2014 :: week 5

January 25

My parents saved me Sunday morning when I still felt awful and Tony some things he had to take care of before church. They watched the kids and drove them to church for us which was such a relief. I hate my headaches more than almost anything. The kids prefer my parents so they were happy too.

January 26

Will had become quite the helper recently. He always wants to help, especially it seems, when his help is not very helpful. I've been trying my best to include him when I can. I don't want to squash his helpful attitude! He is now my designated cheese grater and gets upset when cheese isn't part of the plan. I keep reminding myself that learning is messy and it's more important for my kids to learn new skills and how to work than for me to get things done quickly and with as little mess as possible.

January 27

Lauren and I spent some time at the library together while Will was at school. She put on quite a show with the flannel board characters.

January 28

Wednesday was unseasonably warm. 72 degrees warm. We spent hours doing various things outside and it was awesome. After I picked Will up from school we went to the park. The kids decided the playground was a pirate ship and tried to keep other kids from climbing up. Obviously they didn't really keep people off the playground, but there was a lot of racing back and forth and sending people "off the plank" (down the slide). It's always nice to see how quickly and easily kids start playing with other kids they've never met before.

January 29

Lauren is singing in the tub. She sings constantly. She was singing an Enchanted song when I took this picture.

January 30

Friday we went to a children's craft activity at Whole Foods. The kids made sunflowers in honor of Kansas' 154th birthday the day before. There were also coloring sheets and some healthy snacks. Both kids had a great time, Lauren loved all the glue and Will was very careful about placing each of his petals just so.

January 31

Because of my headache last weekend we had a lot of Saturday chores to make up this week. I let the kids help me wash the mirrors and windows. It amazing how they can turn everything into a competition. They were both beside themselves when the other got a turn with the spray bottle. Saturday was a busy day. Tony had a midday move and then that evening we went on a date to Oklahoma Joes.