Jacob wanted to take our picture too.

I got up at 6am to do my exercises. It was 28 degrees this morning and warmed up to be in the low 40’s today. Jacob woke up around 8:00. I had to wake up Adam at 8:45 so we could make it to church on time. During Sunday school Jacob spoke his memory verse loudly and then told the teacher that he says it at home too. Then Adam said, “I say it at home too.” Jared started a fire in the corn burner soon after we were home from church. We made pizza for lunch. After lunch the boys got out the legos to play with. I took a nap on the couch. After I’d finished resting Adam asked, “You have a good nap Mommy?” Jared studied for his test coming up this week and also watched football. Jared found some beautiful leaves from our maple tree. The boys arranged some of the leaves on wax paper and then added some crayon shavings. Daddy ironed the wax papers together and we hung them on the door window. Around 3:30 we headed over to TSC to pick up a ton of wood pellets. We came home to unloaded them onto a wood pallet in the barn. Then we left to go to Grandma’s pumpkin patch. The boys loved seeing the animals and all the pumpkins. They also enjoyed eating donuts. We got home just before dinnertime. After dinner the boys played with legos. I did a 30 min run. The boys had fun in the tub until pj time. After I read with them they took turns rocking with Daddy while watching football. They were tucked in bed around 9:30.

Jacob lifting "muscle things (weights)"







Unhappy, the pj's do not fit.

I woke Jared and the kids shortly before 8:00. After getting ready we headed into town for drinks and donuts. I got my favorite, a pumpkin muffin - yummy. Jared, Kenzie and the boys all got chocolate frosted donuts. We met Vikki and Melissa at their church store for a clothing swap/give away. My Mom was there helping. She helped us carry in bags of clothes. We looked around and found a few things there. Jacob and Adam were really happy to see Jack. Before going home we stopped at Menards. We had fun walking around there and also picked up many totes for storing kids clothes. The boys each picked out a ruler too. We ate a packed lunch on the car ride home. It was around 1:00 when we got home. The boys drew with markers and used their new rulers. Jacob gave Adam three of his pip squeaks (small markers) and two of his "painters (regular markers)", telling him they were for him to keep in his bedroom. After tucking Adam in for a nap I began working on folding clothes, packing them in the totes, and labeling. Jacob was a big help with folding and packing. He also enjoyed looking at the baby clothes. It was fun listening to him talk about his favorite clothes that he's going to dress the baby in. He said, "I can't wait for the baby to come out. You can wipe his butt and I'll get him dressed, ok." When we'd empty a bag to begin a new tote Jacob would say, "Ok, you fold the cute clothes and I'll fold the cool ones (or vise versa)." We sure had fun. Jared went outside to clean out the tack room and get a spot ready for the totes (no more crawlspace crawling for bags). Adam woke up around 5:00. I enjoyed watching Jacob teach Adam how to fold a shirt. Adam folded a couple but then decided it was more fun to play in the empty totes. Jacob also had fun playing with the totes. We put in the Cars movie to watch. The boys got out the foam blocks to play with. We didn't eat dinner until around 7:30. Jacob sat at the counter to draw and I gave him some labels. He got down to give Adam a couple of the labels I'd just given him. I finished packing the totes around 9pm and the boys were tucked in bed by 9:30. Jacob often asks how many more sleeps until school starts. Tonight I told him he had three more sleeps. He said, "After this leep I'll have two more leeps." Jared had taken all the totes out to the tack room and organized them. I went outside to check it out - looks great!

It was a cold and rainy day today. The boys woke up around 8:30. After eating breakfast they did some drawing with markers. Adam loves to hang his artwork on the fridge. Jacob drew many kites. He also practiced writing letters. He asked me how to spell "To" so he could write "To Dad" on his paper. This morning we watched the movie “Charlottes Web”. Jacob tucked Adam in on the toy box and went thru a Dr Seuss book with him. They also pretended the toy box was a car or a motorcycle. After lunch I worked on laundry, dusting, and vacuuming the house. Jacob and Adam sat at the counter and played with moon sand. At 3pm I tucked Adam in for a nap. Jacob practiced writing letters while he rested. He likes to combine letters and tell me what it says. I did a 30 min run. Then Jacob and I played school. Adam woke up just before Jared got home. The boys played with the barn and little animals. Jared picked Kenzie up from Mom’s and she is staying with us tonight. The boys were very excited to see her. Both of them wanted to sit right by her at the table for dinner. After dinner Jared and Kenzie brought up all the bags from the crawlspace and I went thru all of them. I sorted the things to donate from things to keep. Kenzie was a big help. I worked on this until bedtime. The boys were tucked in bed by 9:30 and Kenzie was in bed soon after that.

10-8-09

Dr Adam



Checking out Jacob's car

This morning we went to Circle Time at the library. Afterwards the boys played some on the train table and then listened to me read many books. We also did some shopping at Salvation army and Meijer. At meijer a man handed Jacob 4 pennies saying they were for the pony ride. Jacob thought the man was very kind. He said he had money at home and was going to give some to Nana. Jacob loves to scan my items at the self check out. The boys enjoyed their rides on the pony. We got home around 3:30. I tucked Adam in for a late nap. Jacob rested and I did my afternoon run. Then Jacob and I sat at the counter and colored. Jared got home around 5:30. I woke Adam up from his nap shortly before dinner was ready. Jared had class this evening. Jacob mentioned that he didn’t feel well as he lay on the floor and Adam ran to his closet saying, “I go get a doctor kitten (kit).” We watched some of the Cars movie this evening. The boys were tucked in bed around 9:30.

The boys were up around 8:00. After breakfast and getting ready we left for church. The boys had lots of fun playing there. Jacob was finding toys for the baby’s and making silly faces to get them to smile. From there we headed over to my Mom’s house. The boys were excited to see Nana. After lunch Adam asked to watch a Baby Einstein video so Nana put that in for them. I did a 30 min run. Around 2:00 I left to go to my dentist appointment. After that I stopped at BabiesRUs and Old Navy. Adam was napping when I got back to Mom’s. Jacob and Nana were in the basement. Jared came there from work and took my parents for a ride in our new car. On the way home I realized we’d forgotten Adam’s blankets and favorite stuffed animals so I turned around to get those. We got home around 6pm and ate dinner. This evening Jared had class. Adam had asked many times today to watch the Cars movie. We watched that this evening.