We did it!

We survived a trip to 2 grocery stores this morning! It was actually kind of nice to get out of the house, and also to feel like I'm capable of handling all 3 kids on an outing by myself :). First, we went to the grocery store that has awesome produce prices, and I put Peter in a baby carrier that I bought recently -- so far I think it's going to be one of my favorite carriers. Thomas went into the shopping cart seat and Jack walked. Peter slept the whole time, and both Jack and Thomas were very well behaved. Then we went to Stater Brothers for non-produce stuff, and Peter went back into the carrier and slept soundly while Jack and Thomas sat in a two-seater cart. The boys were so good that I bought them some Hot Wheels fruit snacks that they enjoyed in the car after we were done. After we put the groceries away, the boys played in the pool and used big paintbrushes to "paint" with water on the concrete. I thought they would get bored with this pretty fast, but they actually loved it! Jack was writing letters and Thomas loved filling a cup with water for his brush (and dumping it out, and refilling it, over and over).

This Friday morning we're planning to go to a 4th of July parade near our neighborhood park. People enter their golf carts in the parade (and they deocrate them up) and then they throw candy at the crowd. And there are horses in the parade, some fire trucks, and maybe even some tractors if we're lucky.