January 6, 2013
Dear Family and Friends,
Happy New Year! On
New Year's Eve we decided to let off the rest of the fireworks that we had
bought for the Fourth of July. We
invited a few friends over with their kids and I made a cake from my new
"Extraordinary Cakes" cookbook.
We visited, did the fireworks, and then came inside for wassail and
cake. I must say that I have been
thinking about the cake all week and wishing I had more. It's probably good that we ate it all. Our
friends left well before midnight, and we got the boys to bed. Then we stayed up watching
"X-Files" and happened to be in the kitchen exactly at midnight. It was a great way to spend the evening.
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| RM showing off his food mustache. |
Tuesday we had a very low key day. M went swimming, (and has been swimming
almost every day) and we mostly enjoyed being at home. In the afternoon M and B-man went to a
friend's house so that they could borrow their tools and work on B-man's
pinewood derby car. He is very excited,
and has come up with a design inspired by the Bugatti Veyron.
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| RM "hiding" after a bath. He does this every night. |
Wednesday B-man was back to school. We were slightly rushed, because everyone
slept later than usual. It was so nice,
and so sad that I had to actually go wake B-man up for school. We worked quickly and then he was able to
make it on time. M went to work later in
the morning, but came home early. I love
when he does short work days. The boys
and I ran to do some grocery shopping.
Once B-man was home we were back to the homework, practice, dinner
routine. It's not terrible, but I like
it when he doesn't have school.
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| The train set-up in the dining room. |
Thursday was a very similar day. M went in to work late and came home
early. We stuck fairly close to home,
but did run a few errands. That evening B-man
went with M to the church for Scouts, then M came back the priest aged boys so
that they could have their activity.
They changed the oil in both of our cars. I am so happy about that! I made hot chocolate as their treat that
night. I did have to borrow one of the
leader's cars so that I could go pick up B-man from Scouts. He thought it was great to ride in the little
pick-up truck home.
Friday M didn't have to work. It has been so nice having him around so much
this week. I love it! We didn't really do much. But the little boys love having him around. That night for our family party we watched
"Legend of the Guardians," a new movie from Christmas. It was fine, and nobody had nightmares after
so that is always good.
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| J is a crazy sleeper. |
Saturday was a fairly busy day. In the morning there was a baptism for one of
the children of M' counselor. B-man and M
went together. I didn't think the rest
of our crew would add to the meeting much... Then when they got home we ran to Costco for
some much needed supplies and then M worked on a sourdough waffle recipe for
dinner that night. I then sent him, J,
and B-man out the door to a basketball team party. It was a kick off for the season. RM and I stayed home so that he could
nap. After they got home, the boys all
played. B-man had a friend over from the
neighborhood, and I took J and RM outside for a little. Eventually we came in for the wonderful
waffles that M made. B-man's friend
stayed for dinner and then headed home after so that we could get B-man to his first basketball
practice. The practice went really
well. J and RM were pretty patient, but
the last twenty minutes we went into the halls to run races and get some energy
out. After insisting that he didn't want
to play, and telling me that he just wouldn't do it, I was just happy that B-man
had a great time at practice and is excited for the season. What a relief! Then we came home and hurried to get the boys
in bed.
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| B-man loves his pillows. |
Sunday started off like a normal Sunday.
We rushed around trying to get to church on
time... for some reason I am getting worse at it instead of better.
We did make it on time, but just
barely...
Sacrament meeting is getting
easier for me.
I am so happy about
that.
The little boys are doing a much
better job of being quiet and entertained.
They are also getting older which I am sure is the biggest help.
Everyone had new teachers with the start of
the new year, and for the most party everyone did fine.
J was a new Sunbeam, and had been asked to
give the prayer.
I had him sit in front
for the prayer and I think he thought he was supposed to sit there the whole
time. He refused to sit with his class after the prayer.
He just kept sitting in the front of the
room.
Then during singing time he kept
trying to hold onto my legs, or talk to me, so I had to have some leaders
extricate him and threaten to take him outside.
When I came back in from singing in nursery he was on the floor behind
the pulpit so he could see and listening.
I snuck a picture because I thought it was so funny.
The hilarious thing was that I talked with
three other mothers of Sunbeams (we all happen to be in Primary) and we were
all sure that our children were the worst.
So that made me feel better because I hadn't even noticed them at all!
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| RM barely moves when he is asleep. |
After church we came home and did our normal routines. I worked on dinner, the boys watches some
church "Mormon Messages" and we read books. We were so happy that M was able to get home
at a decent time. He even had time to
play several rounds of backgammon with B-man.
We had dinner and were video chatting with family when J threw up. For the next five hours J was sick as a
dog. It was so sad to see the poor
guy. I have never seen anyone try so
hard not to throw up. M and I took turns
sitting in his room and helping. The
good thing was that as soon as he was done he would fall asleep. So we would read and wait until he woke up
and then help him. A little after
midnight he was finally able to rest for the rest of the morning.
We love you all!
The C Crew
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