Today Leanna and I worked in the basement. We were putting things in the two new bins each of us got from Home Depot. Leanna went with Nanny Sue to buy them. (Leanna paid for her two with birthday $ and I paid for my two) We mainly just consolidated stuff, not so much sorting. But the basement has clear pathways all throughout and Nanny Sue was very happy. She admitted that we didn't have too much stuff down there, it WAS just not packed right or stacked right (due to the circumstances of our move. I threw out a few things and made brownies. Sausage, potatoes, and buttered noodles for dinner, saved some for Tom. I did three loads of laundry and cleaned out the stuff that gathers on the kids' beds. I deleted a bunk of junk from my email. I cleaned the bathroom sink with cleaner and the front of the cabinets. I cleared the floor by the boys' bed, and got rid of trash twice today. I did a little bit of reading, not much. Tons of dishes (as usual). I had the kids done with baths and upstairs before 9:30. And I started going through bills tonight, throwing away all the extra papers and envelopes. I even got rid of some of the junk in my purse! I was feeling like I got something accomplished for a change. Which is always nice.
Leanna also started and finished Going For Great by Carolee Brockmann. She played outside a bit, and traded small toys with Daysha. Noah came in and watched a little bit of Scooby Doo with the kids too.
So Leanna had reading and socialization and cleaning and sorting (lifeskills), and playing outside.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 21, 2010
Sunday was Jacob's birthday party. Tom didn't work so he and Laura took us to Grammy's house. It was a quiet sleepy celebration. It didn't feel like a real birthday party, but the kids were glad enough to be in a "normal" situation, one that felt familiar with our old life, and Jacob's too young to notice. Tom had a headache and stayed on the couch for most of the day.
Monday Nanny Sue went out and so when I figured she'd probably be home soon, we walked to Rite-Aid and then to the Hallmark store and Giant. She was still gone when we came home though. It was good excersize though very hot. Then the kids biked and played out front. I watched Noah and read him and the boys some stories. Sue watched him after I took the kids up for baths and bed. His Nanny came for him at 10:30! Leanna expressed a new interest in saving dolphins and was trying to talk her brothers into feeling the same way.
Today, Tuesday, the kids played with blocks, talked to Jennifer, watched Boomerang, and Leanna made paper gifts for us (a heart bag for me, a gun for Justin and a football for Timothy) by colring them and stapling them together. I'd planned to go out since it's Chuck's day off. We left between 2:30-3:00 in the afternoon. We walked to the dollar store (at Leanna's request) and then all the way downtown to get our mail, since Tom keeps forgetting. This was quite a trip, especially in this heat. I called Tom to make sure where to turn to get to the postoffice, and he surprised us by showing up just as we got to the Crayola Factory. So we walked with him to get the mail and then to Tony's. We ate pizza and rested before the long walk home. And it was a long, hot walk. We had some good talks though and saw lots of stuff: nature, pretty buildings and homes, we looked to see what kind of local businesses were around. We talked about NS and tempers. And at night when I was putting them to sleep, I asked them each what their favorite part of the day was. Justin immediately said NONE! but as Leanna and Timothy kept naming favorite parts, Justin kept adding, yeah that was my favorite too! I pointed that out to them and talked about how it's easy to focus on how hot and tired you were and let that make you forget all the good parts that were very enjoyable. I think Leanna understood, whether she will apply it or not..............another story. We stayed outside after we got home and had just come inside when Tom finally got home. It was actually a pretty nice day. Very hot and tiring, but nice to be doing something and get away from the constant stress of worrying that I or the kids will do something wrong.
Monday Nanny Sue went out and so when I figured she'd probably be home soon, we walked to Rite-Aid and then to the Hallmark store and Giant. She was still gone when we came home though. It was good excersize though very hot. Then the kids biked and played out front. I watched Noah and read him and the boys some stories. Sue watched him after I took the kids up for baths and bed. His Nanny came for him at 10:30! Leanna expressed a new interest in saving dolphins and was trying to talk her brothers into feeling the same way.
Today, Tuesday, the kids played with blocks, talked to Jennifer, watched Boomerang, and Leanna made paper gifts for us (a heart bag for me, a gun for Justin and a football for Timothy) by colring them and stapling them together. I'd planned to go out since it's Chuck's day off. We left between 2:30-3:00 in the afternoon. We walked to the dollar store (at Leanna's request) and then all the way downtown to get our mail, since Tom keeps forgetting. This was quite a trip, especially in this heat. I called Tom to make sure where to turn to get to the postoffice, and he surprised us by showing up just as we got to the Crayola Factory. So we walked with him to get the mail and then to Tony's. We ate pizza and rested before the long walk home. And it was a long, hot walk. We had some good talks though and saw lots of stuff: nature, pretty buildings and homes, we looked to see what kind of local businesses were around. We talked about NS and tempers. And at night when I was putting them to sleep, I asked them each what their favorite part of the day was. Justin immediately said NONE! but as Leanna and Timothy kept naming favorite parts, Justin kept adding, yeah that was my favorite too! I pointed that out to them and talked about how it's easy to focus on how hot and tired you were and let that make you forget all the good parts that were very enjoyable. I think Leanna understood, whether she will apply it or not..............another story. We stayed outside after we got home and had just come inside when Tom finally got home. It was actually a pretty nice day. Very hot and tiring, but nice to be doing something and get away from the constant stress of worrying that I or the kids will do something wrong.
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