Just in time for dinner

Today I picked the boys up from school, stopped by Daddy Steve and Namaw's for a potty break and a quick snack, and then drove to Temple.  We got to Grandmommy's house just a few minutes before Cindy, Ginger, Liz (Bryan's girlfriend), McKenna, and Jayma arrived.  It had been way too long since I'd been to Temple, so it was really good to see everyone.  After talking for a little while (and throwing the ball for Brody to hit with his baseball bat), we load up the cars and headed to Chick-fil-a for dinner.  The kids went back and forth from the food to the play area. 

Cindy invited us to come over to her house after dinner.  I was excited to get to see her playroom (I'd only seen it via pictures on her blog).  The kids went straight to the playroom and found lots of things to play with.  (Side note:  The boys had a Thanksgiving Feast at preschool today and they painted the kids faces like Indians.  The way Barrett's face was painted made everything he said look like it needed an exclamation mark at the end! lol)

I think Brody's favorite thing in the room was Jayma.  He really wanted to hold her like a baby, but she wasn't interested in that.  She wanted to play like the big kids!  She did at least stand by him and "talk" for a little while.

 

What's a trip to Temple without a picture of me and Ginger?!?

Barrett disappeared into the living room for awhile and I found him relaxing in a cute kid sized rocking chair.  Cindy said that Daddy Ken bought it for Ginger when she was little (although it's been reupholstered since then).   

 

When we first got to Cindy's house, Dave was in their bedroom watching a football game.  When the kids got loud enough to make him curious (or maybe it was that he coudn't hear the game anymore), he came out to say hi.  We were all crackin' up when Barrett looked up at him and said, "Were you hiding?"  I think he thought Dave was playing hide and seek and just forgot to tell the kids! 

When the kids started to cry over little things, I glanced at my watch and realized it was almost an hour past bedtime!  We said "goodnight" to Cindy, Ginger, Jesse, Dave, and the girls and headed back to Grandmommy's.  Grandmommy made the boys a pallet on the floor in her front living room and we started a movie.  I had to pause the movie a few times and lay down the law for the boys...but they finally fell asleep and Grandmommy and I stayed up way to late watching a movie...but it was fun!  I always enjoy having some one-on-one time with Grandmommy!