One Thing - 10/31/13

It was a busy afternoon/evening of Halloween festivities. We first went out to the hospital where we weaved through the building collecting treats from different businesses in town as well as from the residents of the long term care facility attached to the hospital. The kids came home with far more candy than we could ever need!! We ate a quick supper before the boys headed out for some trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. They just went around the block but came home with lots more treats. We are all wiped out tonight. Let's hope everyone sleeps in tomorrow!

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One Thing - 10/30/13

Our family at Boo at the Zoo in Lincoln last Saturday

One Thing - 10/29/13

This afternoon, we carved our pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. Then, we ate some yummy loaded potato soup. Perfect things for this cold, drizzly day!

One Thing - 10/28/13

Grandma and Grandpa Nelson were here over the weekend. We celebrated Jonah's 5th birthday. Grandma made Jonah this cool guitar cake. And, he got his own kid sized guitar as a gift! Jonah has loved his guitar so far. He has made up a few songs and has done a fairly good job of taking care of his instrument. He is excited to learn how to play! 

One Thing - 10/27/13

I. Am. Exhausted. We have had a crazy week, and I am wiped out. That would be why there have been no posts for the past few days. Mike was out of town for four days last week. 1 mommy + 3 little ones + 4 days = exhaustion. I admire those single parents who live that way day in and day out. It is HARD. Then, Grandma and Grandpa Nelson came to visit for the weekend. They came to celebrate Jonah's upcoming 5th birthday. We spent Saturday evening at Boo at the Zoo at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. And, they were an amazing help to us! My mom cleaned the refrigerator and scrubbed the sink and helped me get ready for Trunk or Treat by cutting out and gluing paper pumpkins, making frosting, and gluing letters to posterboard. They left this afternoon. Then, tonight was Trunk or Treat at church. It was a Wonderful evening! The weather was perfect. Our church family was amazing. And, about 150 kids were loved on. Praise God for strength and energy to make it through a busy week. Praise God for rest. Praying for some more restful days ahead!

One Thing - 10/23/13

One story about each of my little ones this afternoon-

J - At lunch today, Jonah was talking about a girl from preschool that he frequently mentions. He said, "Mommy, I fell in love with her the first time I saw her. She is so pretty. And, she is nice. She plays with me. And, I always sit by her at circle time." I think we have a boy with a little crush on a girl!

Sy - I avoid sharing things that could be embarrassing later on in life, so I hope Silas won't mind me sharing this one. We all got a pretty good laugh out of it! Yesterday, I went to get Sy up from his nap. He usually sleeps in underwear and had only had 1 nap time accident...until yesterday. I walked over to his bed and Sy said, "My pants are a little wet." Me, "They are, huh?" Sy: "Yeah, Mommy, Jonah spilled his milk all over my pants. He said it was an accident." Me: "I think you wet your pants." Sy: (getting upset) "No, Mommy. Jonah spilled his milk. He didn't mean to do it!" It took me a moment to calm him down and then figured out that Sy was dreaming when he had his accident - he dreamed Jonah was pouring his milk on him.

Lydia - our little girl is finally walking!! She still prefers crawling but is taking more an more steps each day. Saturday morning, after not taking steps for about 2 weeks, she started taking 4-6 steps at a time. This morning, I watched her take 11 before tumbling down. Walking at just over 13 months is one month later than Jonah and one month earlier than Silas. It's amazing to watch them grow!!

One Thing - 10/22/13

     

 

The kids made pumpkins with our sitter today. I think I will enjoy seeing these pumpkins for the next week or so. :)