November 12th-18th

(11/12) Work day for Dad & me, and Kathy had the kiddos.  C threw a fit about coming home and when he was whining about me picking him up, D sat there and said "Of course! Of course!"   LOL!  And he now says it when C starts complaining about anything in the car.  Hee, I like it!  The littles had a pretty good day from the sounds of it.  A little light on the nap and lots of hugs from J.  Such a sweet boy!  Makes up for a whiny-butt C.  

(11/13) I slept in today, and it was glorious.  I spent part of the morning with the littles and then headed out to work in C's classroom.  Today we got to finger-paint turkeys.  What fun! After that, since Nanan was hanging at the house with the twins, I ran some errands that I normally don't have time for during the week.  All accomplished, I headed back home and visited with Nanan until it was time to go grab C from school.  Nanan went home after we got back, C did his homework and played on the computer while the littles took a bath.


(11/14) Work day for me & Dad had the kiddos.  There's truly no better way to end the day then to sit on the floor and get mobbed with cute boy hugs. 

"I gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out..."

(11/15) Work day for Dad & me, and Kathy had the kiddos.  Kathy is very, very brave.  She got out the shaving cream and let the kids go to town.  She said D took a while to get into it, but he eventually did, and then proceeded to have a blast.  And I got freshly bathed kiddos out of the deal.  Sweet!  They also made darling Christmas trees from ice cream cones ~ what an awesome idea!  

(11/16) Busy day today!  It was picture day for hockey, so we had to be there super early.  Sarah & I squeezed in a walk with the pups, and then I came home and flew around trying to get everything done before I had to leave.  Granddad came to watch the twinsies so they didn't have to wait around between pictures and practice.  He said they were so fun - no tears and lots of peekaboo.   They were out by the time C & I got home.  After nap, we packed up and went to Jax's birthday party.  I thought I would just be dropping C, but there was enough room for the twins to stay and play too.  They had a ball!  The trampoline said it was only for kids, and only one kid at a time. The twins totally do not get the concept of one at a time, and kept climbing on while other kids were jumping.  They climbed on the jumps, played around with the foam blocks from the pit, got in the maze, and were very well behaved.  They even got a bit of cake and juice at the end.  I did not hear a peep from them after I put them down tonight. I am so taking them to gymnastics more often!  *I* was the first one to wake, of my own accord, and *J* slept till 8a on Sunday.  Unheard of!  

(11/17) Yay for lazy Sundays!  Dad cooked us up a feast this evening - we had a Thanksgiving dinner preview, complete with homemade stuffing, turkey, taters 'n gravy, and cranberry wine for the adults. While dinner was cooking and the littles were napping, C got to go to Grandma's for some cookie-making and I took the puppeh out for a long walk.  Cass and Shiloh (Sarah's Husky) did great - they talked to each other for about a block and then settled in.  Good pups!  

The littles have taken on the job of feeding the kitty, and like to feed him *every* time they go upstairs.  Their hands are small, so it's around what he normally eats, I guess. Little messier, but whatever.  They're helpful.  

(11/18) Work day for me, and Dad has the kiddos today.  I have a whopping one-day work week this week and then am off for the rest.  No plans yet, but I'm sure we'll think of something.