Keeping Busy!

 Adrian

He is really such a joy in our lives, and we love how he is learning and growing. He likes cuddling with me, and it makes me laugh when I don't sit close enough, he moves over to get right next to me, or on top of me sometimes too. I do enjoy the cuddles, though, and he needed some this weekend because he woke up Saturday morning covered in throw-up! I changed him and got him straight in the bath while his blankie was put in the washing machine. The smell was hard to get out of his hair, but he was clean enough and was able to get a little to eat while cuddling, but ended up throwing that up too. Luckily, that was all the throwing up, and he started feeling better after his nap time and very little food compared to how much he usually eats. The whole day, he didn't eat very much, but was at least happier when we went to the birthday party for Claire and Shay's friend. 

The Party

The girls had fun at the princess party because they had a trampoline in the backyard! I had dropped them off at the party and went home with sick Adrian to get him a nap, but came back and they were out playing somewhere else instead of watching the birthday girl open her presents. I usually feel like I don't have to worry about Claire around a bunch of other kids because Shay is my stinker butt, and she had her moments, but Claire was a little spacey and crazy, too. At least these are family friends and have had experience with our crazy daughters before, so they were prepared for it. There was a piñata and lots of food to enjoy, and they had a great time. 

Projects

We've been relying on them to play and watch over Adrian more this week while we work on projects in the garage or outside. Usually, I just ask them to read him books when I'm cooking dinner, but they took on longer periods of time yesterday and I was very proud of them. It gives me hope that they will be more responsible eventually, and I won't have to nag them all the time to get things done. I've been looking into getting them into more extracurricular activities, but I feel like they wouldn't have time for homework and reading if we started anything. They liked gymnastics when we did that, and we just got a used piano that I would love for them to start learning. It is most important for them to have time to do homework, but I seem to always be telling them to clean their room because they play together so much. They still get to have fun ways to go to bed every night with daddy, and I got the newest one in blurry pictures. They usually do 'train rides' on his back, but also ride as shoes on his feet, but this time they hung from his arms!