Week in Review

Wow. It's been a week since I blogged. Sorry about that! A lot has happened this week.

• Sunday we went to church again. Tristan did great in the nursery. Chuck kept the boys during worship and communion so I could go into service. That was great! Then I took the boys to the two year old class and hung out with them. They did really well playing with playdough and joining in the classroom activities.
• Monday we took the kids to our Bible Study group. One of us has been staying home with the kids, but we decided to try taking the kids and it went well. I stayed in the childcare room and the boys had a lot of fun. They cried when it was time to leave. Noah discovered his love for baby dolls and purses while there. That freaked Chuck out a little. Ever since he has been treating his Spiderman like a baby. Chuck saw him nursing it this morning. He holds it and burps it and kisses it, too.
• Samuel has some serious machin (mah-sheen) love. Machin means car (or truck or bus...). He sees machins everywhere. Even if they are some miniscule part of the background, that is what he zeroes in on. I'm so so glad we did the Car's theme in their room. When he realized he sleeps in a machin he was beside himself with joy. He was kissing his cars one evening this week. He does not even kiss us. He accepts kisses, but I guess he only gives them out to machins for now.
• Wednesday our friend Erwin came over to watch Tristan during bedtime for the twins. He has been coming over on Wednesdays and we love having him here and Tristan loves him, too. Plus he usually brings us food, and that's a blessing! We watched some House, MD that night, which we love to do.
• Thursday our friend Suzy came over for dinner and to watch Tristan during bedtime. She brought a chocolate pie, which the boys wouldn't eat. Samuel ate the graham cracker crust because he thought it was bread. They are just not into new things. Even if they like it, they usually take a few tries before they will really eat it. We've been making them try things. No, we don't force food down their throats if that's what you're thinking. We just firmly tell them to try it and they usually do.
• On Thursday and Friday Chuck took the boys to a nearby municipal airport to watch the planes. When they were watching helicopters take off and land Chuck taught the boys to tell the helicopters to "chita" (shee-tah) as they were landing. Chita means sit down. The boys thought that was hilarious. Chuck says they have quite the fan club at the airport.
• Thursday night we finished up season four of House after the twins were sleeping. Have I mentioned we love some House?
• Yesterday the boys went back to the doctor for some more immunizations. Samuel was referred to a pediatric orthopaedic doctor for his legs. The doctor says he has Blount's Disease. We are doing another stool sample to see if their Giardia is gone. We are wondering if maybe Samuel still has it, so we are glad the doctor is retesting. Noah may have ringworm on his head, so we were given a prescription for that, too, as well as a particular shampoo to use on both the boys. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that they have each gained 5 POUNDS in four weeks. Those two can eat!
• Last night our friend Dominique came over to hang out. We were running late getting the twins to bed so she watched Tristan for us while we put them to bed. Then she and I hung out.
• Thursday night Tristan slept for NINE hours. He is now a moving sleeper. We lay him down at one end of the crib and he wakes up at the other. He can be quite the grump and has a mean furrow in his eyebrows when he is unhappy about something, but the boy wakes up happy and cooing in the morning. In fact, when he wakes up I don't always know it right away because he doesn't cry. This morning he officially laughed! I was tickling him and he definitely laughed.
• We are planning a trip to Michigan soon. If you saw my lists for what we need to bring, you'd be amazed. I tend to overpack and with kids I know I will definitely bring more than what I need. Just pray it all fits in the van. We are borrowing a rooftop carrier, so that should help.
• We are planning to buy a swingset from Walmart soon. If you've bought one of the wooden swingsets from there, please let me know if you like it. Or, if you want to recommend a different one, please leave me a comment. We are looking to spend around $300.
• We are getting low on plastic bags, so if you have any you want to get rid of, please let us take them from you.
• Okay, that's all for now. Happy Saturday!