Cleo, Sidney and I did not go to NYC. Roger flew out at 11:35am on Friday. He returns tomorrow around 12:00pm. I was so sad to miss Ook and Aalea's wedding. Roger stayed with my dad and Ahnya in Brooklyn. They all did fine during the Hurricane, as did my mom.

Saturday, I took the kids food shopping at Publix. They were both very well-behaved. Cleo made sure that Sidney snapped himself into the cart - he resisted for most of the time we were in the store but in the face of Cleo's persistent, "Sidney, you need to be safe. Snap yourself in." he gave in. Cleo picked out a box of berry frosted Pop Tarts which she discovered she really likes. We got home and played a little and had an early lunch (peanut butter and jelly sandwiches). We went to Sidney's classmate's birthday party from 4-7pm. Her name is Caitlyn Wynn, no relation. The party was great - it was a Minne Mouse theme. Cleo got her face-painted, which is one of her favorite things to do. The clown facepainter also handed out ballon shapes: Cleo got a pink flower and Sidney got a blue dog which I called an elephant because that is his favorite animal right now. If Sidney sees an "e" anywhere, he announces, "'E','elephant!!!'"

Sunday, we cleaned up and organized the kids' playroom. As can be expected, Cleo and Sidney did not really help. Cleo's contribution was correcting me when I called the plastic bin a "bin" and she said I should call it a "basket." Kids. When it was all cleaned up, the kids stayed and colored a bit. That was nice. We had an early lunch and naps and then we went to the library. The kids got 5 books each. I had created a list from Amazon for Caldecott Award winning books and found a few of them. The library was crowded. There were crayons and paper set out on the 3 kiddie tables in the kids area. After selecting their books, we sat at the table and colored. Cleo's schoolmate, Payton, came over. She was there with her mom and older sister returning books. After the library, we went to McDonald's for a strawberry/banana smoothie. I have tried all 3 smoothies there and they're all really good. They ate the smoothie and the kids played in the indoor playground at McDonald's. We left around 5:15pm and went home.

At home, I made some three cheese tortellini with soy sauce and parmesan cheese and broccoli on the side. Cleo loved it and finished her dinnerl. Sidney ate some broccoli and a few bites of tortellini. Cleo had 3 Hershey's miniature candy bars for dessert. Sidney did not get dessert. We then went upstairs for baths and watched a little of "Tangled" while they got their pajamas on and brushed their teeth. I put Sidney to bed first and then Cleo. Sidney read one of his library books and his Lightening McQueen book. Cleo read two of her library books.

We are looking forward to Roger's return on Tuesday; the kids and I really miss him.

C