saturday: 

malloy got her play-doh candy and ice cream set because she filled her sleep bucket! we had fun playing with this in the morning. the kids hung out with neal while i went to the eye dr. after nap, uncle ryan came over and had dinner with neal and the kids and then helped put them to bed so i could go out and have some mommy time with friends! 

 sunday: we played candyland in the morning while we waited for a visit from uncle paddy. malloy did a puzzle with uncle paddy (or at least he watched her do one) and then the kids went to the park with neal and uncle paddy while i stayed home and cleaned. after nap, the kids watched a little bit of the football game while they played. they ran around outside after dinner and then it was time for bed!

rex still doesn't play candyland but LOVES to move the pieces all over the board while we're trying to play

today! malloy had school - rex and i dropped her off and then came home so i could clean and he could play! (we stopped at walgreens quick and got a toy for rex because he filled his sleep bucket!)  he was so excited to be playing on his own uninterrupted by malloy. no one was telling him how to play or that he couldn't play, etc. i cleaned and organized the entire playroom and then he came in and got out his little people and set them up everywhere while i moved on to their bedroom - it was time to put away the summer clothes and get out all of the fall clothes! i think malloy has enough clothes for her to wear a different outfit everyday of the year!! she got a LOT of clothes from bella - it's crazy!!
when we got home from picking up malloy, she was excited to see the clean playroom! (yeah, it was that bad!). she immediately found some beads and went in on her bed and started playing. rex joined her and they played so nicely together - no yelling, whining, bickering - it was HEAVEN!!! they really do benefit from time apart!
it was beautiful out so the kids played out on the deck, ate lunch out there, and played a bit more before nap.
naps went great - they both went right to sleep! malloy filled her bucket and got her baby doll that she picked out! she was so excited to play with a new baby!!
after nap, the kids played nicely with their toys and then it was time for dinner! i made a chicken, tomato, broccoli, and pesto pizza on a spinach, garlic, pesto tortilla. malloy LOVED it and ate her dinner faster than i've seen her eat ever! rex is having a hard time breathing because he's pretty stuffy at the moment. i love his little plugged up nose voice and speech! it's super cute! he sounds like rudolph! the kids played outside after dinner for a bit and then it was bedtime!

cheese! 

playing so nicely

this cracked me up! rex is sitting on the ball playing just like neal sits on the yoga ball in his office instead of a chair. 

malloy's snowman she drew at school :)