Daddy is home tonight, as I write but let’s back up to when he left. Here he is putting Gavin to bed before he goes out of town for work. He was in Arizona since last Sunday the 20th. I feel like this may be why I have not blogged. I actually have more time to blog when he is home than gone. Or, maybe it is that when he is gone but the end of the day I feel fried and after putting the boys to bed, making lunches, cleaning the kitchen and organizing my game plan for the next day I have no brain power to blog. Although this is not a requirement. Brain power while blogging is always nice. The boys completely know when I am done too. Bradley just said to me tonight (talking me out of him going to bed at 7:30), “Mom, Gavin and I can watch a movie on your phone we didn't finish and then we will be occupied so you don’t have to deal with us!” Although that was a slap in the face to my parenting, I just busted out laughing and he joined in with me. Then I picked him up off the bed, hugged him and let them watch an episode on Netflix.
Here is some of what we did while Daddy was working this past week. The boys got down to business fighting off the bad guys. Easton loves guns and he says, “I wanna shoop momma.” for shoot if it is a hard one and he needs help pulling the trigger. He says “shoop, shoop” every minute and you have to reload the gun so he can pull the trigger. I noticed after I took this how he stands in a shooting stance. Bradley and Gavin were just caught in action being tough!
Sunday, we went to Jordan’s 6th Birthday party. We once again are thankful for these friends we have to share life with.
A moment captured in time, thank you Celia! I don’t get these special moments captured so I love seeing me in pictures with the boys. I mean that actually turn out and I don’t look awful. I guess it is because I barely wear make up anymore. That must be why the pictures aren’t looking too hot.
Bradley off to school with his ‘Arctic Hare’ project. They have also started taking spelling tests every Friday. He has scored 105% each week. His handwriting is improving and he is reading books on his own from home and doing so well we feel. So proud of him for his growth and always doing his best to improve.
Hugging it out times found often around here.
This doesn’t even top the baby powder episode the same week. He poured a economy size bottle of baby powder all over his bed when he was supposed to be sleeping. I told him we were passed this stage and I expect this kind of behavior to see from Easton and not him. He said “well, I had to wash Easton’s car! It was dirty!” I was like “what?” and then it hit me. I looked in the corner of the room and sure enough the tiny 4 wheeler was covered with powder. The pen he snuck into bed twice. If you look closely you can see the before drawings that had not washed off yet and the new ones.
Easton on the counter is a regular occurrence now too. I think he whines enough and Bradley and Gavin help him up. One bag of chips just isn't enough! What mom? Or as he actually says when I say “Easton what are you doing?” he says “nuffin!” I swear is this a teenager or two year old here?!
One can never have enough pretzels or nuggets to shove in their face either.
Bradley rocks at tying his shoes now!! Velcro and Crocs sure does slow this learning process down but he has honed in on this skill.
Gavin found a reindeer nose under his bed when we cleaned it all out vacuuming up the baby powder. This is fitting because I feel like Christmas was forever ago and they are still talking about Santa, North Pole and where did all the mangers go? The Christmas spirit has not left this house.
Last Friday all the schools were dismissed three hours early in preparation for ice and snow. We did get freezing rain right away and snow after that. We woke up to very little snow and mostly ice. Saturday we got out just in time in the morning before everything melted that afternoon. I always forget to buy sleds so in a predicament I opted for skateboards. They each had there own so no fighting or taking turns. It was perfect and the slid down with ease.
This was a great morning. The boys loved every minute and after they helped me ice off the car.
Yesterday, Monday, Liz and I got together for the second time just to work on this project. We are following a tutorial but there has been some glitches. We are determined to let this project beat us and it won’t. It’s just, will we want to hang our handy work?! ha-ha! That is the question. I am really hoping these boards will turn into something beautiful.
The same day before we left to head over there I took these pictures. Bradley is too big for his own good and quiet the strong big brother. He now lifts Easton out of his crib and throws him over his shoulder. This will happen that is if Easton doesn’t beat him too it. He has been climbing out of his crib more frequently these days. I don’t know if I can handle my last one free, eeekkkk. The end of an era is upon us.
This week at school Bradley has spirit week and a pep rally on Friday. It flashes back some fun pep rally days when I was in school. Today was mismatch shoe day! He also has gone to school for 100 days and yesterday they celebrated that. He is 100 days smarter! In honor of that, If he had 100 dollars he would…..
Saving his money for a woman already!! Also would be shopping at the dollar store after that and Daddy thinks he would make more money by charging people or having a reality show on catching these so called alligator and snake then sell them to make more money too. Our little husband entrepreneur in the making.
Its been a full week!
