Who wants to work on a 80 degree day?

Yep, it was 80 out yesterday here in St. Louis! I love it. On my way to take Kaiya to the babysitter, I got a call that Sherry was sick. So I offered to stay home from work and watch AJ and Kaiya at my house all day. It was a great day -- was major productive at home -- which gives me hope that I will have a clean and organized house someday when I can stay at home. Every now and then I get really down about the laundry that has piled up, and messes around the place. But its no wonder it is that way when I work 40 hrs a week, have school, & a 1 year old. Okay... so I got a ton done at home and we had fun playing. I loaded both kids into my stroller and went for a walk to the park. It was fun seeing all of the moms w/ their kids playing at the park. A little jealous too. But it won't be long and I will get to stay home with my kid(s). Here are pics from the day. After naps we played outside in the yard too. They were so cute in the grass, didn't know quite what to do with it. I bet it felt strange on their feet! :)





I also took this cute picture of Kaiya and Tony with an apple. She waddled to Tony as quick as she could when she spotted the apple in his hand. He shared with her and she had a death grip on the thing. It was cute.


After AJ went home Kaiya and I went to Lowe's to look for flowers. The warm weather just got me in the mood to have beatiful flowers on my porch. We bought some pansies and orange marigolds for now. I'll get some others in a few weeks, but this will at least be a good start. I mowed the lawn too. And after getting Kaiya to bed I landed on the couch to watch a DVD. I watched Eragon. It was pretty good. I also flipped over to American Idol to see the last 5 minutes. Okay -- is anyone else watching this? What the heck is happening?? First, may I comment on the sweet little girl crying tears of joy (bless her little heart) because she is actually watching American Idol LIVE! :) That must be why Sanjaya is still alive. Little girls like her. It is SO depressing. If I have to hear his whiny little voice one more week I'm going to die. :) Anyway... My favorites right now are Chris Richardson and Blake Lewis. But then there are definitely things about the other contestants that I like. Jordin Sparks is amazing... and I think I like Chris Sligh's humor more than his voice (maybe he should do last comic standing instead?) he's great. And then the bald guy -- I'm drawing a blank -- Oh! Phil -- I like him too. Now you all have my American Idol thoughts of the week. Anyone else watching right now?