Geesh, its been awhile. What have we been up to... we've been canning tomatoes, salsa, chili sauce, sweet and sour sauce, vegi soup, peaches, green beans, MORE tomatoes, pickles. Thurm planted SEVENTY tomato plants. He's CRAZY for tomatoes. And we've been CRAZY with tomatoes running out our ears. I went to Idaho for a week to spend with my mom and sister-in-laws. We did fun sewing projects-Christmas pillow, pillow cases, and boy's ties.
Quinn started pre-school. A girl in my ward traded me a few months of preschool for a photo package. Quinn LOVES it. He is a little sponge and its good for him to be around other children. Quinn gave up his nap about a month ago. He takes the occasional nap when he's really cranky, but overall is done. The bonus that came out of it though is that he is asleep by 7pm. I put Jens to bed at 6pm and then start Quinn's routine after that. So Thurm and I have our evenings alone which is so nice! We decided to read a book out loud together. That's been fun other than Thurm doesn't like the author--guess he can pick the book next time. Any suggestions? I put a table in our bedroom and have all my sewing stuff out. Its awesome because I can sew every evening and don't have to clean it up. Thurm's been reading to me while I sew.
Quinn has been really into witches, dragons, monsters, etc. He likes to pretend he is witch (dragon, monster) and it gives him liberty to be naughty. Creative little loop hole he found to the system. Quinn wakes up in the morning and waits till he hears Jens talking and then goes into his room and puts on a show. Its awesome because it gives me an extra half hour to sleep in. Which is really lazy of me because they don't get up till 7am and thats totally reasonable.
Jens is growing up! He is 15 months. He loves to read books. He is constantly bringing me books to read him and cries if I don't. He's figured out that crying gets Quinn in trouble. I usually don't see what happened and can only judge based off how loud Jens is crying. It'll be nice when Jens talks and can defend his side. He LOVES his blanket. And he is finally starting to cuddle and enjoy being rocked. I think my babies always associate sleep with those things and think its a punishment to be cradled. He's also getting good at entertaining himself. He will wander around the house for an hour entertaining himself.
My ward's primary program is in three weeks and it still isn't put together. I put my chorister in charge and its really stressing me out that the kids don't know the songs and we still haven't figured out the structure of it. I'm not good with waiting till the last minute to pull it together. I like to be planned well in advance.
