Monday, March 5, 2018

44 weeks: Miles turns 10 months!

We had a pretty run of the mill week. No snow, and typical kid silliness. :) I sure love these three.

Miles did get a cold this morning when he woke up. He was exposed on Friday when I went to watch kids at another church. :( Ruby has a little runny nose too, but that's all. Hopefully he'll get better soon, waking up a bunch of times in the night with a baby who can't breathe out of his nose is hard.
 Reid got out the kinetic sand and seriously played with it almost the entire day on Tuesday.
 Ruby has been getting to play with cups at choice time at school, so she came home and found some to stack at home!
 In PE 2 one day, her teacher Mr. D had them play Jurassic Park. The kids who wore red got to take turns being the T-rex. So the next day Ruby wore all red so she could be the T-rex... unfortunately we forgot it was Wednesday and she didn't have PE 2. Hahaha. But she did it the next day instead. :)
 He makes tractors out of chairs regularly.
 He sometimes takes a short nap in the afternoon in his crib, but then falls back asleep when I'm holding him. He woke up from his nap and said, "uh-oh." It's his favorite thing and he says it all day, especially when he drops something.
 Wednesday short day, perfect for getting on swim suits and playing beach! I got Ruby this new suit at Costco, which is what inspired the activity.
 Reid was the shark.
 And then we watched Shallow Seas from Planet Earth.
 He found his ear and kept sticking his finger in it.
And he turned 10 months on Thursday!! I can't believe it's only 2 months until his birthday. He's such a special addition to our family.
Of course, Reid wanted to get in on the pictures too.
 They had the book fair at school, so Ruby took some of her money and bought this book. Then she read it to us at dinner. <3
 Friday we went to Revive at Westside church to watch kids. Miles sure had fun! And also got sick though. There was a little girl who was very snotty, coughing, and really fussy. :( I bet lots of the kids got sick.
 Reid was playing town with the trucks and cars. The garbage truck was going "Pick up the trash, dump. Pick up the trash, dump."
 Aunt Becca and Frances came over Friday afternoon to play for a little while. <3
 Saturday morning we got up early and went on a hike. It was cold, muddy, and lovely. I think 4/5 of us were wearing gray hoodies. Haha!
 At the Witch's Castle!
 It was soooo muddy.
 That afternoon we watched Coco, which was really cute.
 Zzzzzzzz
 Andy went out with some guys he used to work with Saturday night, so I went to bed early. I found this under my covers. <3 Ruby is so sweet.
 And then she wrote me this the next day...
 I love it! Hahaha "Things that you've done for us and your family. Make dinner for us is the best."
 She likes to do makeup with me in the mornings.
 After church it was gorgeous out so we played at Buckman school playground for a little while.
 Reid loved the blue tire swing. It was broken, and he may have fallen through the hole a time or two.
 Swing time!
 Cutie.
 And down the giant slide!
 Reid came down sideways.
 Poor Miles, some day he'll get to play horses and cars with the paper.
 I had to elevate his mattress so he can sleep better, and then he took a great nap this morning.
 Our friends came over to play, and we had tons of fun! We walked down our street, and Reid played with his stick the whole way.
 It wore him out, apparently. He hasn't napped since Ruby's birthday, but he fell asleep today on the couch while we watched The Great British Baking Show (our favorite).
Sleepy boys... this is a rare quiet moment that I got.

43 weeks: Snow!!

What a week. Poor Miles got a fever on Saturday through Monday, we have no idea why. It started super low and slowly rose over three days. Monday night he threw up in the middle of the night when I tried to give him Tylenol, then he woke up fine on Tuesday. I don't know if he was actually sick or it was his molars causing issues. So glad he's better. The rest of us have been super healthy for the last two months, since we started taking Elderberry syrup every morning. It has been a life saver! Miles is too little to have it since it has honey in it, so he has been the only one to get sick. I'm just glad cold and flu season is on the decline now.
Ruby came home from school and told me that she was Silas's girlfriend and Caleb's girlfriend. Ahhh! I asked her what that meant and she said that they just play together a lot. Silas lives on our street, but he doesn't seem like a super kind kid... It's tough not being able to be there all of the time with her. We talk a lot, pray a lot, and love her well.
 We had snow on Tuesday so we played trains! Ruby went to school in the morning, but everyone got sent home at 10:30.
 He's so cute and chubby. He's usually in clothes because it's cold, but he's so cute in his diaper.
 Reading her bible.
 She has been writing the cutest notes and trying out different handwriting like I used to do. :)
 We did a little photo shoot. Miles likes to say "oooo."
 Cutie pie.
 Such silly kids!
 And then this is what happened to my sheet backdrop that I should definitely iron next time.
 His top right molar is taking its time coming in, so we soaked wash cloths in chamomile tea and froze them for him to chew on.
 Gluey kabluey! They love it.
 Silly Reid
 Silly Ru
 Milk face
 Ruby was practicing her name in cursive. I love the ones circled "best" and "worst". Haha!
 Brothers watching a little show together.
 They like to cut their bananas in the mornings. But Ruby recently decided she doesn't like bananas.
 Ruby has been needing activities lately and gets bored often... so I created a "bored jar" like my mom made me a "bored basket" when I was little. The first one she drew was a tea party with Samantha. :)
 They had so much fun.
 This is for Andy... she is so funny.
 Zzzzzzzzz
 The boys and I went to get our car's tires aligned. Reid wore Andy's bathrobe string with his helicopter tied to it. Haha!
 Ruby has a game at school called "Teach your monster to read" that they got to play on the computer for a little bit. They're getting so big!
 He LOVES the dishwasher.
 Playing doctor.
 Ruby was just staring at herself in the mirror trying to make her tongue do funny things.
 On Saturday we headed up to ride the tram! She's so pretty.
 They loved it. Reid wanted to know all about how it worked.
 We made some peanut butter cookies, and Reid snuck into the kitchen and took a bite of every one of them! Naughty boy. Reminds me of myself when I was little.
 They had fun going through the Oriental Trading Co catalogue and circling things they would like, which was pretty much everything.
 We taught Ruby's class on Sunday, and Reid has been going to the 4's class. It was fun to see him at singing time! He's pretty shy so he doesn't sing the words, or so he says.
 That afternoon they decided to make a bridge with their mattress and had to stuff a bunch of things under it to hold it up... so they emptied 
 Dance party!! We have a lot of those.
 He thought his legs were interesting, since they're usually in pants.
 I love the chub.
 Reid fell asleep so Ruby gave him his blue bear.
Ruby had her first neighborhood play date. Maya from down the street is in first grade, and she likes to play with Ruby. So they built a cute little snow man.

Family photos

For the week of August 18-24 Boy, with buying a house and moving and starting the kids' online school and starting my doula mentorship a...