Day 670. Last night it was 1 am, when I went to bed. Today it is 1 right now. This morning we got up ten minutes before 8 am, so at a more reasonable time than we have been. After breakfast I took them downstairs, where we were worshipping God and reading the Bible, until Randy arrived with his breakfast. Then I went upstairs to clean up and do office work.
At 11 am I stopped to get going cooking lunch for the six of us. Sonja arrived at 11:25, and a few minutes later everyone came upstairs to eat. It was pasta with meat and tomato sauce day. Emmy and Tammy ate everything on their plates, followed by yoghurt and watermelon. Then I cleaned them up and dressed them, and they went downstairs with Sonja, while I put Sammy to bed. Randy had to leave to pick up a little bike for them. I started cleaning up the big mess they had made. Tammy puts a lot of food on her spoon and then loses a lot on the way to her mouth, so there's plenty to clean up. Emmy puts less on his spoon and loses less. I finally got a spoon for Sammy, and got one that is bent so it's easier to get the food into their mouth. Unfortunately I wasn't thinking, as Sammy has better use of his left hand, so he won't be able to use that spoon made for right-handers. Today we received the delivery of Sammy's special nutritious high-calorie drinks and puddings that are meant to help him gain weight. He had the first pudding after lunch.
After I was done cleaning up, I went back to work. And then Amazon rang the door bell and woke Emmy up; he hadn't quite slept an hour yet. I was amazed that Emmy's crying had not woken up his brother, but Sammy woke up a few minutes later. I had to pick up Emmy and take him to the door with me to receive the delivery. He was not interested in sleeping any more after, and I took him downstairs to Sonja, and did the same with Sammy a few minutes later, before returning to my computer. I was really tired once again and closed my eyes for a little bit. As 2:30 was approaching, I called the boys upstairs to eat, which woke up the girl. The new thing Emmy is doing now is to go straight to the balcony door to go outside, so I let him out, and then Tammy wants to follow him outside. So we all went outside, including Sonja, and put spoonfuls of their food into their mouths. Then I got some peanut butter and watermelon; Tammy is pretty picky and only eats the watermelon when it's fresh and not old.
Once they were done eating, I cleaned them, and we dressed them, and just after 3 pm we left the house. I had done some research and found a water playground, so that's where we were heading, even though it was not quite as hot as yesterday. We took the S-train and then the tram, and then had to walk a little to get there. And we were really impressed with the huge playground.
The first thing we saw was a big jeep sitting on springs, so that you could move the car while sitting in it. Emmy was a little fearful, as always, but other than that they enjoyed it. Until Randy moved the car a little too much.
Then we walked over to where all the water was coming out of all kinds of contraptions. We took their clothes off and put swim diapers on them and let them loose to enjoy themselves. Tammy had the biggest smile on her face, loving it all, while Emmy was a little more cautious, but then also enjoyed it greatly, as seen in the video I have uploaded. They were putting their hands into the water coming out, and were watching the water coming down from high up.
After a while we walked over to the hill and up the stairs. There was a tower, and we put them on top of it, right by a hanging bridge. Emmy took a few steps onto it, but then got scared, so I got him off. Tammy never walked on it. We looked at what else was up there and then went back down, where there was more exciting stuff to climb on. They had some more fun with water, and then we dried them off and put their clothes back on to walk over to the regular playground, where Randy was already with Sammy.
There were slides and swings and trampolins there, and they enjoyed it all. Emmy was too fearful to slide today, but the girl went down many times. Emmy really enjoyed the trampolin, and then showed that he can do chin-ups at the bar! All three also got to swing.
It was nearly 5 pm, so time to go back home, as it was over half an hour to get back. We took the tram, and then the train again, this time having to carry the strollers over a few steps to get into the train. By 5:45 we were back home, and they went downstairs, so I could make their dinner. At 6:15 they came upstairs to eat, and then went into the bathtub. They've lost interest in bread and cream cheese, but we picked up some fresh strawberries a farmer was selling road-side, and Emmy had five strawberries on the way home, and Tammy four. Emmy was crying as soon as we put him into the bathtub, and so he did not stay long. But it meant again that he was ready for bed quite a bit before his siblings were. Tammy was playing with the faucet again, turning it on and off, and having the greatest time, and Sammy joined her, enjoying it as much as she did, laughing as hard as his sister. When I finally decided it was time to get them out, they were both crying hard, as they were not done playing. We put them to bed, and thankfully Emmy fell asleep easily today, not crying or needing me. Tammy was crying for me, so I did sit down by their beds for a while. I was so tired myself that I was still sitting their with my phone after she had fallen asleep. I finally forced myself to get up so I could get some food. I knew I had a lot of pictures today, which takes time, and I was right. And that's why I'm going to bed late once again, even though I could hardly keep my eyes open a few hours ago already. Thank God I'm done doing all the cleanup.
