ear plugs????

A conversation with a four year old is always interesting and today was no exception.

In the car Nathan was being reminded by Oma that he needs to use his listening ears.
Oma: Nathan you have two good ears and you need to use your listening ears to hear what your parents have to say and do what you are told.
Nathan: I do, but I don’t have a plug.
Oma: What kind of plug?
Nathan: You know the kind of plug that is in the wall with the holes. My listening ears don’t have a plug.

Disguise

We took the time to discuss Halloween costumes today and Nathan made his final decision. William was not to be left out and needed to try on something too. Ironically this costume did not make Nathan's final cut.

Brotherly Love

Everyone is okay

The day started off great. We were off to an early start and out of the house before eight. There were a couple of quick errands to be done before we dropped the boys off at Oma Blythe and Papa’s house for the morning. We made to the building in a timely fashion and got things unloaded and got things started. The guys were working on the drywall and I was working on finishing the trim while the other ladies were picking up some more supplies at the hardware store. Everything was moving along fine, everyone found their grove, the girls made it to the building and progress was being made. Then…it happened…Dad got a screw driven into his thumb. OUCH!!! A difficult task you might say, but there were two involved. Everything stopped, except for the fact that the screw had to be backed back out. Mom took Dad to the minor emergency center right away, and everything got quite in the building. Progress was much slower while we waited for news on Dad. Needless to say that many prayers were said. After a couple of long hours the x-ray showed that the bone was hit but everything should heal alright. Dad was given a tetanus shot, sterilizing soak, antibiotics and pain meds.

After that, lets just say that the lunch conversation was lively. Dad was more than a trooper. Progress at the building picked back up, and it can even be said that it was quite a productive day.

We have walls….

….well, almost. The framing is up, but the drywall and insulation will be installed later this week. Progress is being made and we continue to work towards our goal. Hopefully by the end of the weekend we will have a room where we can send the children to keep themselves entertained. Hey, a mom can dream, can’t she?

Will’s Words

It seems that daily William is surprising me with a new word. Here is a list of his current favorites:
Mama
Dada
Duck
Dog
Cat

Fish

Bubbles
Pleeeeeeeease! (Always said with his natural smirk)
Baby
Hello
Bye bye
Uh-oh
And of course his favorite dis (this), which encompasses anything that he wants and is almost always accompanied with a pointed finger.

He is continuing to adjust well to his time away from mom at mother’s day out. He insists on walking in and carrying his bag all by himself. It is quit the site. (As you can see in the picture above.) And if he sees his lunch box he insists on carrying that too, even though it knocks him over when he carries it. All is good until we get to the hallway where his classroom is and then he wants to be in mama’s arms. After that the transition goes fairly smoothly. Once he is in the room he motors around and enjoys playing with all of the new toys around them.

Achievements

Everyday progress is made, most days we just forget to reflect upon the day's events. Today Nathan came home from school with a paper and only his name was on it. But he had written it all by himself. Our little man makes great achievements everyday!

Will's First Krispy Kream

After school on Tuesday Will and I headed over to Krispy Kream for an afternoon pick me up. He seemed to aprove of the snack and dove right into the one with chocolate icing and sprikles.

Morning Routine

Open House

The central focus of our day today was Nathan's open house. Now since he is our first child, this is an exciting event. Little did we know the twist our day would take...

It was our usual hurried morning around here and somehow we ended up behind a tractor on the way to school, which is never a good thing. So Nathan was tardy to class for the first time. This meant that I had to walk Nathan into Grace and to his classroom. We unloaded out of the van, Nathan, William and I (and did I mention that we volunteered to bring a watermelon to class this week). I juggled my way in through security doors and all the while Nathan was fiercely complaining that he did not want me to go into his school.

Then in the afternoon Nick and I took the van to the shop with ample time to pick Nathan up from Adventure Club, grab a bite to eat and drop the kids by Oma's so that Nick and I can go to open house. Well...best laid plans...just after dropping off the van, Nick's car got a flat on the highway. To make maters worse, in the process of changing the tire two of the bolts broke. Thanks to some creative planning and route changes we were able to make it to pick up Nathan in time. (Thank you Geesie and Oma.)

We made it open house, but it was not the center of our day.