April 14, 2010
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Whatnot and Everything
Mom and Dad came in this past weekend to check on the grandbabies, and we had a low-key, relaxing weekend that involved kite-flying, thrift-shopping, Mom washing some laundry for me, and Dad fixing our showerhead.
Good stuff, family…
Israel sure did conk out on Sunday afternoon, though, what with all that grandparenting.
We are in the midst of a virus/allergy session with the boys. I think the massive influx of pollen in the air has followed hot on the heels of the virus they had. We’ve been having some subdued days around here as we catch up from a good weekend and get over fevers.
Right now Gabe and Israel seem basically back to normal. They are playing on the couch with two lengths of dotted ribbon they got out of my craft drawer, and are using it to play “motorcycle”. This involves wrapping your ribbon around your wrist, if you are Gabe, and revving your engine noisily, and then throwing yourself off the couch onto the floor. For Israel, it means draping your ribbon around your neck like a scarf, or tucking it into the front of your pants. Logically. ?? And then throwing yourself off the couch onto the floor. There’s a lot of thumping as I type.
Zion is sleeping in his crib. He is such a sweet little busy boo.
He has really started saying words in the past week. His main word right now is “Gwa.” Which I don’t know what it is, but he uses it for a lot of things. He can say “ba!” and wave goodbye. He says “ba” for ball. He says “gwa-goo” for cracker. He says “momee” for mommy. “Da!” for Daddy. “Co!” for Chloe. (He LOVES Chloe. Loves chasing her with his car, running after her trying to catch her, or grabbing her and burying his face in her very unwilling back.
) “Wa!” for water. “Ba-w” for our neighbor Barry. “Nan” for banana. He is working on cutting his molars – they will soon be through the skin. He has three teeth on the bottom and four on the top. He seems to be the first of our boys not to get croup. He is very cuddly, and loves his brothers and loves running around naked and throwing food on the floor and loves being outside. 
He loves riding his little cars around inside and outside. The other day he drove his car the entire way around the block, churning over the grass when we came to it.
A week or so ago, Tim couldn’t find his phone. He knew he had seen Zion with it, so he went outside to find Zion and said, “Where is Daddy’s phone?” Zion hopped up from what he was playing with, toddled hurriedly inside saying “Da! Da!”, and went straight to the mini-trampoline in the office where he picked up Tim’s phone and handed it to him. I was really surprised that he could understand and remember like that. He seems to have a lot of understanding of what we say to him.
Spring has been GORGEOUS around here.
I have been greedily drinking in the warmth and the sun, finding excuses to go outside when it is warm. This is the first year that I FINALLY have a real garden, and I am all atwitter with excitement about it.
Our friends Carl and Sue came over several weeks ago so Carl could till the ground for us.
I’ve partially planted it so far, and am waiting until it gets a little later in the month to finish the planting. My plans are for tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, and peppers. Then I’m basically out of room.
Also planted me a baby.
Those boys SUUUUURE did like helping with the garden. Their eyes were wide and they begged to help. Baby just mostly sat in the way.
Gabe recently brought me a dandelion (the boys bring me all they can find, plus random handfuls of grassy weeds with little flowers on it, or just plain grass if you are Baby) and excitedly told me that soon there will be LOTS of flowers in our yard and he can bring me LOTS of flowers as a present!!
