Week in Review : August 29 – September 4

First week flying solo as mother to five. Jimmy headed back to work… his mom and Christine gone as well. What to do with 3 under 3 home all day long? I went on a few walks to the park with the boys and Eliza. I realized that was overdoing it at 2 1/2 weeks post-partum after a c-section. Had to take it easy the rest of the week.

You see Tru eating a cookie in his Mr. Happy shirt? Well… he was anything but full of joy that day. He had 3 eye teeth breaking through at the same time this week. That made for a grumpy toddler. Perhaps he’s adjusting to having a new baby, but he’s been a handful. He pretty much screams, hits, pinches, scratches, and kicks anyone he can. It’s brutal. He’s learning about time out to calm down. He’s learning to say sorry and give loves. He’s learning to be gentle with Eliza and not touch her face (or lick her … really child?)

Good news for Tru… he got a big boy bed. He always would sneak into Max’s bed and pretend to sleep. Now he can sleep in his own bed. The problem is that he occasionally gets up at 5 a.m. and comes into our room. Sigh…

We did a room swap this week. Abe’s new room is the previous ‘computer room’. Eliza moved out of our spacious closet into her own room with the crib. It’s much better for us all for her to have her own space so that when she needs to cry it out at night, she won’t wake others.

Abe seems to like his new room. He built a lego dragon (see photo). We spent lots of evenings outside enjoying the last of summer. The kids played ninja and did tricks on the monkey bars. Abe got a blister that erupted. No bueno. He just plugs along enjoying things though.

Hannah was our super hero ‘Folder of Laundry’. She pretty much rocked that outfit.

See those awesome carrots. We’ve been harvesting and enjoying the carrots this week. These two grew a tad bit too close.

Today for Labor Day, Jimmy mowed the lawn. I loved watching Tru walking around behind him… following in dad’s footsteps.

And last of all… I made these flowers for hair clips. They are made out of satin. I really liked how the lavender one turned out. I made it for my neighbor’s little girlie who was going to a wedding. It’s fun to sneak in creative time.