Pumkin Crafts

What a great week this was. I painted with the kids. We did tree's with their thumb prints as the tree part. We also made Halloween cookies. I spend more prep time then the time they stay interested. They are interested for a little bit and then they tell me they're going to play and to tell them when the cookies are done. That's o.k. at least they are entertained for 10 minutes and they'll remember these moments as they get older.

Louie - Louie is 14 lbs and loves to grunt(he sounds like a little cave man). It reminds me of how Anthony used to grunt. In speaking of Anthony, Louie loves to listen and look at him and smile. He really loves his big brother it's pretty cute. He seems to be sleeping through the night a little bit better the last couple of nights, which has been nice.

Avabelle - Ava is very entertaining and you never know what is going to come out of her mouth. I was reading them a book before bed and this book has the song She'll be Coming Around the Mountain, I was being silly with them and had my hand as a pretend microphone that all of us kept singing in. I started singing she'll be coming around and then Ava sang into the microphone she said "Couch" We all started laughing so hard because she was so serious. This morning she was knocking with her knuckles on the table and told me "Look mom these are my uncles". I said you mean your knuckles and she said, "Yeah, my uncles." I wondered to myself how many times a day does she make me laugh and how much I love and adore her.

Anthony - Anthony is really becoming mature and I can't believe how curious he is. When I read him books he'll make me stop in the middle of a sentence to show him a word. He love's recognizing a word and will point it out to me. His favorite thing this week was watching Myth Busters and the National Geographic channel(not making cookies and painting). He would watch these shows like they were cartoons and then told me all about how the cheetahs would kill the giraffes. I wondered if it was appropriate to have him watching National Geographic.

Tony and Rita - We took the kids on three long walks this week, which was good for all of us. Anthony rode his bike and Avabelle ran most of the way. They fell asleep quickly after they were read a story. I told Tony we should do this everyday. The kids really enjoyed the walks. We're still trying to stay away from everyone who is sick until the kids are vaccinated, since the H1N1 virus is so dangerous for children. People think we're crazy but we'd rather be crazy then to let our kids get this virus. Staying home has been nice for us all because I've discovered more of the little things in life and how important family and close friends are. I thought maybe Tony would be a little burnt but he said you know I've really enjoyed our time home together and it hasn't been that bad not being out and about all the time. He's such a good dad and husband. I really am super lucky to have him. Life is good and I really like living in the moment. I feel so much more appreciative. I had to clean out my classroom since I took the year off and while I was cleaning out my classroom everyone was coming by and talking to me. I said boy I'm sure going to miss everyone and the professional world and also working with students. But I returned home and walked through the door looking for the kids. They were playing in the sandbox and said,"Hi Mom" and I thought to myself I wouldn't change my time home with them for nothing. I love them dearly and I hope that I am teaching them things that they couldn't get anywhere else.