The Long Walk

I need to start driving over here! Today Brad went to work, and the kids and I hung around the apartment in the morning, mostly watching t.v. (bad mommy, I know!) There just isn't anywhere to go in here and very few toys (not that I miss them!). So we finally got it together and headed out for an indoor playground called Jungle-mania. I think it was about a mile away and we walked. Well, Susanna and I walked and I carried Ben. Susanna has been great with the walking - no complaints there! For Ben, I ended up ordering a new stroller (one to accomodate a big 3-year-old!) and it should arrive tomorrow or the next day - I'm really looking forward to it. But back to Jungle-mania... it was sort of like the kids area at Universal with tubes and ball pits, but it also had some different stuff. The kids loved it, of course, and I even crawled through a few times to appease Ben (I said, "I'm too big!" and he said, "that little girl's dad can fit." - so he won.) After we played for quite a while, we headed home, again by foot. We took our time and stopped at the post office for stamps and ice cream (same place!) As soon as we got home, Ben laid down on the couch to watch yet another show, and promptly fell asleep.

The kids have been staying up way too late over here - they've been going to bed at 10 pretty much every night. They still get up early enough, so we need to start getting them on a better schedule to get ready for school. I also need to get myself a watch!