6 Miles

I have a post I’m planning to put up, all about decorating the tree–maybe even mentioning Thanksgiving (we went up to my parent’s house, had a wonderful time with my sister and them, ate, played games…that was Thanksgiving!) BUT…I’m still waiting on pictures. We’re not quite done with the tree yet (I need a bit of help from someone taller then me), so until it’s DONE, I want to wait.  While we’re waiting, here are a few funny things from the last few days:

Alex and Will “got” to come with me to the Doctor’s office today. I am going in 2x a week for Non-Stress Tests, where they moniter the baby’s heart beat and I push a button everytime I feel him move.  I scheduled the appointment right during nap time/school pick up time for most of my friends so I was hesitant to ask people to watch the kids–plus, the office is right across the street and I didn’t want drive far away to drop them off some where. Anyway, they did great, they colored and chatted with the Dr. about the pictures they were drawing (pictures of rocket ships in space and lots of stars, with lots of black that got all over their hands and the table).  The doctor I was seeing today is known as Dr. Jim because his wife is in the practice as well and it helps keep them separate. As he was walking out the door, saying bye, Alex said “Bye Jim!” (I should add all is fine with the baby, I have 3 more appointments to go–two during school times for the kids– and then, Lord Willing, we’ll be inducing on the 18th! Pray with us for mature lungs but a small baby that makes for an easy labor and no problems!

Then, as I was working on scheduling for next week, the boys decided to hide under the chairs…but Alex told me they weren’t hiding, they were “blending in”.

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This morning we got a package in the mail from Grandma Lo. It included the boys Christmas presents. They have the honor of being the first gifts under the tree. The boys were a bit frustrated to see these gifts there–and not being able to open them. ”Why can’t we at least open the baby’s gift?” one of them asked at one point. (No, we’ll wait until Christmas.) Later, Will said “Why did she have to send them SO EARLY?!?” in a frustrated tone.

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Today for lunch Alex told me he wanted a cheese tortilla for lunch. Later I told him I was making a quesadilla. He said “But I wanted an umbrella!”  I looked at him puzzled for a second, and then had to laugh.  I told him he couldn’t eat an umbrella, a quesadilla is a tortilla with cheese and salsa. That made him happy.

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Tuesday the boys were playing Police-Spies. All I know is it involved lots of running around and “killing bad guys”. Later they came running out of their room with arms full of stuffed animals, telling me “We just took the bad guys stuffed animals so they won’t be able to sleep at night!”