Don’t let these two fool you.  95% of the time, they bicker.  And it’s making me crazy.  I often refer to them as a little old married couple, they fight when they are together and can’t stand to be apart.  After a full 30 minutes of them being home from enrichment today, the bickering was out of control.  So I decided to start something new.  Every time I hear them bickering, I called them over, had them hold both hands, face each other, look each other in the eyes and give the other a compliment.  Worked like a charm, they’d both start laughing and then feel good about the compliment they received. […]

Jude said grace tonight.  His prayers are usually my favorite.  He thanks God for the simple things, like my smile, and I can feel him pausing to peek over at me to see if I’m smiling in response.  He’s just the sweetest.  For awhile, he was even throwing in requests for a snow day real quick right before his Amen.  Without guidance, one day a few weeks ago, my children started holding hands during grace at dinner.  Talk about making my heart swoon.

Duder reading before bed tonight.  The constant fort building in the middle of the living room was fun, but after day 5, it was driving me crazy because we had nowhere to sit.  Jase is awesome and built Taryn and Jude forts over their beds.  They were thrilled and I have my living room furniture back.  Win, win.

Look mom two hands!  This guy will be 6 weeks post-op tomorrow and that means no more sling!  I think he’d burn it if I’d let him, he is so tired of it!  He’s lost a lot of muscle on that side and PT is going well.  Slow progress but steady.  We hope he will be driving again within the next couple of weeks.  He’s my go’er and my do’er…it’s been hard for him to be homebound more and limited in his activity.  His surgeon and physical therapist swear with lots of therapy and hard work he will be able to do unlimited pull-ups with his new shiny shoulder by spring.

Just sitting back, chillin on my ride, kicking the partial bedhead and chatting with my most favorite sister in the whole wide world.  He’s got her wrapped around that cute little finger too.

He will do any job if it means he gets to use the water bottle sprayer.  Cute little squirt.  And see that sunshine?!  So, so nice here today.  60 degree and the sun came out for the first time in weeks, it was glorious to get outside and soak it up.