Banished from the house!

Today, I was banished from the house for the whole morning. Actually, I think I would have been fine to stay, but the girls were banished and since they are little, mommy had to go too! Why banished you may ask....my mother in law offered to come paint the living room and hall for us! YAY! The walls in the downstairs have definately seen better days and with us wanting to sell soon, we looked into hiring a pro to paint. (if you saw my downstairs bathroom I did, you would know why) Even with a "friend" rate, it was still a little pricey for us and honestly, my mother in law does an AWESOME job and best part...she's FREE!
The weather today called for a 40% chance of rain. I had decided to try the zoo if it was nice and maybe chuck e cheese or shopping if it were raining. I'm ok taking both girls out alone and have since Emmersyn was born. Usually, we go to a store with a cart and I load them up and I'm set...no issues! However, with the zoo, I have been terrified to do both all alone. Yesterday, we went to look at carriers so I could put the baby in that and still have the stroller free in case I needed to strap Teagan in and make a quick getaway. HA. After trying on a billion and feeling like I was going to suffocate, I finally found one I liked and tried it out with Emmersyn. You would have thought I was trying to rip her legs off the way she screamed. She HATED it! So, it is now on the shelf at babies R us for the next unsuspecting person! I decided to just do the zoo with one stroller and 2 kids and white knuckle it if I had to.
I'm happy to report, I had the BEST trip to the zoo ever today! I had Emmersyn loaded into the carseat, hooked on the stroller, and Teagan walked. I thought for sure Teagan would have a meltdown sometime about it being her stroller, but she thought she was hot stuff walking like a big kid and was the best thing ever today! She stayed right next to the stroller, held my hand, and stayed with me the ENTIRE trip! We went to the playground so she could play while I fed Emmersyn and was perfect there too. And yes, I used the bench to change both girl's diapers and I really didn't care. I tried to hide Teagan a bit more than Emmersyn, but honestly, I wasn't about to hunt down a bathroom, try to drag a stroller into it, and then try to keep either girl away from nasty things while I changed the other girl...too much work for me! I'm a keep it simple type of girl these days!
And, if tackling the zoo alone with 2 kids wasn't insane enough, we then went to Chuck E Cheese all alone too! And again, PERFECT! I let Teagan play a few games before our pizza came and then once it came, we went to our table and she ate 3 slices of pizza!!! All that walking made her hungry! We stayed at CEC for about 2 hours and we left without a meltdown or tear from any of us! For our reward, we stopped at Gigi's Cupcakes on the way home and Teagan got a sprinkle cupcake!
I wish all my mommy days were this easy! I got to enjoy a full afternoon/day with both girls and my house got painted while I was gone for free! WOW!