being the mom...

tonight on the way home from the library, trent called me. in the background i could hear jewel crying and he said, "i think she's bored." i said, "tell trevor you need him to make you a monster with the bendaroos. then, tell jewel to make a monster like bubba." i arrived home just in time to hear trevor tell trent that the monster is not an octopus. but, after some descriptions were exchanged,(none of which involved tentacles) trent said, "well, what is his name?" "Squiddy" was his reply. trent just smiled.

funny things from a difficult week...

ok, so the tree in the backyard is holding trevor's favorite (although broken) sword, one of taylor's shoes, and hogan's favorite ball. jellybean started crying out, "want to go to mimi's house, want to go to mimi's house" when i put her in timeout for climbing on the playset in the classroom. she also said, "i have it, the bottle". so, trent handed her the empty apple juice bottle and she said, "i take out garbage cycling" and headed to the garage. how sweet. later, she sat in my lap and pulled my hands together in front of her and said, "i buckle it, seat belt momma." trevor, who is missing taylor tons, played in taylor's room with the magnetix for hours this week. he also said that he was building a lobster, i couldn't see it, but he did build something big. he has also started asking, "what happens next" when we read together which is cool. he built a little monster and wanted to take it to taylor's music teacher (because taylor does that), so i am pretty sure that music lessons are in his future. there is more, but i can never remember it all when i have time to sit and record it. such is life. here's to making next week better (and getting a good grade on my exam this weekend).

Look what Trevor did....

all on his own!

just for taylor....

You can be an astronomer one day, if you want to and work hard, I promise!

found another author that i want to read...

not sure what is going to happen, nothing else to post about. i am up late, listening to trevor breathe (he has some congestion) and watching charlie rose. here is a bit about the author. "Home Game An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood" is the first book i want to read, but his others are very appealing as well. no, we are not facing bankruptcy. this was the only video i could share. here are some others.

at my parents' .....

This is the play fort/zipline my dad built. My parents took the babies down the zipline.