Adventures at Grandma's

My goal for the week was to take pictures of each boy, each day. 

It worked great. 

Until Rae and Joe got sick. 

But, I'm getting ahead of myself... 

We went to the park a couple of blocks away. Caleb rode in the umbrella stroller; Joe pushed it; I corrected the steering, and Rae led the way. It worked alright. 

We did forget the sunscreen, so Caleb got a little more brown. 

The playground is all gravel. Small, little gravel that's fun to pick up and play with. 

Rae, Joe, and Caleb liked filling Caleb's stroller with gravel. 

Joe liked climbing up and down the red stairs. He works hard at learning how to climb stairs. Joe biffed it down Grandma's stairs this week and got a few bruises on his back, but was okay. So, I learned that if I ever go upstairs, I have to carry Joe back down the stairs. (Joe's my little shadow and he needs to follow me everywhere.) Even though he tumbled down the stairs, Joe is resilient. He keeps trying to figure out how to climb stairs, particularly the front step and the back step. He can climb up the stairs, though! 

Rae also biffed it down the staircase. I heard that one. It sounded like somersaults with, "ah!" thump, "ow!" thump, "oh!" thump, all the way down. Minor scratches, and he bounced back. Though now he does say he wants to be carried down the stairs... No way, buckeroo. I nearly biffed it down the stairs carrying Joe and Caleb.  

Stairs... it's a new thing for us. 

I've also learned how to get to the library. You get to the library one way and have to get home another way. So, I followed my in-laws there and then made up my way home. I only got lost three or four times. 

Can you see all three boys?  

Rae woke up and told me that he needed a hair cut! Score big. We usually don't cut his hair until it's necessary because he acts like it's so traumatic.  Now, I know. I just need to wait until his hair is in his face and he will ask me for a haircut. He didn't want clippers, so Grandma used the scissors on him. 

The tablet is playing Curious George, atop the chicken coop. 

About this point in the hair cut, Rae thought he was done. Ha! 

Joe loves this armchair. Grandma also has a plastic yellow, little chair that I keep in my room. Joe will grab a blanket and climb into the chair. And out of the chair. Back in. Out. In. Out. In. Out. In....

I told Rae that he had to be touching the shopping cart or holding my hand. 

Hence, the shopping luge. 

It's serious. 

Rae told me to take his picture...

And here I took it because... of the crossed legs. And the pillow. And the drink. And the snacks. 

The boy has got it all set up. 

Grandpa got a trailer to take Isaac's stuff up to his new digs. So the boys loved climbing in it. Rae liked the orange ties on the side. The ties have a clip on one end and Rae pretended to scale mountains with the rope and hook. 

Yes, Rae's in his unders. And they're wet. 

Let me explain... No, let me sum up: Grandma. 

Grandma bought sponges. So we could cut them up and put them in a bowl of water. And then throw them at each other. And ambush Grandpa. Well... the ambushing didn't happen, but Rae liked throwing the sponges. So he got wet... so he needed to get naked. 

And Joe... well, pants are overrated. 

Cal's the best dressed of the bunch. 

Scaling the couch...like a boss.  

Caleb's waking up three times at night... STILL. I am grateful that he wasn't doing this as much when we were remodeling. Then add Rae, who climbed into bed with me and puked all over. It made for a long night. But, during the day, it was totally nice because Rae felt so miserable, he was inert. 

Count your blessings where you can get them. 

So, in a miracle of miracles all three of my boys slept at the same time during the day, so I could sleep in a ball on the short couch. 

Then Joe got sick, and we are still working through that one: no church for us this week. We like to share, but we don't like to share germs. 

So, Sunday morning nap for Caleb: 

And a Sunday morning ride for Rae: 

Hoping for a Healthy week! 

Up next, a quick guest post by Mr. Graff!