Highlights from today: (click here for pictures)
- Mom letting us eat cookies for breakfast. We were all so excited to show her our pumpkins that we made with Dad.
- Reading a few stories and then packing our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Mom showed everyone America and talked about how we were blessed and some boys and girls in other parts of the world didn’t have toys and food and we were going to share with them. Then we saw what Mom was planning on putting in the boxes-we weren’t happy, we wanted those toys. Anderson stood up, pointed at the map and said “I wish we lived here (pointing to Africa) and we didn’t have toys or bread and other boys and girls lived in America and sent us this toy train”-seriously, the boy wishes we didn’t have bread so he could have a train from the dollar store.
- There was quite a bit of leading each other around using Mom’s bathrobe belt. Anderson would be the leader, Graham would hold onto the middle and Reagan (acting like a dog) would be the end. Mom thinks they have had to walk with the ropes at church too much!
- Next was workbooks and then making our letter Ls. We had already put lines on our Ls and now we made them into lawnmowers (Reagan wasn’t impressed with them!)
- A nap for Campbell while everyone else played Hungry Hungry Hippos and then Elefun. After, lunch we went outside to find 5 leaves for Reagan’s homework. Another meltdown followed when Mom refused to walk up the stairs and get Anderson’s shoes (Anderson was upstairs and is perfectly able to get his shoes). So we went outside and he followed shoeless (knowing that he couldn’t get on the grass). When we all left and walked around the house to see more leaves, the wailing and weeping and gnashing of teeth began. He finally found the strength to get his shoes and come back outside.
- Reagan collected 1099 leaves and then we had to narrow it down to 5. At first, she only picked broken and brown leave to take to school. She wanted to save all of her other leaves for her “collection” at home. Mom finally had to convince her to take nice ones to school because they would do something special with them. And her “leaf collection” at home will probably end up in the trash (Mom did leave that last part out)
- Short afternoon naps-Reagan called Mom upstairs enough that Mom finally decided to set the alarm for 5 minutes and lay her head down by Reagan. Mom woke to Reagan saying “when is the EVER going to ring?” After looking at the clock, Mom had to scramble to get everyone ready (though she knows that everyone should really be dressed for Cubbies before nap)
- Reagan dressed herself, Campbell just needed a diaper, Graham was ready to put on his clothes in exchange for some milk and Anderson was going to have none of it! Mom was about to walk out of the door without him when he finally decided he was ready to go (hey, Grannymom is just around the corner if he needed anything)
- Cubbies for everyone. Graham was happy to go in his class after Dad promised him a cookie when he came home (which he didn’t eat any of). He saw Mom and Dad in the hall and grinned and waved so big. He was carrying apple juice back to class so he was completely happy. Then his teacher walked by and took Campbell to Graham’s class to visit. He couldn’t have had a better evening!
- Coming home and having cookies (Graham), cheerios (Reagan) and yogurt (Anderson) before bed. Campbell never made it out of the car and is still snoozing in the garage (don’t worry, the doors are open) and Anderson has chosen to sleep with ALL of his pajamas in bed beside him. Whatever makes him happy.
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