We have been busy these past few weeks. I will try and do a Reader's Digest version to catch up the blog. Last Saturday we took Josh in to get his eyes retested. It was a good thing, too. They had changed quite a bit. After the eye exam he definitely needed new glasses, but when we started looking for some the cheapest frames we could find were $129 and that did not include the lenses!! I am new to this glasses thing because I have never worn them and still don't need them. Glasses are expensive!!! Thankfully I was referred to a website with cheaper glasses and that's what we ended up ordering from. Hopefully they will come in soon so Josh will be able to actually start seeing things more clearly!!
I have started Josh and Daniel's other mural in their bedroom. I still have quite a bit left to do. I try to work on it while the older kids are in school, but it is hard to paint and keep a close eye on the youngest two. I do my best, but I had a complete parent FAIL last week. As I was painting Sarah told me she had to potty and quickly ran into the boys bathroom to go potty. Well I was busy painting and didn't notice that Noah snuck out of the room, too. As I was painting it got a little too quiet if you know what I mean. I went to search them down to see what they were doing. I didn't have to go far. They were both in the boys' bathroom. They had gotten a hold of the boys' toothbrushes and were brushing their teeth with them. The bad thing was they were using the toilet water to wet down their brushes. Now that's disgusting, but even more disgusting is using the boys' nasty bathroom--YUCK!! GAG!!NASTY!!! Why are kids so disgusting?!?! I had to go out and get a round of all new toothbrushes for everyone. GROSS!!
Two Saturdays ago instead of doing something fun we decided to clean out the garage. Matthew was quite upset and kept asking us when we were going to do something fun. He just couldn't imagine a Saturday without going somewhere fun--I think the kids have been a little spoiled don't you?! Anyway after much fighting and arguing oh I mean discussion the garage is finally clean....for now anyway. The kids (and Aaron) aren't the best at putting stuff away so we will see how long it stays clean. As evidence of one of our 'discussions' about where to put the fertilizer spreader, it ended up getting put up really high on the wall. It has now become one of those things of 'don't ask don't tell' about why it is up so high.... Good thing I love my husband!! I figure we are still together after that so we must have a strong marriage ;).
Sarah learned about butterflies at preschool the other day. When she got into the car afterward she was telling us that butterflies are called that because they eat butter. No amount of arguing with her was going to change her mind so as of then butterflies eat butter case closed!! Also for Josh's birthday Aaron woke up early and bought ten helium balloons for Josh to wake up to. What a nice DAD!! Anyway, Josh was so excited to see them the morning of his birthday. He was excited to see all the balloons filled with 'Helaman'. I giggled when he said that and asked him if they were really filled with Helaman which he told me yes!! Those are some pretty righteous balloons!! Speaking of Josh Aaron, me, Sarah and Noah went and had lunch with Josh that day. He was pretty excited to see us at school with a hamburger for him. We had a nice short lunch and then Josh was ready to go out to recess and play. I am glad he still thinks his family is fun--who knows how much longer that will last?!
Matthew's birthday is in August so he is out of school for summer break by the time his birthday rolls around. However, he came home last week insisting that he needed to bring treats to celebrate his birthday at school. The teacher had not passed this information on to me so I wasn't sure if it was real or if Matthew just decided he needed to bring treats himself. I emailed the teacher, but didn't hear back. Matthew was pretty insistent and wasn't going to take no for an answer. I figured why not so I sent him with some treats to school hoping that the teacher really knew what was going on because I didn't even though Matthew seemed to. Thankfully, the teacher finally emailed me back the next day saying that they were celebrating Matthew's unbirthday and that bringing treats was fine. Phew!! You just never know with Matthew....
Speaking of Matthew he is pretty excitable. He gets so excited whenever our neighbor, the train engineer, or his wife come out of their house. Matthew will yell, "HI!!" and then will run over to chit chat with them. Our neighbors seem pretty relaxed about it, thankfully. Last Saturday, though, our neighbor made Matthew's day. He gave him a Union Pacific lantern and a fluorescent vest to wear just like the train engineers. Matthew was so excited he took the gifts and then ran home to show us. He was jumping all around for the next hour because he was so excited. The next day Matthew was outside giving 'train rides' using the red wagon to the neighbor kids wearing his jacket, new Union Pacific vest with his Union Pacific hat. He is an official train engineer. Also by celebrating his unbirthday must have inspired Matthew because Matthew came inside a few days ago telling me that he just finished talking to our neighbors. He then told me that he made sure to tell Bryan, our neighbor, that his birthday was August 6th so Bryan could be sure and get him a present. Oh dear...hopefully our neighbor will take that in stride....Gotta love Matthew!
Noah has started falling asleep in his room wherever he gets tired. When I take him to his room at bedtime I tuck him in his bed, but invariably his toys beckon him out of bed. He plays in his room until he finally gets tired enough to sleep anywhere. This particular night he decided his closet would be his resting place. I guess pulling his clothes off his shelves was pretty hard work. Every night it is somewhere different in his room. What a crazy kid!!
Sarah got this tiara at a birthday party awhile back, but she still loves wearing it. I had just done her hair and she insisted on putting it in. What can you do--a princess always needs her crown!!
3-2-1 blastoff!!
In anticipation for the upcoming Spring that will hopefully come to stay soon, Aaron has been working on setting up the garden watering system. He brought it inside to do because it has been really cold lately. Of course he had lots of 'help' from Noah. Hopefully it will warm up soon because it is a little depressing when you get blizzard snow storms in April!!!
Tuesday it was time for Josh and Noah's well child appointments. I took Sarah along with us and headed to the doctor Tuesday morning. Josh is getting big and doing well. He is 79.2 pounds (73rd percentile) and is 59.5 inches (97th percentile) tall, but his BMI is only 30%. That all means he is a very tall, very skinny kid, but doing well.
Noah is 31.4 pounds (47th percentile) and 37.5 inches tall (53rd percentile). He is pretty much average which is great. I am also glad to say he is finally at age level and is not developmentally delayed any more. After visiting with the doctor we decided to start immunizations on Noah and continue Sarah's immunizations. That meant Noah got six shots and Sarah got five. They were NOT happy campers as the whole office could tell by all the wailing coming from our room after the shots were administered. I felt awful, but it really is the best thing for them. Afterward we went to get a treat to help soothe the pain. Ice cream hit the spot perfectly!!
