30 Days - Day 5

I am thankful that Jesse got to see an amazing football game and have some time to himself! And for the dishes he did before and after the game [in addition to all the ones I did - we were waaay behind ;)]

30 Days - Day 4

Today I am thankful that I was able to get all the groceries we needed, and something Jesse needed too :)

30 Days - Day 3

I am thankful that when Gabriel fell and busted his eye, he didn't do any damage worse than getting a shiner!

30 Days - Day 2

Today I am thankful for quiet days and (mostly) well-behaved kids :)

30 Days - Day 1

Today I am thankful for...

I had a rough late afternoon/evening :( I was really upset and wasn't myself. But my two wonderful, caring, affectionate boys stayed on the couch cuddling me :) They weren't there constantly, but I had at least one of them on me or next to me till bedtime. It definitely was not normal for them! Usually they'll come for a few minutes and then go play.

So today I'm thankful for kiddos who are observant enough to tell when I'm upset, and caring enough to try to help :)

A Month for Being Thankful

I saw this idea today and though I've seen it before, I really feel it would be good for me to do...

For those of us in the USA, Thanksgiving is this month! To celebrate, I'll post one thing each day that I'm thankful for. I hope it will encourage me to have an attitude of gratitude and look for the positive every day!

Chuck E Cheese

Or, What We Won't Be Doing Again for a LOOONG Time...

Jesse's parents have us and his siblings' families over about once a month. Usually his mom cooks supper for all of us at their house. This time they invited all of us to Chuck E Cheese instead. They treated - pizza for everyone and lots of tokens for the kids. After we ate, Jesse and his dad took Ethan to play games for tickets and I brought Gabriel to the toddler area.

Ethan started getting overwhelmed after a while and decided to stay in the toddler area with Gabriel. Jesse and I took turns earning tickets playing SkeeBall etc for the boys to get prizes. At one point we brought the boys with us so Ethan could play SkeeBall. It didn't work out so good :( He couldn't get the ball up the ramp. Most of the time it ended up bouncing around and in the (thankfully empty) game next to us. Jesse and I ended up chasing balls all over the floor while holding Gabriel. Ethan was so frustrated :(

By the time we left, both boys were getting tired and fussy. But they did good while we got a couple things from Walmart and went home.

The next day, Ethan was bouncing off the walls! He was running around, in everyone's faces, being mean to Gabriel. KEYED. UP. TO. THE. MAX! He acts like that after he's been overstimulated but this was the worst it's ever been.

Every day since then has been a little better. But today is the first day he's back to being himself.

The CEC visit was nine days ago...

It's been a looong nine days...

I am EXTREMELY happy and relieved to have my Ethan back!!!