Is it weekend yet??

It's been kind of an uneventful week. Alyssa has been fighting a cold, so we haven't done much of anything besides hang out at home. Today, we decided to go on a walk around the neighborhood-just our usual 'loop'. I thought it'd be nice to let Alyssa walk instead of bringing the stroller along, since she's a "Big Girl" now, and because I thought it'd be a great way for her to burn off some energy ;) I was feeling a little adventurous and decided, why not just bring Jack along, adds a little more challenge to it, but what the heck ;) So we headed off on foot, just the three of us.

It was going great, at first. Alyssa was walking at a pretty decent pace, making sure to step in every single puddle in our path, and even some that weren't in our path! Jack was pretty rusty on his 'heeling' but that was to be expected. Then, it started raining. And not just sprinkling or drizzling it went from not raining at all, to full-on RAIN! :(
"It's waining Mommy!!" Alyssa started complaining, right away.
"I know it's raining Lyss, but we're a mile from our house what do you expect Mommy to do about it?"
"IT'S WAINING!!! OWEE!!" apparently to an almost 2 year old, raindrops on your hood are "owies"

So I finally got Alyssa to calm down and we started back towards the house. Alyssa's little legs started getting tired, however she DID NOT want to be carried by Mom, of course not! Then a couple with 2 dogs, on leashes thank goodness, approached us and Jack FREAKS! He starts barking and pulling like crazy on the leash while I've got Alyssa kicking and screaming in my arms. :(

All the while, the lady with the pit bull is giving me the death stare as her dog practically rips her arm off. I felt like saying, "Look lady, can't you see I have my hands full here, I'm carrying a screaming one year old, and I'm doing the best I can with my dog, he's hitched up and everything... give me a freaking break!! Throw me a freaking bone here, JEEZE!!" :P

Finally, we make it home and I put Jack in his pen. I think to myself, "Whew, we made it." I ask Lyss if she's ready to go inside now, and she decides it's okay to slap Mommy in the face with her muddy hand. Straight to bed she went!

So here I am, after that whole ordeal I have to say, I'm pretty excited about Spring and all the fun I'm sure it will entail. :D