the rec

YIPPEE!

our indoor playgroup is open!

now you know where to find us!

i'm there

yesterday our house was buzzing

as usual.

no sooner than the boys walked in the door the phone started ringing

and didn't seem to stop.

friends were calling.

some wanted to come play and some wanted to come do homework together

-and then play.

before i knew what was happening my house was full.

thing 1 had his group of friends in his room playing their DS'.

thing 2 was in the playroom completing homework assignments and then playing Wii with his friend.

our dearly loved neighbor girl, who we have been missing,

came to play with thing 3 and thing 4.

usually this crowd is in the yard playing pretty much anything they can that may involve a ball. they tried but were quickly back inside seeking warmth.

i don't blame them-i ran to the mailbox and back yesterday. it was just crisp!

so, as my house was filling up with neighborhood kids i caught myself thinking

"this is what it's going to be like as they get older."

but then i quickly realized,

this is what it is like.

they are older.

my house is full.

i do love it. i want them to have their friends here. i want their friends to enjoy being here.

i just have to keep my eyes up and ignore the messes that can happen.

and, i'm going to have to start preparing larger dinners, as they all want to stay. and i'm going to have to keep my cupboards full of snacks, as boys can eat a lot!

so, i'm there.

wope soppopeakop op

do you?

i learned to speak "op" way back in 4th grade i think! it was our "secret" code-my friends and i had. i never thought that i would be using it at 30 something!

now that my boys can spell though, it comes in very handy-and drives them very crazy!

i did give them a clue though, they need to know how to spell!

trick-or-treat

my little yoda

beautiful snow white





the boys pictures are in my friends camera.(my camera is broken)
thing 1 was anakin skywalker and thing 2 was a clone trooper.



the weather was beautiful


the streets were swarming with little ghosts and goblins


and the bags were full

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

*i do love my boys, they are just so busy it's hard to get pictures of them.

**these pictures are courtesy of another friend. Thank You!

sleep, i need sleep!

my beautifully, huggably, pudgy baby weighed in at 18 pounds 10 ounces last week at his doctor visit. he's healthy and strong. in fact so healthy and strong the dr. says he should be sleeping through the night by now. so i asked how long i could expect out of him.

ten hours he said.

the wheels in my brain came screeching to a halt!

10 hours!

he's waking every 2-3!

after i absorbed this i turned to my sweet little chunk and as he squealed with delight i told him his life was about to change!!

i'm sure he is not a fan of the doctor anymore! he is responsible for those horrible shots and for his comfy little life of pleasures being turned upside down!

that very night was night 1! a very long and emotionally painful night. but with the hope of soon having a full nights sleep i stuck to my guns and survived it!

night 2. not as bad as the first. we had some crying but more sleeping than crying.

night 3. like night 2.

night 4. good. he woke once and fussed a little then went back to sleep. i fed him when he woke after it had been about 9-10 hours!

night 5. bad. he was stubborn and determined-i gave in and fed him. i felt like a failure. it was all lost now!

night 6. very good night again. he woke once for about 30 seconds, then put himself back to sleep. the second time he woke the dad soothed him and he quickly fell back asleep.

night 7. bad night-maybe this isn't going to work.

night 8. very good night. not a peep from 8pm till 4:30 am! maybe it will work.

night 9. okay night. slept till 2:30. he woke and did some screaming. the dad was able to put him back to sleep. it took about 10 minutes but he did it.

and so it goes. we are not going all night yet but we are getting there.

now somebody needs to teach me to sleep through the night!