Saturday, August 23, 2014

First Half of August Pictures, Part 1

Claire met Dustin's parents at two weeks! Besides all the wonderful grandparent activities of playing and cuddling, his mom cooked and cleaned for us and his dad helped assemble our patio chair slings (definitely a two person job!).
 
 

And it was Grandma's 90th birthday that weekend, we celebrated!


Corn harvest! Unfortunately, we left it too long and it wasn't tasty.

 
The boys have played blocks and more blocks all month. Robots and space vehicles have been the main themes. This morning, Josiah informed me that his bears were "Michael Collins and Washington" and that they were taking off.
 


Elijah has also been building space things with his legos. Here is a collection of satellites that he built by carefully looking at his library books. My favorite is the tall white rocket with the space capsule on top.

 



We went to Heritage Park after Claire's 2.5 week appointment. She's grown an inch and was already a pound over birth weight (no nursing issues!).




She loves to stare at her squirrel.

This is where she'd like to be every moment that she's not nursing.
Elijah remarked that it's like she's back inside of me.


Our tomatoes are doing well, and our cucumbers


Still some scrawny newborn-ness; she is rapidly filling out!
 
3 weeks

I started putting together our work trays for kindergarten
and preschool--the boys have been happy to test them for me




We went to Fullerton Arboretum one day


The boys have been into making their own games. One component is that you
literally draw your card. It makes it difficult for the non-game creator to win

Friday, August 15, 2014

Week 2

I suppose Elijah gets his taking way too many photos habit from his mother. But Claire makes such a sweet subject. :) (Elijah's photography subjects tend more towards blocks, lincoln logs, and his siblings.)
 
After our quiet week as a family, Dustin headed back to work and I had my first solo week with three kids and lots of help--Dustin got up with the boys every morning, friends brought meals, family came and played, and I borrowed friends' kids to entertain the boys. 10-14 year olds make awesome helpers! And playdates with five year olds are easy to supervise. The boys had things to do and Claire and I got to stay home--win-win for all.
 
Claire continued to eat and sleep her way through life. Sweet child only wakes 1-2 times a night. Her favorite spot is to be attached to me in the baby carrier.
 



 


 
Block castle with wall




Transferring pictures is more interesting now that the camera is shared; this is satellite




Josiah likes to gaze very closely into her eyes

Elijah likes to take close-ups of her

Firing cannons off the ship