Usually Austin jumps out of bed and gets dressed before I even know he's awake. It's a rare thing to find him at breakfast in PJ's. This gray, snowy morning, I found him still snuggled under his covers.
Austin: "I'm only getting out of bed when the sky is blue."
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After cycles of running and doing flips over the ottoman,
Elise: "Erik, you can do all these crazy things when you are big like me!"
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Elise: (in a taunting, angry voice) "Austin, you are not going to get any gum for your birthday!"
Austin: (matter-of-factly) "Yeah, I know. I didn't ask for any gum. I'm not going to get gum until I'm older and know how to chew."
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Other fun things...
Elise learned to change Erik's diaper. She's thrilled about it and thinks she's almost ready for the stinky ones. (Perfect timing since he's just starting solid foods :)
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Look who surprised us by just showing up at church one day!!!
We were so excited to see the Mataele's (especially Cole) and are
looking forward to the day when we see them all! |
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| lots of work on the Ariel puzzle |
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| Geo's morning workout |
George came home from work with underwear for Cole. The child was thrilled! He told us what was on each one (mostly sesame street fun) and squealed with delight. So we decided to start potty training. Both of us felt like he was ready to go and it wouldn't be too bad. Well...
He was so ticked off when I wouldn't put his "bi-per" back on him. Lots of tears. So he just ate breakfast in the buff. Finally, he agreed to put the unders on and we worked on it for a couple weeks with not a ton of progress. With the big fat unpacking job, I just wasn't on top of it and potty training was more stress/mess than I need right now. After the holidays, we'll start again. Today I asked him if he was ready to try underwear again and he said, "No. I like my bi-per", pulled on the velcro tabs and sucked his lower lip. *sigh* I think if I could find velcro underwear, he'd be fine with the idea.
Austin and Elise learned how to cock their own nerf guns! Watch out world!
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| Whenever Geo lays down, there is a pile on pop soon after. |
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| last day for the air mattresses ... yipee!!! |
After 5 1/2 weeks of shipping... our stuff arrived!
2 big trucks, 11 wooden crates, 15000 lbs, big 'ol fatty cockroaches as stow-aways
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| before |
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That pretty much sums up our November free time. What a lot of junk we have to unpack! One nice thing (or maybe not) is that we have an unfinished basement so if there is a box I don't want to deal with, down to the basement it goes. "Why do we even have this box?!?" ha! Thankfully, we've had help unpacking and babysitting from family and new friends. Will we ever finish? I'm hoping by Christmas.
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| lookin like Morp dates! |