After fall break we were all happy to get back into our regular routine, though it seemed that our schedule has been busier than normal lately. But routine is good, even if it gets thrown off with more places to be than we are used to.
Brush and bulky week (when people can put out extra big junk out for garbage pick up) sometimes yields great rewards. Like this time. Our neighbor around the corner put out her old playhouse. Whenever we would go to their house, Megan would spend most of the time playing in the playhouse. Her kids had outgrown it, and one man's trash is another man's treasure, so we hauled home this treasure, sprayed off the spiderwebs and killed a couple spiders. The kids have been thoroughly enjoying their new toy.
Jacob is good at playing with the kids. The kids especially like playing Sleeping Monster (where he pretends like he's asleep, then when they wake him up he gets them and tickles them), and building forts with him, and being tickled by him (he likes to hunt for Gnomes in their Knees). He came up with another fun game they like: fishing. He moves the couch to make a lake or ocean, then gets a string with a fork at the end where he puts the bait (apple slices) and tries to catch the fish in the lake. The kids love it. He's such a good daddy. :)
The kindergartners had a Community Helpers Parade that we got to come watch. Annie dressed up as a vet.
It also happened to be the day before Annie's birthday, so we brought one of Annie's favorite books to read to her class and some pretzels and a couple toys to pass out to her friends at school. Annie loves when I get to come to school. And Ryan and Megan were super excited to be able to go inside Annie's classroom for a little while.
Jacob got a negative converter for his birthday so he can digitize all the old negatives he has. Megan wanted to get in on the fun, and helped out for a little while.
Ryan loves playing Don't Eat Pete and set up this game for me one day. He put a bonus grape out, too. One of his favorite things in the world is numbers (he counts to 100 several times over the course of each day), so combining writing numbers with a yummy treat was a real win-win.
Ryan and Annie were having a rough time getting along one day. I finally sent them to their own rooms for a little quiet time and to get away from each other. When I went upstairs later I found Annie had left Ryan a note.
"Deer Ryan, you or (are) the scum beetwen (between) my toows (toes) You mac (make) me vomit. Loove Annie"
I'm not sure if this was in jest, quoting Little Rascals, or if she meant this sincerely. Never can tell with those two. They love playing together for hours some days, and can't sit in the same room for 5 minutes without fighting other days. Or sometimes on the same day.
After months of her top teeth being loose, Annie lost them both within a week of each other. The first one came out just in time to complete her pirate costume for Halloween.
On Friday Jacob's work held a rare open house where we got to go inside his work and see his office. Generally no one without proper security clearance is allowed in, so we have never been inside. There wasn't all that much to see, but the kids loved writing on his white board, seeing the great view from his high up office, and seeing where he worked. The next day they made themselves laptops out of cardboard, and set up their own offices just like dad's. They even put on the awesome badges that the company had made up for each of them, complete with their own picture just like Dad's work badge.
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