Lily started the week still sick. She seemed to improve but was wiped out after a day at school Monday. She came home and fell asleep and didn't wake up until late in the afternoon. So I treated Annie to a beauty day. We trimmed her bangs and did a facial. She wanted to wrap the towel around her hair and body "just like Mommy does". Then I trimmed and filed all her nails and painted her fingers and toes with her favorite bright orange nail polish. She loved the special attention while Lily and Tommy were napping.
I've been meaning to do this project for a long time. Grammy gave us some framed pictures of flowers that I used to have hanging in the living room of our Meridian house. I opened up the frames and took out the flower pictures and replaced them with pictures of the kids. Then I hung them with one of my favorite framed scriptures. I love walking past these pictures. It makes me happy to finally have them up.
Late Monday, Lily was all better and finally ready to eat, drink, and start playing again. After a good snack, she wanted to go for a walk in the snow. We all bundled up and joined her for some fresh air before the sun went down. Tommy kept trudging through the deepest snow he could find. Annie spun and twirled all the way down the street. It felt so good to breathe in the fresh cool air and see the sparkling snow.
For Family Home Evening we made turkey handprint cards to send to our grandparents and favorite missionaries. Hopefully they made it to you before your travels started!
Annie is still doing great with dance class. She looks forward to it every week. I think her routine is a little too easy for her but she still loves her teacher and the other girls.
Brady and Madison's wedding invitations arrived this week. We are so excited for them to begin their life together! The invitations were really cool too.
Puna sent Tommy some snow boots! He loves them. We take little walks every day in the snow. He loves to crunch the snow under his stomping feet. They almost come up to his knees. He can't get up and down stairs with them because he doesn't have enough range of motion in his legs. It makes him very frustrated. But most of the time, he is happy to have boots just like his big sisters.
Tommy's language is still slow in coming. He isn't saying much at all. I've been trying more active ways to help him discover sounds since he can't hold still or focus on anything for more than 30 seconds. We played with this little farm animal block puzzle for nearly an hour one day. We talked about all the animals names and the sounds they make - and Tommy was getting really good at putting the puzzle together. Annie decided to join us in the fun. She put together two big puzzles on her own while Tommy and I played. I love Annie's bed head!
We've been going to story time at the library once or twice a week since the weather cooled off. This past week, we got to sing songs with jingle bells. Tommy loved the bells. He wouldn't stop moving - hence the super blurry pictures! He was dancing and laughing the whole time. I think Santa needs to bring Bubba a little set of bells this year.
I made Annie and Tommy a green smoothie for breakfast one morning. Tommy wouldn't drink it out of the glass so I tried putting it in a bowl. He needed two spoons to eat it, but he ate every last bit of it. Annie drank all of hers too. That's a first! Unfortunately Tommy got smoothie all over his shirt, pants, blanket, high chair, and floor. Maybe he didn't eat as much as I thought.
Thursday night we went to BYU Idaho for their annual employee bookstore sale. We waited in line for a LONG time to see Santa. The girls were so excited to talk to him. Tommy.........not so much. We bought a couple of things and then waited for our photo with Santa to be printed. By them time we were done, the kids were exhausted. We knew they wouldn't make it home for dinner, so we went to the campus food court. Annie was amazing. A total trooper and happy girl. Lily and Tommy were so tired, they just laid down on the floor while we waited for our dinner.
Friday was my favorite day of this week. Lily's class had a Thanksgiving party for the kids and parents. They put on a little program for us. Each child told us one thing they were thankful for - in Spanish. Lily was thankful for Uncle Brady and Aunt Madison. Then they sang us 10 Little Indians in Spanish. The big finish was a Turkey Tango. Lily danced with her buddy Brigham. She had a paper rose in her mouth. Brigham even picked he up three or four times and dipped her twice during the song. I got a short video but I can't get it to load to the blog. It was hilarious. Then we all had a small Thanksgiving feast. I brought mashed potatoes. A little boy in Lily's class asked me what the secret ingredient was in my potatoes. He said they were they best. I told him I added a little ranch dressing. He said I was the coolest. Tommy was oblivious to everything that happened that day. He just played with the dominoes the whole hour.
And here's our proof of how much Tommy didn't like Santa. He screamed so loud everyone in the store turned to see what was wrong. Poor Santa! Poor Tommy. Hopefully by next year, Tommy will feel a little braver so he can tell Santa what he wants for Christmas.
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