Daddy
We likes him:
A lot.
Buddies
I often find Ettin sitting beside Galoot, just resting his arm companionably beside him.
I think they’ll be good buddies.
Today is…Thursday Sept 30, 2010
The boys were playing happily with blocks this morning.
I intruded.
We prayed.
We learned about Isaiah’s prophesies (they did actually look at the picture and talk about it with me…honest):
We read our message (Giant is correcting my rather stubby “th”):
Then we walked to Stay and Play.
Galoot got his 2 month immunizations, and the boys had a short time to play. Then snack. Then they made leaf art, which we brought home (of course! 😉 )
After lunch, Giant asked me to “please play” with him.
I tried.
But I had to finish dishes, and then was interrupted with 2 dirty diapers and putting the wash in the dryer.
Why do things, any ‘things’, always seem more important than playing with our kids?
Eventually I did sit down.
We sorted blocks into colours:
Ettin did too:
Because I wanted to practice sorting colours with Ettin…. Or maybe I’ve forgotten how to play just for fun:
Then a tornado hit:
And a Galoot cried:
And mommy play time ended while I put a baby to sleep.
Giant started begging for computer games.
I was tempted…
…but this would make 2 days in a row of caving. So I gathered some energy from somewhere and dived into crafts.
We cut out the art from Stay and Play:
I love that littlest leaf:
Then we made ladybugs for our tree. Hmmm, I meant to talk about how ladybugs are finding places to sleep for the winter, now that it is fall. But I didn’t. Oh well.
And we cut out some egg carton sections to make into ladybugs:
Painted them red:
(note the look of disgust on Ettin’s face as he looks at his messy fingers. This, from a boy who purposefully colours on himself any chance he gets)
So cute! (okay, not really. But a good craft, anyway):
Have I mentioned that art has a short life around here? I saved the rest, but Giant’s ladybugs quickly turned into a helicopter:
Then we put them on our tree.
The ladybugs:
Our leaves:
And admired our work:
Phewww!! I must admit, the house was way less than clean by the time hubby got home. But we had a good play!
Today is…Wednesday Sept 29, 2010
Hmmm, I’m afraid that this post was accidentally deleted by an Ettin.
I’ll try and recreate it, or at least share some pictures 🙂
The boys started the day by bringing up books from the basement:
Wonderfully captivated. But a little hard to persuade to discuss our gospel picture.
We did manage to talk about David and Goliath, and about how Heavenly Father will help us with things that we are scared of or that we think are too hard, if we have faith in Him:
Then, books in hand, we looked at the morning message:
Ettin made some marks (” ‘unday mommy! ‘Unn, Doo”):
After gym (play/exercise group), we read a fall story (“Going on a Leaf Hunt”):
And I was stuck by sudden understanding as to why Ettin usually holds his books upside down:
Poor second child.
They also played with blocks:
And tried mommy’s patience helped mommy bake a grape cake:
Why a grape cake, you ask? Because I bought a lot of awful grapes—they were almost woody, and I had to do something with them! What better end to awful grapes, than reincarnation as a cake 🙂 ?