2019 :: 15/52

Tova: finally got her 4th molar through, can do the sounds of duck, cow & puppy when asked, will say woof woof whenever she sees a puppy, loves having her bedtime snack pouch that her brother always gets for her, likes to practice walking backwards, will back up to sit on us, grunts when someone is trying to do something, climbed on the coffee table using brother's little chair, usually does one 2 hour nap a day & goes to bed about 730p

Monday morning we went to Jodi's house to celebrate Easton's birthday party with the daycare kids. Al worked Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday morning we went to the children's museum (because they open at 9) and then the library (because they don't open til 10.)

Wednesday I had my physical therapy appointment at my friend trina's workplace for my hand that's been falling asleep many times a day. he did a lot of tests on my neck and shoulder and figured out that it has to do with a nerve, my right trap, and a tiny muscle near my armpit/bicep. he worked on those, showed me some stretches to do, told me to use heat regularly to try to get the muscles to relax, showed me some muscle strengtheners for my back/posture, and wants me to come back to do some dry needling on my trigger spots. i'm thankful to know how to help it, but it's still falling asleep quite often. Wednesday night after tova's little cat nap (since she only slept a little over an hour at lunch time) we went to hangar 54 for wing night. it started snowing.

Thursday it rained, sleeted, snowed, thunder & lightening'd, and back again. we ended up getting 11 inches of snow but it didn't seem that deep due to the rain and how warm/wet the snow was. trevor had another snow day from school. after lunch, trevor and Al went out and shoveled. after they finished our driveway, they walked over to grandpa peter's to help him and see him.

Friday morning we went to Jodi's house by 815am so she could drive the kids to school since walking was not an option with all the daycare kids. we then played until 11ish when we came home, ate, tova napped, trevor got on the bus, and I went garage saling for a bit in the snow before Al had to go to work. I found some great deals for tova: sandals, clothes and a dress for Althea's reception all for 25 cents a piece! then Al went to work, tova woke up, had snack, and we went to pick trevor up from school.

Saturday morning mom came down and we went garage saling; we met up with Jodi, Kassie and their kids garage saling too. we didn't find a lot, but some little things: toys, books for the kids. while tova napped and Al was awake, mom and I ran to shopko. once tova was awake, we went outside and played in the driveway and the sidewalks.

sunday morning, mom, the kids, and I ran to fleet farm and target then we played outside again once home. mom went home during nap/rest time. after tova woke up, we played outside again for a bit but tova was cranky. so we came in for snack. Jodi, cam, chloe, and Carsyn came over for supper. we had grilled cheese, soup and salad. it was a nice easy get together.

hair twirling

tova and carsyn

trevor offered to pull Carsyn and tova in the wagon

bubbles

"I could just poke those cheeks!"

2019 :: 14/52

Tova: puts her finger in her mouth and moves it around when she wants to brush her teeth, can say moo, quack and woof when asked the animal or hears the sound, can identify a ball, duck ("quack"), & a dog ("oof") in her words book, she saw a picture of socks and pointed at her feet, she gets really whiney when she's hungry, had a couple days this week where she only took one approximately 2 hour nap, waves her fingers at herself for bye & waves side to side for hi, giggles in her swing every time,

Monday morning trevor was just out of it, he was so tired, complained just twice that his tummy hurt, didn't move off the couch then eventually got a fever. he stayed home from school for the first time and took a 3 hour nap. he just laid around the rest of the night, went to bed at 7pm and slept through the night. Tuesday he was better but still wouldn't eat much; he did have diarrhea a couple times which made his butt hurt but was fine so he went to school. Al was off Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday night grandpa peter and auntie althea came over for grandpa peter's birthday dinner and to work on some of althea's wedding reception stuff.

Wednesday trevor seemed a little tired and had some hurting butt sleeping Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, but he was playing fine and wanted to go to school. it was nice out so during school, tova and I went on a walk. after we picked up trevor from school, we played in the backyard for a bit then had a relaxing night.

Thursday was consignment sale day! I finally got to get all that stuff out of our basement! I loaded up the edge with all the stuff Wednesday night, so I took the kids over to Jodi's in the Volkswagen in the morning. she watched them while I ran and dropped off the stuff. then trevor had school, Al worked, tova and I picked up trevor from school, we ate supper then Jackie came over to watch the kids while I shopped at the consignment sale. I got a little overwhelmed with so much stuff and so many people so I didn't stay long but got some of our necessities including a new life jacket for trevor.  I got home in time for bed.

Friday trevor had school as a snow day make up. in the morning, the kids and I went to the library for some new books. Al was off work so after I got trevor on the bus, I ran back to the consignment sale and it was way less packed. I found a few things for the kids and got etta's birthday presents (and a couple things for tula.)

bright and early Saturday morning, all 4 of us went up to the cities to help mom watch tula and etta again (hopefully nick will be home sometime this week!) it rained most of the day/morning, but we had fun inside. tyler stopped over for a bit and played. tova went down for nap after lunch and took a 3 hour nap! we had a little birthday party for etta (her 2nd birthday is Monday) including presents and cupcakes. then tula had quiet time, etta went down for nap, and Al, trevor and I ran to shane and Jodi's house quick since they were home and live really close to maren. trevor loved seeing luke and they had fun! Henrik was napping but it was good to chat with shane & Jodi and see titan. we only stayed a little over an hour before heading back to maren's house; trevor was super sweaty from playing with luke. :) then trevor watched a movie for some down time. tula and trevor helped mom make supper. then after supper, we went over to manda's house to see them and the greeders for a bit. we didn't get back to mom's until after 8pm. so the kids went right to bed.

sunday morning we ate, packed up and headed home. we stopped at govin's farm in menomonie for our annual stop to hold, pet and feed the farm momma's and babies. we loved it as usual. then home for lunch, nap, and then we went outside; it had rained about noon but was cleared up. we stayed outside for a long time. we were in the backyard; we got stuff out of the shed, out of the porch, and raked the pine needles & pinecones. tova did great and loved it. she loved going down the slide and following everyone around. we were still working on stuff when it started raining again so we hurried to put stuff away and went in for supper.

 new tiny cute shoes for tova I found at the consignment sale

 Luke and Trevor

 there's a new sheriff in town :)

 big brothers are the best