Mr. Teague One-On-One

I had to jot down some of the sweet moments I get to share with Teague.  He is quite a character at just three years old.  I love the moments we get while the kids are at school and between. Our afternoon routine is potty, books and cuddle until this little guy falls asleep.  We always have a fun conversation. 

Today I asked him to get his books ready and I would meet him in his room.  He called to me to let me know he had his books.  When I came into his room, he was sitting by his bed with a blanket and a pillow.  No books.  I asked him if he had his books, he said, "No," with a big smile.  I asked what I was going to read to him.  He responded with the great smile and giggle, "Just kidding.  They are right here," behind his back.  We laughed.  I sat down beside him to read and he said, "Wait, Mom."  Then he got a pillow for my back and a blanket for my lap.  What a gentlemen.  I told him he was a gentlemen and he said, "No, just Teague."  He says that all the time if we say he is silly, handsome, etc.  What a good kid.

Later I was cooking dinner, Teague came and stood by my side.  He looked up at me with puckered lips.  He just wanted a kiss and went on with his play. 

I was wrapping up dinner and Teague stood next to me on the stool.  He said, "Mom, you're pretty.  I love you."  Sweetest thing!

I love these kids!  What a blessing they are.  Each of them touches my heart every day in one way or another.  Teague was on a roll today. 

What October Brought

October was a slightly dreaded month.  David was on Liver rotation.  These are sick kiddos, so the hours and know how are intense.  In the middle of that, he had his Pediatric boards to take.  Not a small task.  There were several, well most, nights we set a plate for David.  Then we ended plastic wrapping it and putting it in the fridge until he got home.  At the beginning of the month, our microwave broke (the one that came with the house over the stove).  Fortunately for David's dinners that had to be heated up almost every night, we kept our quirky one that works beautifully. 

 

We survived by a few methods: 1. I quit checking my phone for messages around dinner time that said David was on his way home.  That way, if he made it...we would be pleasantly surprised.  If not, we were sitting around watching the clock and causing grief. 2. I played a lot more music while getting dinner ready.  Sounds funny, but it helped my sanity.  3. Lots of prayers.  4. Very understanding kids and husband.  4. Lots of activities going on!! 5. The beautiful weather changes we have experienced.

 

Lego Table

From $5 Coffee table I picked up from a curb sale to a Lego table.

(Insert before picture here...when I find it, oops!) FOUND! 11/2/13



After thoroughly sanding. 

 Probably more thorough than needed since I wasn't refinishing it with a natural color.  I was experimenting with the sander for future projects.  It was also a dark paint.  Nice design comes through.

Family Outing at the Museum

We usually pass up museum or zoo passes.  There weren't any other deals or very many freebies, so I broke down and got a museum pass.  Our family no longer has anyone underage (free), so the museum pass pays for itself in one and a half visits.  David wasn't so sure about my purchase.  I made this decision on my own.  We went and he agreed I made a good decision.  It helps that the museums are in an old train station.  He turned into a big kid and loved it just as much!  We love the museums. Our kids are starting to vary in interest, so it is more challenging to keep everyone in one place and happy.  Different attention spans or levels of interest.  It was a great weekend!

Hope Ya Know, We Had a Hard Time

A few days last week I woke up with an attitude to make it a great day.  My thought was, "today will be gone tomorrow...how are you going to make it count?"  By Friday evening I was ready for Sunday to start anew.  I obviously didn't hold tight to my optimistic attitude. 

Number 5

We are welcoming our fifth blessing to the family in January 2013.  We were able to see picutures of this sweet, healthy little baby at 20 weeks.  Taylin and Cohen were at school, but David was able to join me along with Teague and Kennedy.

 This little one will be a tiebraker: 3 boys or 3 girls?

Perspective

After Cohen had been awake for a little bit, I guess he had taken a gander in the mirror (which is hard for the kiddos to do here...they are all so high).  He came down with what most refer to as bedhead and said, "Look, the bed fixed my crazy hair today!" He did so with his dimple smile.  Sure love Mr. Cohen and his perspective.

We are adjusting here.  Most everything is unpacked.  We finally opened up the boxes of decorations a week ago and we hung most of them this weekend.  The basement and a search for a few furniture pieces is all we have left.  We have made it one month.  This single month feels like two months worth crammed into a one.  David finished his first month/rotation.  It is supposedly the easier months, with the exception of elective months.  Knowing that, I had to seriously lower my expectations for the first year.  The simpler month was wild.  He would leave before 6AM and return around 7PM (that means late dinners if we wait).  We do get him home in the evenings, that is a positive.  We are all on summer schedules, which means we stay up until the dusk of the day.  Here is 9PM at the earliest.  Waiting for David to have dinner isn't that big of a deal.  We usually eat around 5:30/6PM, so it has been an adjustment to eat a little later.  This won't work when school starts in two and a half weeks.  He is also on call two times a week.  He works (meaning goes into work) only 6 weekends this year.  Which is huge compared to how many weekends he pulled the last 4 months of residency.  One of those weekends happened to be the first month.  Perspective: one down, wahoo or what a full month!