A Couple Weeks Back

Nothing in particular has happened the last few weeks, but we got a few good pictures of every day happenings. 

Smooshing his cheek into kinetic sand, which apparently is very funny to an 18 month old. 

Husker Catholic Live...always a fun evening. Left the table assignment to the development office, so we were at the Slim Chickens table. We sat next to the Birds...very funny at the Slim Chickens table. 

There it is. You got the joke now. ;)

Elias battled croup for over a week. It was rough. He didn’t eat, sleep, or play. All he could do was whine until it hurt his throat too much and cuddle. Constantly. He tried to go outside to play but he just sat under the fort and held the shovel handle. 

Lewis has suddenly kicked back into fournado mode. So many ideas, so little self control. This was a cool one though...he taped the heck out of this (not plugged in) extension cord all over the playhouse. He said he was re-wiring his house. 

Then one day we visited the Pink Sisters and he was writing his name on this yellow slip while I was searching for the slip of paper I needed. (Turns out it was the pink one.) That was fine. Chaos came when he started taking four other color-coded slips of paper and slipping them into random slots all over. I have never noticed 1) how many color-coded slips of paper they have and 2) how many slots there are to deposit said pieces of paper! Whoever is in charge of emptying the slots was probably really irritated. Very sorry, Slot Emptyer. 

Lewis At School

He is not the least bit interested in dressing up for Halloween. 

Busy Day

It was a busy day. Everyone went to school. Then Logan went to work. Elias got a shot. Then a quick stop at HyVee. We picked up the preschooler. Then we had lunch with friends. We came home for quiet time. Once quiet time was over we started tidying the house and doing chores. Then we played games and read books. The grade schooler came home. We ate snack and heard about 1st grade. We went on a walk. We raked leaves in the back yard and played some more. We went inside and played some more. We made dinner. We got everyone ready for bed, and wrote babysitter notes. (Daddy worked late.) We ate dinner. I got myself dressed and, as my Grandma Irene would say “fixed my face” (makeup). I briefed the babysitter and went to 

It was worth all the work. :)

Kitchen Organizing

Augustine and I are helping our parish priests (who all moved in about 4 months ago) reorganize their kitchen. We are putting fresh liner in all the cupboards, organizing the stuff, and throwing out/donating really old stuff. The project is about half way complete!

Halloween

Halloween. Not my favorite. We keep it minimal. I forgot to carve pumpkins the day before, and I don’t like doing it with kids, so Lewis and I carved one big pumpkin for our family to share. 

“Pumpkins smell awful.” 

“I like yis bowl of slimey stuff. I want to bake with it. I need to add eggs, Mom.” (Answer: no)

“You can eat da seeds. Yats disusting.”

“Yis smells awful.”

He chose the shapes. He wanted circle eyes and I asked him to pick an easier shape. I really like the diamonds!

And it decided to snow!!! It was a snow globe kind of snow...just beautiful! But the ground is still too warm for it to pile up, so Lewis was really excited and really frustrated at the same time. He wanted his snow bucket to fill up (see photo above) so he could eat snow. He loves to eat snow. 

He thought this was hilarious as he prepared to play outside. 

Augustine went trick or treating and Lewis passed out candy at home. It’s tradition to stop at the convent to trick or treat and say hello to Jesus in their chapel. I completely forgot to put Elias’ costume on. Oh well. It was a fun night!

Kitchen Update

The new shelf and curtains are up! Thanks for sewing the cute curtains Mom!

A Fun Visit

They built lots of forts. Cushion walls are still one of the most frustrating things on the planet, even as an adult. 

The playing was intense, which I find fascinating. 

Wyatt was packing a lunch because he was going to visit Lewis’ house (which is right behind home at about four paces to the east).

They put a fun twist on the crash pad by climbing the cushion mountain and then falling onto the crash pad. 

More cushion walls. 

And the toddlers got a turn with the Rescue Bots. I don’t know what happened to the photo of Maylee in the play kitchen, but she made me a lot of cups of something hot to drink. 

Boo at the Zoo & Super Bowl of the Saints

Happy Birthday Grandma!

What Elias Has Been Up To

He stopped nursing two weeks ago, so hello dairy for me. It’s interesting. My third time around on the diet and it was pretty anticlimactic being done again. I didn’t really miss the food much, but I did miss being able to accept hospitality.

He likes hats. 

And bugs. We went to a nature night and he couldn’t get enough. 

He has always liked turtles. 

I waited two extra days once Elias quit nursing, just to make sure he could handle it. Then, all the dairy. 

He and Lewis helped Augustine with the leaves.

That eczema on his cheek is SO stubborn. We are trying yet another cream regimen. 

I had fun making this no carve pumpkin. Lewis was mad that I “glued” it. He reminded me so many times that I gave it to my good friend who liked it. Elias insisted on being up where he could see. 

Driving the train is his favorite at the children’s museum. 

Story time with Aunt Lisa and the cousins. 

He’s very into trains and tracks. He will leave the tracks together for about 5 min before demolition starts. Not bad for a toddler.