just the three of us...

After my last couple of posts, my welcome-to-life-with-two-kids mommy boot camp continued! The weekend after Zane's bout of croup, it was just me and the boys because it was the 15th year of their daddy going to the US Open. Somehow the tradition trumped the newborn card! I did cheat and send Molly to the kennel so that she could have more fun playing with her furry friends and not have to wait too long for me to get her out in the mornings. She was definitely wiped out when we brought her home on Monday:




The boys and I kept busy with a play date on Saturday and soccer on Sunday. Thanks to Colleen for watching and snuggling with Caden so that I could run around with Zane at soccer! We stopped off at Starbucks to pick up some oatmeal and coffee on the way home, and Zane insisted on having coffee with his oatmeal too. So I poured my latte into a mug and poured his milk into my cup. I left a little foam for him, and Zane declared it was spicy. :)




Zane got to go to school on Monday, and then was home for the rest of the week because of our daycare's annual closure. After going to day 1 of the Open, their daddy got home late Monday night, but it was basically still just me and the boys through Thursday. We had a few play dates set up, and we went to go "see the diggers!" at the nearby construction site a few times. We put Caden in the stroller, and Zane helped me push him uphill to burn off some energy:












In the afternoons Zane had his turn in the stroller while we walked Molly. That way Zane got to have a snack after his playground play date adventures, and it meant Caden got to sport his cute sun hat while cruising around in the Moby (thanks, Fischer!):




Zane also made his own coffee a couple of mornings - he prefers his lattes with zero shots of espresso and a little cinnamon and sugar. Actually, he's pretty heavy on the cinnamon, but thankfully a lot of the sugar missed the cup ;)




One of the highlights of the week was starting to get real smiles from Caden! I even got a sort of laugh on Thursday. Too sweet! Caden flashes plenty of smiles at Zane too. I tried to capture one:




Overall, we had a pretty good time, and I survived and stayed mostly sane. I am definitely in awe of stay at home moms with multiple kids! Here we are hanging out on the activity mat together: