November 13th-19th

(11/13) Poor J.  He had an upset tummy and threw up at Kathy's house, then got knocked by the toy box lid, and then came home to get his fingers stuck several more times.  He seemed to be in good spirits when he wasn't complaining about his fingers, so I'm hopeful he was just gagging on snot, and not that he's actually sick.

(11/14)  Busy day today.  We had C's swim lesson in the morning, and then Nanan came to watch the babies while I volunteered in C's class.

It's official, Leakfest '12 has come to a close!  The plumber came while the boys napped and replaced our kitchen sink and upstairs toilet.  Now all that remains is some baseboard placement, but honestly, I could care less at this point because WE'RE DONE!!!

We had Nanan stay for dinner, and had a very nice day over all. Nanan asked about some board books, and I said that I had a whole pile of them upstairs.  While I was up there, I discovered all the puzzles I had stashed for when the boys were older.  J loves the sound puzzle and 'dances' when he hears any of the pieces.  So cute!  We've decided he's the only one in this family that has rhythm.

(11/15)  Dad had the kiddos today, but I was home in time for dinner part two (meaning I shared my stew with the babies), and bedtime.

(11/16) Work day plus sucky traffic left only an hour tonight to be with kiddos.  Luckily, dinner was already made, and just had to be warmed.

Kathy sent me a picture today of the twins moving all of the toys out of the way so they could get to the lamp.  Hmm.  That looks an awful lot like my house.  The boys are into *everything* they're not supposed to be.

(11/17) Busy day today.  I was an awesome mom and forgot to turn on the monitor until 7:45a.  Apparently, I was very intent on sleeping in. Boys were both awake when I went in about 20 mins later and were happy, so we'll go with the accidental win today.

We had hockey this morning, and Jasmine's birthday this afternoon.  The littles and I went shopping this morning and then we met Dad & C at hockey.  The twins zonked out on the way to hockey, so I had to wake them to take them in.  We had snack while we were watching C play.  It sure was nice to have an extra pair of hands to wrangle babies at practice.

I cleaned C's room today during nap and moved the train table downstairs and put all the puzzles on it.  The boys saw it and immediately threw all the pieces & some of the boards onto the floor.  Sigh.

I mainly moved the table to make room for C's new desk/bed.  I'm so excited to get all the art stuff upstairs!  I know the boys aren't quite ready for the train stuff yet, but I think C was around 18 months when he got his first Thomas.  We're all set for round two here!

(11/18) We assembled C's bed and did some juggling of stuff.  The bunk beds were disassembled and moved into the twin's room and stacked.  I shifted the cribs around to try to make room for everything, and J discovered the light switch.  After nap, he was laughing it up, and I'm pretty sure he was turning it off & on.  Once we get the futon listed and sold, that will free up a lot of room in there, and his new toy will once again be out of reach.

We decided to go to a hockey game this evening, and Grandma came to watch the twins.  She said they got a cat nap around 5:30p, and were up and full of beans when we returned.  They still went down at normal time and were happy boys.  I love having family close by! 

(11/19) And Monday again.  I know I say this all the time, but times sure flies.  Today is a work day for me, and the boys are with their dad.