Monthly Archives: November 2012

QT with the kids

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Today I am thankful for early release. It gave Eve a chance for an apparently much needed nap, while Lex and I got to start a new Harry Potter book and bake cookies. I feel like we are so busy all the time and the kids drive me crazy a lot, but I miss the days of the three of us just hanging out. They are so independent now and engage so well with each other that I often find myself puttering or whatever while they play. I need to engage with them more, even if they don’t need me to. Today was sweet. When she woke up we did snack and then cuddled on the couch and read stories. I miss that. No school tomorrow (parent teacher conferences!) or Monday, so maybe we’ll get a bit more QT in this weekend… though it’s shaping up to be quite a busy weekend!

At home

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Today I am thankful for a day at home to get myself back together. Floors swept, dishes washed, feeling better already! I got a few hours of work done, got the grocery shopping done, played some games with the kids, cooked a healthy dinner, and didn’t lose my cool. A good day, for which I am thankful.

Inspiration

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We did a puzzle then inspiration struck and Eve decided to paint a picture of the puzzle. Another time we did this puzzle we ended up drawing it with crayon.  I guess she likes this puzzle!

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Tin can robots

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While I spent the afternoon working on my resume and largely ignoring my children, they spent the afternoon working on tin can robots and largely ignoring me. A win-win situation (until the bedtime battle :/) Lex got the idea from a crafty magazine he has. I think it’s the last craft in the magazine he hasn’t done. He’s been asking for a few days if I would get out the hot glue gun, but I just see all sorts of ways that could go wrong so I’ve been putting him off. Today I remembered some glue dots I had in my craft supply, so I broke them out and fortunately they worked well!

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Little tinkerers, hard at work!

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Lex’s creation, “Can Man” has a crane and a light on top, a “problem solving” mode, and if you look closely you can see eye brows over the nut eyes. Clever boy.

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Eve built her robot and then decided it needed to be tucked away for safe keeping. I talked her in to letting me take a quick picture before she put another pint container on top and taped them up.

A few other pictures from the weekend…

haunted office

We did the “Haunted Office” Friday night with Rosy. The kids worked hard on it and we all had fun. Then we un-haunted it so Rosy could have an un-haunted bedroom for the weekend and snuggled in for a movie night.

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This is the note I was curious about. When the bucket tipped the note fell out.

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“Tricked You!” Funny boy.

sunrise

Saturday morning Lex and I saw a beautiful sunrise! Unfortunately it disappeared quickly. Lex tried to get a picture but this is all he got before it was gone. We agreed to enjoy the memory of it. :)

eve snack

Snack time!

lex snack

They are always so proud of their snacks when they make them themselves. They are often so proud they want to take pictures!

lego alan

I asked Alan what we should do with the awesome Lego costume now that Halloween is over. He decided this would be a good idea. Hilarity ensued, of course.

Snow!

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Today I am thankful that when the flurries fly we can turn on the heat without giving it a second thought.

And fly they did this morning! On the drive to school this morning Eve talked excitedly about building a snowman when she came home from school. Sadly, for her, the snow never stuck and the flurries stopped in the early afternoon. I assured her there would be PLENTY of time for snow this winter! Forecasters are saying it’s going to be a cold winter this year :/ Which brings me back to being thankful for a warm house!