Mommy & Mateo Day

I officially declared this day to be mommy and Mateo day.  And I am so glad I did.  It was another snow day for Mateo's school, but Elise's was open.  So I did what any mom would do: took full advantage of my hard earned pay going toward super high day care costs and stuck that girl in school!  But also, the thought of quality time with Mateo was a nice thought, and I couldn't remember the last time I really had any without my attention being split.  So, we started the afternoon off by shoveling snow!  Ha ha, now before you think I'm pro-child labor, this kind of work is what Mateo dreams of!  We cleared off our front deck, then we threw more snowballs....

We made a bigger and better snowman, and then launched snowballs in the newly created pond (aka totally flooded gutter).  This, Mateo later told me, was his favorite part of the day.  Then we headed to Dutch Bros. for hot chocolate (with his fave whipped cream straw).

Then we headed to Target where we pretended to be a rock star.

And the fun continued as we got in a couple of games of bowling.  He was pretty darn good!

Then we went to Barnes and Noble, where Mateo played at the train table (Heaven to him) and I flipped through wedding magazines (Heaven for me).  Then it was only fair to let Elise in on the fun.   We picked her up and headed for Papa's pizza where they played...

(Elise clinging for dear life.)

And we ate pizza.  Why is Mateo standing on his chair at dinner?  The question is more like, when is he not?  It was such a fun day, it reminded me of how I need to do this more with my little guy.