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365: Day 136

5/17/13: Derek worked a double yesterday so I was looking at a long day alone with S&Z. The day started off on a bad foot because Zoe woke me up at 3:00am crying, and then 30 minutes later Derek heard their bedroom door open and he found them in standing in the kitchen saying that Silas' stomach hurt. Two hours later they got up FOR THE DAY at 5:20am. I knew I needed to get them out in the morning but things were a little trickier under the circumstances. Regardless, I managed to rally the (exhausted) troops and we headed to Hale Reservation.


It was a beautiful morning and they were very content playing with their shovels and buckets in the sand. 


We had a picnic lunch and they were both exhausted by this point.


Thank goodness they still nap - they slept for 3 hours once we got home! They woke up in much better moods and we played until Oliver and Thatcher came over to play.


We had a fun Friday night playdate in the backyard and ate pizza for dinner on the deck.


All things considered we had a pretty good day!
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