WELL- THE BIRDS ARE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO STARVE...

That's because it has been raining in New Jersey for what feels like forever. There's nothing worse than getting a nice taste of warm weather, playing outside ALL.DAY.LONG with your kiddos, and then having it taken away for a week straight! There's only so much you can play inside. Kids get bored pretty easily. Except when they're outside. Well, this morning when I woke up, it was pretty gloomy. So, after Nicky's nap, I packed everyone up and headed out to Babies r us and Toy r us to use up some (greatly appreciated) gift cards that the kids got for Christmas and their birthdays. Unfortunately, I only had one in my purse when I got there. I was going to get Alex some pajamas and Nicky an adorable outfit I saw, but that was no fun for the kiddos. So we left babies r us and headed to toys r us. We ended up getting an awesome moonsand kit. I've been meaning to get that for Emily for awhile. It looks pretty cool. I think we're going to try it out after I'm done this post so Emily, Alex, and I can play without Nicky destroying the whole thing!!! We also got a wacky sprinkler thing for the kids to play with in the front yard. They will have a pool in the back, but I thought a sprinkler would be nice for the front and their friends could play too. Nicky was also not letting go of some light up spinny globe thing (that we already have several of), so we walked out with that as well. He usually doesn't get so attached to things so I figured he wanted it pretty bad. But seconds after we got in the car, it was on the floor and he hasn't looked for it since.....Which I knew would happen, but he was pretty miserable in the store, so I caved. Anyway, Nicky is sleeping and I'm off to play moonsand with the kiddos. Talk to ya'll soon!