Chaos, Cold, Knives

Noah has turned out to be one of our most observant children which can be bad at times. If I need to open a package I usually grab a knife and slice it open. Well monkey see monkey do--Noah wanted a banana and couldn't get it open so he grabbed a knife and started slicing. Good thing we caught him before he sliced his finger off!! However, this is not an isolated incident, though. If he can't get anything opened including Pop Tart wrappers he heads over to grab a knife. We have to keep an eye (or an ear) out for the knife drawer being opened because he is quite sneaky. He is getting quite good at pulling that 'what...me?' face as you can see.

After we built our house they never stained the stairs going from the back door into the garage. I was ok with it, but it has been bothering Aaron for a while. It became worse after the summer because the kids let their popsicles melt all over the wood and stained it all kinds of colors. Finally Aaron had had enough and sanded and stained it. The boys were really excited to help paint when they saw him get out the paint brushes. When we went to pick up the paint Josh asked me when Aunt Jill was coming since we never paint anything without her around. They were surprised when we said she wasn't coming, but we were still painting. Aaron got lots of 'help' during the job.

Last Monday (9 days ago yes I know I am severly behind in blogging) the kids had the day off from school. We met some friends at the Dinosaur Park and played for a few hours. It was nice to let the kids run off some energy and get some adult conversation in. Here's all the kids feeding the ducks and seagulls in the pond.

About a month ago during Sunday quiet time Josh dropped his ipod in his room and cracked the screen and shattered the corner of it. I don't think it would have broken if he had kept the case cover on it, but after multiple times of me telling him to keep the case cover on he still took it off and that's when he dropped it and cracked the screen and shattered a corner. It still works, but the more he uses it the worse the damage gets. We have told Josh we will replace the screen if he will earn the money to replace it with. He has been working hard to earn that money. Aaron even told him he would earn extra money if he changed one of Noah's dirty diapers. Aaron waited until it was a really bad diaper and then got Josh to change it. Josh wasn't excited about it, but that's what happens when you don't listen to your Mom!!!

Noah has turned into a little stinker lately. The other day for lunch I made a green smoothy. The kids drank theirs and asked for seconds. I poured them another glass and then went over to do some laundry. When I came back I found that they had poured out their seconds all over the bar and were finger painting with them. **Sigh** A Mother's job is never done, literally!! I feel like all I do all day is clean up messes. Good thing I love my kids because I would have quit this gig a while ago!!

Friday night was movie night, but the kids had had a fun filled busy day. About half way through the movie Noah noticed Sarah had fallen asleep. Being the good little brother he was he went over to crawl all over her. Thankfully when he did wake her up she didn't get mad at him she just gave him a love. I can't say that anyone else would have done that....

Saturday night Aaron and I got a mini date. We had football tickets and had arranged baby sitting two weeks in advance with G&G T for Saturday night. However, early that week my Grandmother (my Dad's Mom) had fallen ill and was taken to the hospital and it looked like she was going to pass away. Also my other Grandpa (my Mom's Dad) had broken some vertebrae in his back and was in the hospital as well. We had given up on going on our date due to the circumstances, but when Saturday rolled around my Grandma was still in the hospital with her condition mostly unchanged from her admission and my Grandpa had been transferred to a Rehabilitation Center. My mom was willing to sit with the kids after we had fed them and gotten them ready for bed so we could go to the game. We grabbed a quick bite to eat and then headed over. Unfortunately there was a big snowstorm the evening before and they didn't clear the snow off the cheap seats. We froze. The game started at 8:15 pm and ended about 11:30pm. By the end we couldn't feel our toes.

We did get some hot chocolate and enjoyed a huge back of roasted almonds since we never get to eat that at home due to someone's food allergy. They were tasty!!

It was a nice date/break. However, my Grandma ended up passing away early this morning. I am sad, but glad to know she isn't sick anymore. My Grandpa is doing well and getting stronger. Hopefully he will be able to return back to his home soon.

Noah's been excited about seeing all the boys' snowboots. He likes to put them on and wear them around the house. It's funny to try and see him walk in them. He thinks he is big stuff.

Sarah thinks she is big stuff, too. She is learning how to write her name in preschool and decided to practice on my dining table with green crayon.

Good thing I love my kids is all I can say.....

However, they can be cute sometimes. Today Sarah was boxing on the Wii with Matthew. Noah wanted to play so he just picked up a random remote and copied everything Sarah did so he could play, too. They both giggled and thought it was pretty funny. This almost made me forget about my 'autographed' table....almost...