November 5th-11th

(11/5) Work day for Dad and me, and Kathy had the kids.  She said there was tons of hugging and kissing today.  LOL!  Attack of the kissy babies!  Traffic was insane today, so I felt like I was tucking them in pretty much right after we got home.

(11/6) I was off today, so Dad watched the kiddos until Nanan came to take over so I could go and volunteer in C's classroom.  I came home in time to put the littles down for a nap, and then Nanan and I visited and tried on glasses (there's a site where you can upload your picture and try out all the styles).  I ordered C a back-up pair and was "." close to getting myself another, but I didn't really want to spend so much on high-index lenses, so bagged it.  After I got C from school, he did his homework while I made snack, and he did his screen time during dinner, followed by bath and bedtime for all.

(11/7) The kiddos were home with Dad today while I worked.  I had book club tonight, and was home to play with the kiddos for a short while before putting them to bed and leaving.

(11/8) Happy Friday!  I "slept in" this morning (till 6a) and then headed out to work.  I had a pretty decent day.  Kathy said C was in a mood, and that J seemed off and had a low-grade fever.  I got them all home and made dinner fast to hopefully get them in bed equally fast.  C said he wasn't feeling well, and stopped eating to "go rest." Poor bubba.  J seemed okay.  Hope they're not coming down with something.


(11/9) No ice today, so I was able to catch a full Pump class at the gym before Dad went to work (owie!!).  After I got back, I gutted a couple of pumpkins and put them in to roast, then did up the seeds, followed by a yummy chocolate pumpkin bread once the pumpkins were done and pureed.  The littles napped through most of this, and C was on quality control duty.  He liked the bread, mostly because there was chocolate in it.  He is his mother's child. Nanan came this evening to grab C for an overnight.  I put the boys in their chairs to hopefully distract them with dinner, but instead they threw their dinner everywhere and hollered while I was trying to talk to Nanan.  And then Dad came home sick in the middle of all this. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!  I was never so ready for bedtime!

J is fascinated with earrings

C & D play ball with Cass

(11/10) I spent a lovely Sunday at home with the fam.  Dad still isn't feeling well, so we let him sleep. The littles had runny noses too.  Sigh.  The small fries took a three hour nap, during which I took the dog boys out for a long walk and caught a few Zs myself.  Walking the dogs together was quite amusing.  It was like walking a mule and a tornado at the same time.  The mule stopped about 0.75 mi into our walk and just stood there, refusing to move.  The tornado took about the same amount of time getting the hang of things (read: not tying me up!). I thoroughly wore Moose out, and even Cass came home and went to sleep.  After the littles woke up, we played, did some chores (well, I did), and then Dad made us dinner. For some reason, D really wants to pick Cass up.  So there was lots of firm talking, and now when I say "NO PULL," he responds with, "YES!"  Yaaaaaay.


(11/11) Veterans Day ~ To all who serve, and have served, we thank you!  I don't normally have this holiday off from work, but the boss lady made it so.  So yay!  We aren't planning a whole lot. Probably just a rehash of yesterday, but with a C-monster in the mix.