Wooden Spoons & Wooden Blocks

This week Charles is working 7 am-7:45 pm. He leaves at 6:40 am and gets home after 8 pm. LONG days for me. Pretty much the 12 hours the kids are awake. The kids played inside a lot today while I cleaned, etc. Debated about going out around naptime, but stuck to the schedule [always regret when I don't] and Moses & Solomon napped from 1-4.

We went to Sam's club this evening & then to the pool before dinner. I tried out soup again on the kids they told me they would like the chicken & rice "out of the water". Ha. I decided not to loose it on them over this tonight [of all nights] and just fixed something different. Normally I don't, but it was either that or a breakdown.

Usually I put them down at 8 pm, but we are letting them stay up a little later to spend some time with daddy. Nation goes in and out of naughty phases and although most would assume it's the move or time away from daddy I would normally agree with you, but it's probably just him being him. He's awesomely stubborn, but my job is to holy-spirit-harness that for the Lord's glory [one day].

Until then---it's a lot of work. Next time I find myself explaining myself [reasoning] with him I'm going to spank me. Nation has his own thoughts on spankings---He told me tonight "spankings don't work". He comes up with great things to "get in my head". He's a character.

In between timeouts he invited me to see his block creation. He got these Melissa & Doug Blocks for his 4th birthday [Thanks Grandma Quay] and really enjoys them. I love to see what he invents.

I want to continue to buy the boys more building and creative toys. These cost $60 in several stores I've looked at, but you can find them on Amazon.com for a fraction of the cost---the price varies daily, but usually is around $35-45. Same exact ones and I have Amazon Prime so the 20 lbs of shipping is free---majorly their loss.

Going back to the subject of breakdowns, I told Charles I could either go have a good cry or go run. He suggested I run. Tried out the new gym and got back on track doing the Couch to 5K. I did three weeks worth before we left for OH and loved it. Will blog about this another time.