In and out

Will and Nate are into containers lately. They dump out the contents and then slowly put everything back in. Then they clap for themselves and start all over. It is pretty funny. Sometimes they get back at each other. Will likes to scream at the top of his lungs when he is mad which is pretty funny. Nate just grins and looks guilty. Silly guys.

Snow Day

The late great snow of 2011 yielded maybe an inch of snow. Well we decided to play in it anyway. Our daffodils are now covered in snow. Derek made a snow angel and part of a snow man. His favorite part was shoveling (we will remind him in 10 years of this). I offered him hot cocoa when he was done but no he only wanted milk. D has an aversion for anything hot. Geema took pics for us and then checked on Will and Nate who were napping. Yup 32 degrees and Geema is in a t-shirt. We had lots of fun enjoying the bit of snow before it melted.

Little drummer boy

Derek is into music this week. There has been lots of guitar playing, piano playing, and music. He also made a new drum for himself. He asked Mike to tuck the drum into his shirt to hold it so he could play it better (quite creative). He then marched around the house singing and playing. Mike helped improve his drum sticks so he could play louder.

Black beans

Will and Nate love their black beans. They end up with black all over their faces.

They had a big NICU follow-up this week. There are no major concerns for either of them. Will is slightly more ahead of Nate but both were within the spectrum for their adjusted age. Yeah Will and Nate! Thank you Geema for watching Derek for the 4 hours we were gone. They had a blast playing legos and reading books!

For all the questions...

To the general public:

-No I did not have any fertility drugs or IVF but it is incredible rude to ask.
-I am not sure if we are done yet, but it is none of your business.
-We think of our boys as a blessing not a horrible situation.
-I am sorry but I don't care that your 2nd cousin twice removed has twins.
- We are not a freak show nor do you have the right to ask any question.
-if one of my boys smiles and you and not the other it does not mean he is a bad, crabby, or angry baby all the time. One is not good and one is not bad.
- Please just smile and say something nice.

Can you tell what kind of week we have had out and about?

One of those weeks

We have not had the most delightful couple of weeks. Several factors combined for a rough time. D is having a rough couple of weeks. He has needed some more time away from his brothers getting into everything so we set up a play space for him in his room to be by himself with some toys (or just time alone with us). Today he requested to play legos on the table with Daddy (translation- one-on-one time). We also made a chore/reward chart for him. He really likes to help so we put the list of his "jobs" on the board that he gets to put stars by when he does them. We also added a reward star line for stars for special behavior. If he gets 5 stars he gets a special treat. He can also lose his stars. This has made a huge difference in his attitude. Will and Nate both got 2 upper teeth which is part of their crabbiness and not sleeping but it is getting better.


The great news is that Geema is coming on Saturday!! Plus Daddy has next Monday off. Here is to the start of a better few weeks!

The shiner

Will got his first black eye. He ran into tigger being ridden by Derek. There are lots of bumps and bruises around here from each other and from just being boys.