Spring Week

We had a good week getting back to routine after Utah time and visitors over the last few weeks.

Michael:

is averaging 85-95 hrs away from home these weeks and we miss him! On Saturday he worked 5am to 5pm and I mentioned that it stinks that those are what his "half-days" are like on the weekends. And he said, "Well, I guess 12 hours is half a day." After we get through these four months of trauma I think the rest of residency is going to be 70-hour average weeks of actual oral surgery and that sounds so wonderful. On Saturday evening he had fun with the boys in the backyard, went on a mini-bike ride with them in front of our house, then a little longer ride with Westin after Bennett went to bed, and we ate Cafe Rio here at the house together. It was a fun evening and we just love when he's around. His day off was Thursday and Westin loves it when Daddy can take him to preschool and pick him up, especially when Michael picks him up on his bike.

Maddie:

I've been spring cleaning and feeling nesting coming on strongly. Nesting was a crazy weird experience with my first pregnancy -- like I would wake up wide awake at 3 in the morning and want to reorganize or decorate or make something and it was all I could do to stay in bed. Then we moved during Bennett's pregnancy and I'm pretty sure that used up all my nesting budget for those 9 months. But this time I feel it coming around again and I've been cleaning and organizing and planning. Once the baby stuff all comes back out we will be starting to feel the first inclinations of outgrowing our space here, so I am figuring out how to counteract that and get this place organized and efficient. It felt a little funny to be back to routine this week after just flipping an off switch on everything for 3 weeks -- taking Westin to school and T-ball and swim, babysitting on Tuesdays, teaching piano lessons, naps, and dinners again. Except we skipped the dinner part. Quesadillas and mac and cheese and all sorts of other non-dinner things made an appearance over the last few days.

Baby steps.

Westin:

looks forward to t-ball and is improving a lot. It's so cute to watch his little team figure out this sport for the first time. He's doing great at swimming lessons and has so much fun with the three boys in his class. He also has SO much fun with the three boys in his church class and they are turning into a rowdy little crew of besties. Westin is so smart and is such a sponge. He has as many questions as I have patience for. And he loves extrinsic motivators (don't we all), like the library's spring reading program. It started while we were in Utah so we only had a few days before the deadline, but you could read 5 books for a free In & Out burger, with a limit of 3 per kid. So Westin loved coming home and picking out 30 books for his and Bennett's burgers and making our way through a read-a-thon over two days. Sleep is Westin's biggest basic need and we still have some anger issues whenever that's a factor, but for the most part he is really growing up and becoming more and more of a sweetheart all the time.

Bennett:

would probably love to join Westin's t-ball team already but he also loves hanging out with me and cheering on his brother. He's most annoyed when the team snacks get handed out and he misses the boat, but Westin has been so cute and shared with him each time. Bennett played instead of napped for the first time this week, during all of nap time in his bed. I thought it was so funny because he was just so happy the whole time but obviously just not into the idea of sleeping that day. Just means an earlier bedtime plus we still get the quiet time in the afternoon, so I was perfectly happy with it! He has been in heaven with three dogs here this weekend and particularly loves to just sit down by a tiny french bulldog we have right now and just let it kiss his face. Pretty disgusting, I know. 

Conference Weekend last weekend

Double dentist visit!
Westin has a small little cavity and tells people,
"I have a teeny, tiny, teeny, tiny, super small teeny tiny hole in my tooth.
I have to floss for the rest of my life. Or it gets bigger."

Bennett is so compliant at the dentist.
My favorite thing he says right now is the way he says, "Uhhkay" whenever he's asked to do something.
Such a sweetie.

T-ball practice

Tuesdays with Mara

After learning about authors and illustrators at preschool

Easter Egg Hunt at school

K is for Kite for sunbeam preschool at our house this week

One of Westin's preschool friends had the cutest Easter party and egg hunt on Saturday.
The boys had a blast!

I love these little helpers that set up the primary room with me before church.