As I write this Nicholas is doing pushups in the hallway, on his own initiative. But the camera is plugged in so alas no pictures. And he has now switched to situps, which basically consist of propping himself up on his elbows and nodding his head. Since he has no models of these at home so must have learned this at school.
Joe was home for the first time in 3 weeks so a chunk of the weekend was spent in errands and cleaning. (Including Christmas pictures--how did it get that late in the year?!?!) Nicholas lost patience with all of this and with the addition of some Halloween candy he became a holy terror. He actually hit me in the face in the grocery store. Yeah, exactly. His Halloween candy has now entirely vanished, likely never to return.
But Nicholas' weekend improved immensely when Grandpa Dan came for a visit. Nicholas was so psyched! After my dad left today Nicholas just kept talking about how Grandpa "came to visit us at
our house!" They did puzzles, they played with pretend tools, and, best of all, they played soccer. All 4 of us went outside and played soccer this afternoon and had a blast. I forgot how much I enjoyed it. And it was a glorious fall day.
After Grandpa left Nicholas helped Joe with a special project--putting up hooks for our coats.
Nicholas is responsible for putting his coat on a hook every day at school but at home the only options were hanging it on a hanger in the coat closet or the floor. And so it was on the floor. And mine was on the back of a chair. But we now have hooks for our coats right next to the door. And a hook with a bag for Nicholas' hat and gloves.
I am
so psyched!
That's exactly the same solution we came up with for our coats! Two on the top, one on the bottom. It works for Abby better than it does for me! I still have a sweatshirt on the other end of the couch from last Friday.... OOps!
ReplyDeleteAbby does not care much about her Halloween candy. We didn't make a big deal about it, so I've managed to take chunks of it with me to work.