Sunday, February 21, 2010

Weekend


We had a great weekend. Brian ran 10 miles Saturday morning. We went to Zachary's playground and out to lunch and then home for naps. Lunch with 3 kids is an adventure and we often wonder why we do it but we survived. Saturday afternoon we played outside until dark, went and got haircuts for Jack and Grant (a hair stylist who did not listen to mom equaled a mad Jack and unhappy mom), and ran to Kohls to get Grant some new tennis shoes. On Sunday I ran 9 miles with a good friend in the pouring rain (boy it was cold!) and then we headed to church. After church we cleaned the house, hit the grocery store, took naps, had dinner, baths, and now watching USA vs Canada hockey. It is almost time for bed (yea!) and another week. Brian works a lot of evenings this week and next weekend so it was good to have a weekend when we were all together.

Snow Day






















As a teacher I still love snow days. I know we have to make them up at the end of the year but I still love a bonus day with my boys. We got two in a row last week and when Will took his afternoon nap, we headed outside. It was bitter cold on this particular day and Grant was very concerned when we came inside because he said he could not feel his face. After a little while he became very excited when he could feel it again.

Legos


We are ready for the attack. The star wars lego are lined up and ready to go. Bring it on!

Please ignore the booger


Here is a great picture of Will! Please just ignore the booger and focus on his great smile! I was getting him ready for his bath to get rid of the booger and the huge amounts of food he was storing in his neck.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Mamaw and Pawp




My boys







New Tires
















Grant got new tires for his Jeep. We finally put them on and he was super excited.

Stomach Flu







Before bed one night both Jack and Grant were throwing up. I did what every mother would do - I lined the halls and the bedrooms with towels and rugs and gave strict order to only puke on a towel or tile in a bathroom.

Grant




Grant was sick about a month ago and this is how he fell asleep.

Outside











It got warm enough to get out of the house and we did!

Will




Will or Wilson as we have nicknamed him.

Updates...

I feel like I never blog anymore. I will use the same excuse that many use...we are just busy. By the I sit down at night I am wiped. I might watch a little TV or read the Internet but usually I am just falling asleep. We love the TV show "Lost" and were excited for weeks for its return. Laying in bed watching it Brian kept telling me to wake up and I kept telling him "I was just resting my eyes." I missed the entire thing. Thank goodness we have DVR.

Lots is always happening around here but it really is just normal stuff. Will got his first tooth and he has started talking a lot more. He makes a lot of noises and loves to say "Dada" all day long. He is not crawling or showing any interest and that is fine with me. I like it when they stay were you put them - unlike his older brothers. He is still sleeping and eating great. He prefers the food he prefers though. He eats a lot of carrots, apples, chicken, pears, sweet potato's. and any other fruit. If it is something he does not like he will make sure you know it and he won't be eating it. I don't fight it and just feed him what he likes. Grant is still doing well in his preschool. He rides the but to and from most days unless I can get him. He talks a lot about his friends and had grandparents day a few weeks ago and both grandparents gave us good reports. Grant has also decided he prefers to join us in our bed at some point in the middle of the night. Honestly I am to tired to care. For now we let him sleep between us and are thankful we have a king size bed. Our plan is to move him to the floor when he turns four if he comes to our room in the night much like we did with Jack (although Jack was not this bad!). Really though the goal right now is sleep and I am pretty sure he won't sleep in our room forever. I tell myself there will come a day that he does not like me (age 14) and I will have these sweet memories of cuddling with him and him playing with my hair while he sleep all warm and cuddly next to me. He is super attached to me and I must admit me to him as well. Jack is doing well as well. Overnight he has become a reader and he can tell time. One of my biggest worries was teaching our kids to read and his teacher has done most of it but I also think when they are ready they are ready and it all comes together. I wish that would happen with shoe laces as well. Jack is signed up for baseball in the spring and we will probably do flag football as well. He loves his legos and builds some really cool ships and star wars things. I am always so impressed with his creativity and ability to sit and work on a project. He also loves to play football with the neighbor boys after school until it gets dark. If it is even close to warm enough...at least forty degree we are out there. Will and I bundle up and sit in the garage and watch them. Brian is busy as usual with work. At least in this economy he has job security...as long as kids and teachers continue to misbehave we are good (ha!). He is also training for his first marathon. He is having a little ankle trouble and they suspect he has some torn tendons in his ankle but we won't know until the MRI results come back the end of this week. If that is the case he might just do the half but it is still early.

That is about it...

I am going to post some pics and little anecdotes as well.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

First Tooth

Will got his first tooth today! On the bottom. He is not interested in eating at all!