It is so strange sitting here tonight and putting together pictures from our last week (a snapshot of what we were up to). A week ago Brian and I were feeling VERY poorly and barely functional; huzzah for tag-team parenting! Now we are feeling great, some coughing aside, and I can barely believe how far we have come in a week!
When last Monday rolled around, I was determined that Caleb would not be miserable stuck at home with a sicky Mommy. I wanted to do some of his favourite things and we had so much fun! His Monday devotional was about good judgement and used cookies as an example...so of course, I felt like we needed to make some cookies afterwards! I broke out the shortbread recipe, a fave, and off we went! Can I just say how proud I am of my little baker! He has been in the kitchen with me since before he was a year old and he can now measure, level off and dump in the ingredients! And this day he rolled the dough by himself! He loves to pick out the cookie cutters and cut away too...but how is it, with literally over 100 shapes, that I didn't have the hammer he wanted? How is that?
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We also built another fort, because his wish was my command, broke out the felt boards and workbooks and stamp crafts and oh the dancing! CALEB LOVES TO DANCE! His new favourite is The Lad's song, Cable Knit Sweater. We listen to it on repeat. A lot. He dances in quiet time, playtime and at restaurants (like at Babe's today...he got a sticker for participating in the big group Hokey Pokey). I'm not sure he noticed that we didn't leave the house until Wednesday!
One thing I hear from the dude very frequently is "But Daddy lets me do that." You never know when to believe it...apparently licking a knife is one of those things Daddy allows...I have the photo to prove it!
By Wednesday, I was feeling better-ish and we were off on new adventures. We got to load up in the Dennis' van and go to the airport where Caleb gets non-stop thrills from spotting airplanes. We had the pleasure of little Leah coming to spend Wednesday (overnight) and Thursday with us, and Caleb loved to take care of her! He is so nurturing and compassionate! We even had the Towers over for a pool playdate. Another favourite thing!
On Friday Caleb went to my parent's house for Grammy and Pop camp. We missed him sooooo much, but it was our anniversary and he had a blast with my parents. They took him to the airplane museum and he got to pretend he was a pilot and see lots of helicopters. Of course we were thrilled to get him back today and none of us could stand to be apart even for the church service...so he came to big people church with us! I didn't have a purse of activities and he still did MAGNIFICENT!!!!! He wants to come back and that just thrills us to pieces!
The Alford Bed and Breakfast was open for business again today. Trevor and Tatum came back over for a sleepover and Caleb gets to have his best buddy in his room for the night. My favourite conversation of the day was when the two boys declared their mutual affection for each other with "I love yous" and the whole bit! We were amazed at the mess they could all make in three hours before bed (Brian said it was an hour per child) but it didn't take long to clean up and we had too much fun to care even a little!
We have had a great week full of fun adventures and memories to last a lifetime! I can't wait to see what the next seven days will hold!
(This last picture had to be a part of today's blog. We were playing dress-up...Caleb wanted to be a dragon, Trevor couldn't wait to be Buzz and Tatum wanted to be a princess...in a dress-up chest full of very boy-inspired pieces. But I called his Thomas shirt a dress, which she totally bought, and she loved the air force hat because it was "shiny" and some flowery neckware, star glasses and a "purse" totally finished off the look. She was Princess Tatum all night and was sporting the get up long after the boys gave theirs up...she may have slept in it if I had let her! We love you Princess Tatum!)
