Wednesday, September 7, 2016

conrad jay - week 17

"Another crazy hair day?!?"

Some sort of BUG hit Ivan last week.  And it wasn't very fun.  Luckily it was just about a 24 hour thing.  We spent a lot of time cuddling.  I knew it was bad when HE told me he was ready for a nap.

This one had a really great week.  He's still be sleeping 9-10 hours at night and taking four naps a day.  I tried dropping the swaddle last week and it just didn't seem to work, so he's still swaddled for all naps and nighttime.  His favorite pastime is under his activity gym and smiling up at us.  We've put him in the exesaucer a few times and he's OK with it, but he'd rather be on his back.

His brothers are definitely his favorite.  Silas is entertaining him with his creations.

 We're in full swing with school.  Although our school is pretty much a glorified morning time right now.  We're reading Aesop fables, fairy tales and Bible stories. Memorizing poems and scripture.  Skip counting and playing with dominoes. Learning to draw and coloring with chalk pastels.  And then, of course, lots of time outside.  It's been a joy!



We headed down to the lake for probably the last time of the season.  It was a great way to spend our long weekend.  It was fun catching up with all our family down there.


With the cooler temperatures, these guys weren't quite as keen on swimming.  Instead, they wanted to spend their time on the tube.  
 Amos gave skiing a shot, but forgot to let go of the rope.  He decided he would wait until next summer to try again.


Jason came up with the idea of camping out in the backyard with the boys Sunday night.  It didn't take five minutes for us to realize that the mosquitoes were too terrible to make that a reality.

Instead we enjoyed smores inside and set up the tent in the living room.  That's right.



Sleeping on the cot wasn't working for Jason, so after the boys went to sleep, he joined me in our bed.  Silas came in that morning and joined us in our's.


 Jason's family joined us on Monday to help put up the new playground equipment the boys got for their birthday's this year. It also just happened to be Nana's birthday!  The boys helped her open her gift.

Conrad had fun in Nana's arms most of the day.

And the men put this thing up in warp speed!



All the boys want to do now is go outside and play!  Our backyard is getting so cool!  And in the shade, even I can be out there!





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