Monday: Outing day

There has been a slow leak in one of my tires for awhile and I knew I had to take it in. I have been dreading this. I can't stand taking the car in. It is complete torture to sit in a dirty, crowded room for an undisclosed amount of time with three bored kids. Luckily I found an alternative solution. I dropped Lydia off at a friend's house. I dropped Liam off at Jayden's and picked up Kaitlyn to distract Zoe and so that Brianne wouldn't have an extra two kids.
We dropped the car off at 9ish and went shopping. We had just enough time and headed back. The car was finished and I didn't have to get the air conditioner replaced (yet). It was the most enjoyable car situation ever!

For those of you who don't know, Liam is a vegetarian. He hasn't willingly eaten meat in years (I don't include chicken dinos in the meat category). He has been talking about trying chicken for a couple days and tonight he tried it. I don't know why it is such a big deal to me. I was watching him during dinner. He kept getting the chicken pretty close to his mouth but the smell was too much and he'd back down. I never said anything to him, he just eventually got it in his mouth. He said, "Mom, I just tried chicken and I loved it!" He was very proud. He only ate one bite, but I was happy.

Night #3 in big girl bed was painful. Even with no nap and getting up at 6:30 a.m. she still fought it until 9:45.