Saturday, December 29, 2012

Jacob's first day of school!

Jacob is adjusting wonderfully to his new school (Kate's school)!  He and I went for three days and stayed an hour and a half each day.  Then he started on his own full-time on Monday.  Although it feels as though we own two houses... it's probably worth it... I mean, it's definitely worth it.  To have him at a school that we love with teachers we have known for years and trust.






Friday, December 28, 2012

Kate's first book

Courtesy of Aunt Heidi




Survived

We survived the insanity of the holidays.  To recap what you missed.

Three weeks ago:  double ear infection.  First antibiotic.
Two weeks ago:  Second antibiotic (first didn't work).
One week ago:  Another double ear infection.  New antibiotic.

Needless to say, for the last month we have not slept.  Jacob has been inconsolable.  He hits us, he hits Kate, he hits the dog.  He lies down and hits his head.  He cries.  He screams.  Drugs take the edge off, but not until yesterday did we have our normal Jacob back.  All smiles, all day.

Makes you grateful that your kid is not normally a holy terror.  My sister watched the kids overnight (thank you thank you thank you) and that's the first chunk of sleep longer than 4 hours I've had in several months.  Several, long, awful, sleepless months.

I think Jacob heard me mentioning "three kids" and took action to ensure his "baby" status in the family.

Mission successful.

The kids had a blast.  Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures since I was without phone the whole time, but will try to get some soon to share...

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Rainy day

Bounce house fun


Sunday, December 9, 2012

New Dress

Mommy and Kate project. Made a dress out of mom's t-shirt in a record twenty minutes (4 year old attention span is similar to mine when it comes to sewing).

Monday, December 3, 2012