No trick or treating for us today even though it's Halloween. The town we live in postponed it to Friday at the start of the storm. They were concerned that there would be all kinds of power outages and felt it was unsafe for kids to be walking around. (The county however disagreed!!) Worked out in our favor since Daniel had class tonight and was going to miss out on the fun. To make it even better, my parents are coming up on Friday and we'll all get to go! Woo-hoo!
Anyways, here's my update on our last few days!
Hurricane Monday...
Daniel and the boys first venture out into the storm. It was super cold, windy, and rainy. I stood on the front porch and my slippers were soaking wet when I went back inside.
There's actually a storm drain in the "puddle" that Zach's stepping in. Technically it's to the right of Zach, pretty much exactly where the tree is. Daniel said the tree is growing out of part of it and obviously it's clogged.
puddles!
They were soaked!!! They came in, got in a nice warm bath and then had hot cocoa with lots and lots of marshmallows!
And despite the weather, we got mail!
opening mail is always fun!
Halloween cards from Granny & Pa!
Emily got one too! (I helped her open it!)
Second venture out... it was even colder at this point and much later than the first time.
The winds were much more gusty!
Someone forgot to mention to them that there was a hurricane coming... :-)
Cupcakes! (Aren't my plates wonderful? I have 2 sets, an everyday set and then my pfaltzgraff which I say is for special occassions since it's so stinkin' expensive and breaks super easily...I've started using them more frequently though! I'd rather enjoy them than have them just sitting in my cabinet! Do I really need 2 sets of plates? No. I just like them both!)
We all slept downstairs Monday night. The boys think sleeping in the guest room is sooo much fun!
silly boys!
And then on to today...........
Are there enough trains on the track? We have about 4x that amount of track and for some reason that was all they wanted to use!
Zach drew a picture of me (sideways). He said I had poofy hair. He wrote my name and his name and then decided he needed to put the rest of our names on there too! Looks just like me!
Jacob's picture was of a "super silly car" as he described it. He wrote "GO" on it too and then pointed at a specific part of the car though I'm not sure what the significance of that part is! I'll have to ask him in the morning!!
Their new color chart at home. Zach's been a bit of a pain in the butt with listening at home lately and I've felt like I've been giving time outs left and right but like it's not helping so we went back to our old method...a color chart! It's the same colors they use at school. They both start out each day on green and depending on their behavior can switch colors. Clearly Zach had a rotten day at home this afternoon!! The "blue checklist" includes having all their toys picked up, having good behavior, and they have to do something to help Daniel or me (like set the table, sort laundry, etc). If they want blue they have to do all 3 of the things and in return they get a quarter. :-) When they get on red they lose a toy and have to pay me $1 to get it back!
New bed in our guest room! I just LOVE it! I made the headboard, painted the side table, and ordered the bedding. And yes, that's a trashcan next to the side table. This is the room I normally change Emily's diapers in so thats my diaper pail for cloth diapers!
and my new walk in closet! woo-hoo!! I need to finish "stocking" it!
In honor of Halloween....
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