in the stroller or cart because i couldn't carry him like i normally would.

both kids fell asleep the second we headed for home. i guess i wore all of us out but i managed to keep the kids away long enough for matt to take care of everything for our listing. love.