January Week 2

Last Sunday we went sledding for the first time. The boys loved it! Augustus was on his sled and down the hill before I had closed the van doors. It was a blast and will maybe make a long winter bearable. 

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I added new shelves for my sprinkles- I don’t think I’ll ever be done adding shelves to this house. It’s going to be the most organized house in the world when I’m done. 

Our puppy turned 5 weeks old. The breeder sends us photos each week and I messaged her back saying that it looks like he is getting sassier. She agreed. We’re very excited for him to come live with us! 

On Friday, we went back to the sledding hill, this time with Xander’s bestie from school. We sledded for 2 hours! 
 
I was busy this week with cookie orders. I got a custom order for “board books” for a baby shower. I got to break out my new airbrush, which is a fun toy from Christmas. In other exciting news, we got the pool table assembled! This is Nate’s family’s pool table and it has been in one million pieces that we have moved several times. Finally we have a space for it and had someone come out to assemble it. 

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Our basement is much fuller than when we moved in, but we each have our own space for fun stuff- the pool table for Nate, the treadmill for me and a hot wheels zone for the boys. 
 

On Friday night, we had pizza and movie night. As soon as we suggested it, the boys ran to their room to get into pjs and came down in shorts and no shirts. 

Nate has continued on his handy-man phase and fixed our clogged sink this weekend. He is way handier then he claims to be! 

The boys have recently gotten into video games, which is fine, but we had to make some rules around when they get to play. We have a new schedule hung up that helps them keep track of when video games and ipads are allowed and when they are not. We’ve also started a new way of focusing on reading by choosing just 12 books for the week to keep down in our main living area. They have a nice big bookshelf that holds all of their books, but I actually think it is a little overwhelming. So each Sunday, the boys pick 6 books each and every night we read 2 from the stack. We’ve discovered books we’ve barely read and they are really enjoying it. We have family reading time on the couch each night before bed, and it’s a better routine than our random reading schedule that we were following. 

Today I am working from home with a sick kiddo. He’s just mildly sneezy, but I have a lot I need to accomplish the rest of this week and today was going to be pretty quiet for me anyway, so I am hoping that a day of rest cuts this cold short, rather than end up with a sicker kid later in the week. 

A quick story from this morning. Xander and Augustus were both up before Nate and I. Xander ran up the stairs and was standing next to my bed holding a steak knife, “where’s the butter?” I had barely opened my eyes but when I saw him holding a very sharp knife (that looked HUGE in his small hand) it was just the jolt of adrenaline that I needed to jump out of bed. I carefully took the knife as he explained, “I’m making toast for me and Gussie and I can’t find the butter.” We went downstairs, found both the butter and the butter knives and all was well. He had 2 plates laid out. He had 4 pieces of perfect toast made and stacked, ready to be buttered. He’s a resourceful little dude! And I didn’t even need a cup of coffee after jumping out of bed. It should be a good week!