All By Myself

I love this stage... But someone else needs to clean it up.

Playing

I love these rare occurrences of all three kids playing together nicely. It is totally spontaneous and they get in a groove. Unfortunately it never lasts as long as I want, but soon I will tell them all how wonderful they are and that they must be such good brothers and sister to be playing so nicely... Then send the boys outside to get their wiggles out before dinner!

Audiobook Bliss

Who knew they'd sit still for so long???

Before

A Savory Surprise

Do you know what is fun? Taking a bit of lettuce and realizing after you have thoroughly chewed it that it is definitely NOT lettuce... perhaps mustard greens? Now, what to do with a head of mustard greens...

So, a friend of ours gets fresh produce from a local organic csa farm. It is generally more than they can eat so occasionally they will bring over a couple of things that they won't or can't eat. Apparently mustard greens are in that "won't/can't" group. And, now they are in mine. However, as Daddy points out, this would be great on a sandwich... no need to add mustard! As a side note, we are currently tracking our produce expenditures and seeing if we can afford to split a large weekly box with them. I am thinking we should have no problem finishing off a box in a week between all 8+ (she's the plus, not me). :)

Did you know...

less than one month left of work! :) WOO HOO

Glad I'm an OT

Trouble with stitches:
- 3 years old
- at the bendy part of the leg... the knee
- increased tolerance for pain
- 7 stitches need to be kept immobile

Lucky I had some splinting material lying around.

Quick Updates

Little Man:
loves school, mischief, and his siblings
has become quite the little bundle of emotion and isn't exactly sure what to do with it. can't wait for puberty. :)
parents having quite a time finding the balance between encouraging imagination/playfulness/exuberance and reinforcing social rules/appropriate behavior

Squeaker:
Me to my mom: I am so glad that Squeaker is such an easy kid to get to sleep. WHAT?!?!?!
Does. NOT. Stop. TALKING!
Has not destroyed glasses in over 2 weeks (knocking on wood as I type this)

Little Lady:
VERY social and playful
Walking timidly... but walking
Needs a pet dog because, OMG, she gets so worked up at even a picture of a dog, let alone an actual dog.
Is not going to be a shrinking violet.

Parents:
loving the kids
enjoying a full night sleep a little more frequently these days
can't wait for summer
have a lot of things they want to do to the house and need time and money to do them


PS. Not sure I should still be up, but glad I was able to update the blog. I have been wanting to post more frequently... can't wait for school/work to be done for the summer. :)