We happen to enjoy Harry Potter :D We owned movies 1-5 (the first 3 were actually gifted to us..), so we started Monday watching the first movie after FHE, then Tuesday watched the second, Wednesday the third, Thanksgiving day the fourth and fifth, Black Friday we actually went to the store to buy the sixth b/c it wasn't available to rent at redbox or iTunes (and we actually got a decent deal on it thanks to Target's Black Friday sales). Then, Tim and I actually got to go out on a date to go see the seventh, on Friday night! A sweet friend from our former ward in Palo Alto came and watched our kids, and we redeemed codes that were on some cereal boxes to get free movie tickets, and away we went! We enjoyed the time together and the movie, and our friend and her 1-year-old boy had fun with our kids, and our kids had fun with her and her son. Win-win-win!
Church today was great. I'm getting in a habit of making Jack listen to the talks during sacrament meeting; I cuddle him close and ask him to listen with me, and we talk about what the talks are about. (Of course they're usually over his head, so I get to explain them to him, and of course while I'm explaining I can't hear what's being said, so we just take that as a discussion launcher and head off on our own!) Jack is getting pretty good at it; I worry I'm making his ears soft and dumb b/c I'm always filling in for him when he doesn't know what they're talking about, but he is getting in the habit of being reverent in church and not hating it (I hope!).
Another habit we're getting into is taking the kiddos for a run after sacrament meeting. We go down the hall to the water fountains and bathrooms, then go out the nearest door and run around the building to the door near the Primary room. Since I'm not in Primary with him, I don't know for sure that it helps, but he loves it and I do too. And I've been peeking in on him and every time I've been quite pleased with what I've seen: not only reverence and obedience, but active listening and participation! Today I peeked in when they had a big doll house at the front and were taking suggestions from the kids for what to put in the house. Jack said "a mommy and a sister" but they already had that, so he quickly said "A Grandma and an Aunt Lauren!" And he told me later that he would have said "Toys, too!" but they moved on to the next kid too quickly! Then later in his class I listened without peeking in, and I heard happiness. Yay Jack!
Sweet Lily needed me during Nursery today, and it was funny b/c I didn't know what to do! When Jack was in Nursery, I was a Primary teacher, so it was always Tim who took care of him. AND Lily is such an independent child, I never dreamed she'd have any problems with Nursery! But after snack time, I was peeking in seeing how she was doing, and I saw them cleaning up the snacks and putting them away. Lily picked up the box of goldfish crackers and handed them to the teacher and nodded, which means "Yes I want this!" But the poor teacher didn't know that, and took the box and said "Thank you!" and put it away. Lily didn't melt down right then, so I went on to class, but they brought her to me soon after that and said she'd started crying right after snack, so she must have started right after I walked away. I held her and she pointed the way to those goldfish crackers; I gave her a couple of handfuls of them and she was quite happy. She anxiously pointed in the exact opposite direction from her Nursery room as we walked back past it to go to my class; I think it was b/c she heard them singing her least-favorite song (where each kid gets spotlighted and their clothing sung about). I took her to Relief Society with me and she sat stock-still and quiet in my lap for all of one minute, then she pointed at the door and fussed. I asked her if she was ready to go back to Nursery and she nodded, so I took her in and sat with her for the rest of singing time. (She really doesn't like singing time, I wonder if I should try to do something about that or just let it play out? Should I speak to the teachers with some suggestions for improving it, or maybe start having some singing time at home?) She was happy in my lap, and then she hopped down and was fine without me again but by then it was time to leave!
Lily is willing to try things, like I just wrote about when she sat in my lap in Relief Society, and also when she tried to go potty in the bathroom at church. She had a poopy diaper, and I knew she had more to go, so I tried to hold her backwards over the potty just like I used to when she was tiny and almost all her waste went in the potty. She tried it, then shook her head. I asked her if she'd like to sit on it normally, and she nodded, and she actually supported herself pretty well on that giant (for her) potty seat, but then she shook her head again. (I LOVE that she's saying "yes" and "no" this way!)
We got a dishwasher! Our wonderful landlords put it in yesterday! Woohoo!
Photos!
While we were moving in and unpacking, Lily found her wrap and carried it to Tim and demanded to be put in it! They were very happy I was nearby to show him how to put it on; he spent the next half hour singing and dancing about how much his Lily loves him and how much he loves his Lily. Did ever a daughter love her Daddy as much as this one does?
Also while unpacking and moving in, Lily got cold. This blanket is technically Jack's, but he's good at sharing, and Lily loves it at least as much as he does :D I love this pic b/c I have one of Jack wrapped up just like this when he was little, too (but of course I can't find it at the mo'...).
Have I mentioned my kids love playing in the bathtub?
Our Thanksgiving feast needed 2 tables; our kiddos were excited to eat it!
Jack loves putting sprinkles on cookies; this one was also his idea, to make one big cookie so he could put lots of sprinkles on it! (He also took this picture of the giant pretty cookie!)
sounds like a great thanksgiving week!
ReplyDeletetry singing some of the songs from nursery at home during the week so she's more familiar with them.
Of course you would say that. Does that mean I have to get over my intense dislike of them? *sigh*
ReplyDeleteAnd I have thought of doing that, but immediately dismissed the thought b/c I don't like the song. I guess sometimes we have to do things we don't like doing! (And I think the biggest reason I don't like the song is simply because Lily doesn't like it. But you should see how much she dislikes it; the first Sunday she said "No! No!" constantly throughout the singing of it, the second Sunday she gave the singing lady an intense glare, and this was the third Sunday. She's got some strong opinions, that little girl of mine!)