- Tuesday morning, Nate came home with some mouse traps and sticky paper to see if we could catch our new little friends in the act. I don't know if I already mentioned this, but on Sunday morning, while I was making breakfast, Bradley saw a little mouse run from the stove to the sink, just under the ledge of the cupboards, on the floor. I was extremely disappointed, not surprised all that much, but definitely grossed out. I hate the feeling of unwanted extras. Especially dirty ones. I mean, I kind of assumed we had mice, all this time we've lived here, but not seeing them left me with that little bit of a "maybe we don't.".... not anymore. And after finding 2 mice, one right after the other, stuck to the paper, two days in a row, I'm left feeling like there are lots more. Kinda bums me out. Hopefully we can just keep catching them I guess. And eventually be rid of them. In the meantime... the kids, well, Bradley and Noah mostly, are completely entertained by the whole idea. That first day, upon returning to the kitchen moments after the mouse discovery, I found Bradley's freshly designed "trap" placed every so carefully right next to the hole he'd witnessed as the mouse's retreat. His trap was an empty Steven's Chocolate can, filled with shredded Mozzarella cheese, with a peanut butter coated stick propped up next to it. All this surrounded with shredded cheese... yes, he dusted the floor with cheese. It was awesome. I couldn't help but smile. And then have a talk, with everyone, about leaving food on the ground. Kinda funny. All the while Bradley was making his trap, Noah was making plans for his new pet. Where the mouse would stay, and how he would keep him safe from Buddy. Good times. And there ya have it. I've been keeping this stuff to myself mostly, since I find it all really embarrassing, but I thought we better document it all.
- Since Jack was born, I've been going to bed around midnight, waking up around 4:00, then again around 6:00 and then waking up for good around 7:30/8:00ish (more like 8:00, but it's embarrassing to say that out loud). It's not exactly like this EVERY night, but for the most part. I have felt very lucky to have gotten so much sleep with a newborn. I really can't complain. And it's unlike with my other babies in that Jack will eat on one side, fall asleep and go right to his bed with no trouble. The others were less easy to get back to sleep and generally speaking, each feeding could take 1-2 hours. So this is definitely a nice change. The reason I am bringing this up for yet another time is to announce that I am working out again!! And I'm happy to say, I've been getting up at 5:00 in the morning to do it! It's been hard, and I can feel my body adjusting to less sleep, and hard work, but it's been so awesome!! I have Sarah to thank for it. If it wasn't for her, it would be much harder! I had no idea what a difference a good workout buddy can make!! She even helped drag me out of bed (not literally, just for the record) one of the days when I had really had a sleepless night. It helps that we've been swimming mostly too. I LOVE to swim! I'm hoping to be able to work up to more laps, faster laps I guess, and being able to carry out my day without naps afterward :), but that will come I'm sure. Jack has cooperated SO WELL! He even gnawed on his own fist for about 20 minutes today, since he didn't wake me up to eat before I had to go. Nate's been really supportive as well. Couldn't be doing it without his support and encouragement. So anyway... kind of a big deal for me... Did it four days this week and hopefully we can keep it up!
- Wednesday, Nate and I took the littles to Kangaroo Zoo and while Noah and Erika played, we planned out our Christmas shopping. It was very productive, and lots of fun. I just love this time of year! 12-7-12
- Nate and I and the little three went to Charity's class today to do the "No Missing Work Activity" again. This time we did a fun little candy wrapped in the streamer ball thing with the dice. Turned out pretty good, minus all the kids who cried because they didn't win anything. Next time I'll spread the candy out more, and make it bigger, but we had been so limited on time, there wasn't much choice. And it was our first time. It was still fun though. I especially enjoyed playing Down By The Banks with everyone when the other game ran out. FUn stuff. I hope CHarity enjoyed it. 12-7-12
- Tonight, as part of our "advent activity bag" we decided to make our cookies for our Primary teachers and deliver them. It was quite the undertaking with Nate being at work and all, as I quickly discovered, but we survived! Kelly was extremely helpful the entire time and Erika had a blast. Everyone else was somewhat uninterested in the baking part, but were right there and enjoyed every minute of the frosting and decorating. So that was fun. I'll be honest, the delivering part was totally insane. It was really too late to be taking them around. But we had just spent the entire evening making them, I wasn't about to let them sit and get stale overnight. So I did it. Shouldn't have, but we all piled in the car with all 13 plates of cookies and delivered every last one. All the while we had crying (by more than just Jack), screaming, whining, fighting over who got to go to the door, fighting over who had to buckle the little ones, fighting over who eventually got to sit in the front, crying and screaming, and some more crying. It was nuts. I really don't think I'll ever attempt this one on my own again with a new baby. BUT we did it! And by the time we got home, we were all grumpied out. Everyone cheered up. We decided it was because we had done something nice for our teachers. I just hope that my kids were somehow able to learn how to say thank you from this experience. That's really all I care about. I'm sure the teachers LOVE their cookies, but it really is more important to me that they think about them, than anything. 12-7-12
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