ole schnikees: 2019

Tova: loves to be chased while she's crawling she just giggles and crawls away, has started to throw food, spoons, water cup on the floor during eating, it makes a mess, she will crawl into rooms now that no one is even in, I often find her in trevor's room, she loves to open doors and cupboards, she loves to knock down anything that's built up or on a shelf/table, she points a lot now, I think she's working on her 1 year molars as she's always chomping on things & has diarrhea & diaper rash, does not like hats on & will always pull them off,

Trevor: I think I forgot to post this in the summer but trevor caught a rock bass this summer and now calls them "rock & roll bass" :), he's in to his arctic legos which are actually pretty in depth & kinda hard ones to build, complained of his knees hurting this week possible growing pains?

monday and Tuesday Al was off. Trevor had school and Tova was working on teething (1 year molars, I think.) Monday night we had grandpa peter over for supper. Tuesday night was bath/shower night. Tuesday and Wednesday were super windy and cold! on Tuesday we paid off Al's student loans 2 years early!!! woo hoo!!! that's $400/month we can put to other use now! we paid over $7000 towards his loans since July!

Wednesday morning during tova's first nap, trevor and I went to the public library with Jodi and the kids. we had fun! they have a little play area and trevor picked out 5 books and we picked out 3 for tova. then home for lunch and school. Al worked 3p-3a Wednesday and then at 11a-11p on Thursday so we didn't see him. :(

Thursday morning we went and played at Jodi's house before school. then tova and I hung out, she took a nap, then we went and picked up trevor and Easton from school.

Al was off Friday-Sunday but had his alumni track meet on Saturday. Friday was spent at home other than I went to the grocery store and trevor and I walked down to the park. trevor made a new friend there named Brynley who is a month younger than him and will be going to his same elementary school. she's very active and loves to run just like trevor. they had fun playing. Friday night brohmer came up so it was play with brohmer night for the kids. :) at 9, I went and picked up Jodi then went to the airport restaurant/bar for a drink and to watch the end of the badger basketball game. it was a good time and a good game!

Saturday morning, we played, I cleaned the floors, then Al and brohmer left for the meet. it started at noon but tova didn't wake up until 1155a and I had to get her dressed and feed her lunch. we ended up missing Al throwing the weight (which is my favorite to watch him throw as it's the closest to the hammer which is his favorite/best event but is outdoor only so he doesn't get to throw anymore.) He ended up pr-ing (personal record/best) in the weight, too. but we got there in time to see him throw shot, and he did great in that too! then I took the kids home for nap/rest time and the boys came back for a bit before we dropped them off for their alumni get together. they didn't get home until after 2am but they said they had fun.

tova was up crying every 2 hours Saturday night (thinking teeth again/still.) so sunday we were all pretty tired. but we played with brohmer, I organized & refolded a bunch of clothes in the kids and my dresser drawers, I ran to target to get trevor a swim suit for swimming lessons since his was size 4t and he's in size 6 clothes, and Al ran to menards to get a new flusher for the toilet. Trevor had swimming lessons at 430 at the middle school near our house (where he'll go to school); he's in level 2/3 for his age range, called 'seal.' He liked it, froze but it's only half an hour long so it goes by quick. then home for a warm shower, supper, some legos, and bed. Trevor complained that his knees hurt this weekend, we're thinking it's growing pains but we'll hafta be aware of how long it lasts and how it affects him.