Monday, February 7, 2011
Missions to complete
Mr. 5 ran up to me during the party and asked what his next mission was. So I started by asking what missions they had been on and what they were planning. I gave him a mission and he was off to share it with the rest of the crew.
Birthday boys
Mr. 7 is now Mr. 8 and on Wednesday Mr. 5 will become Mr. 6. Such momentous occasions require celebration. We have had great parties at home for the last few years but February birthdays in a small house get a bit harder as all the boys (birthday boys and guests) keep getting bigger. So we decided to try a joint party at a local place with inflatable obstacles courses and slides. The boys had a blast although it's a bit noisy for intimate conversation. Everyone left smiling and exhausted which is a sign of a good party!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Another snow day!
This has definitely been one of our snowier winters - today was our 4th snow day since Christmas break. Luckily snow is lots of fun - even our small one is starting to like it. He started the winter with a distinct aversion to the snow and now is at least tolerant. It looks like he even pitched in with the shoveling (there has been plenty to go around)!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Big fall
Today on the way to school Mr. 7 was happily telling me all about bank notes and why they are important and Mr. 5 was trying to get a few words in during any pauses and we were actually a little early when Mr. 5 tripped over a tall brick (Beacon Hill sidewalks are not so smooth) and went face first into the pavement.
I quickly picked him up and hugged him before I noticed the large amount of blood covering his face. His nose was not just oozing blood but it was coming out in a pretty steady stream. I pulled out whatever I could find in my pockets (thank goodness for Dunkin Donuts napkins) and tried to pinch the bridge of his nose while propelling him forward and preventing any further falls. Luckily he seemed so dazed by the blood that he stopped crying and kept moving. Mr. 7 hovered around us and asked what was happening and I explained that noses bleed and Mr. 5 would be just fine. Somehow we made it to school (although created a bit of a scene with our entrance covered in blood) and into the bathroom. By this time his nose was down to oozing and he was much more concerned with the blood on his new pilot jacket. Thankfully, blood wiped off his precious new coat rather easily - I can't say the same for my jacket. The shoulder is not looking so good and I had to continue on to work with the visible blood stains. I do work at a hospital so perhaps no one really thought anything of it!
I managed to clean off Mr. 5's face so he didn't look like any 911 calls needed to be made and took him up to his class where his teacher took over telling him how brave he was. He even gave his day an aleph 10 which is pretty good given that aleph is bigger than infinity. He has a bruise across his nose but otherwise weathered the fall without a scratch. I really do think he's made of titanium!
I quickly picked him up and hugged him before I noticed the large amount of blood covering his face. His nose was not just oozing blood but it was coming out in a pretty steady stream. I pulled out whatever I could find in my pockets (thank goodness for Dunkin Donuts napkins) and tried to pinch the bridge of his nose while propelling him forward and preventing any further falls. Luckily he seemed so dazed by the blood that he stopped crying and kept moving. Mr. 7 hovered around us and asked what was happening and I explained that noses bleed and Mr. 5 would be just fine. Somehow we made it to school (although created a bit of a scene with our entrance covered in blood) and into the bathroom. By this time his nose was down to oozing and he was much more concerned with the blood on his new pilot jacket. Thankfully, blood wiped off his precious new coat rather easily - I can't say the same for my jacket. The shoulder is not looking so good and I had to continue on to work with the visible blood stains. I do work at a hospital so perhaps no one really thought anything of it!
I managed to clean off Mr. 5's face so he didn't look like any 911 calls needed to be made and took him up to his class where his teacher took over telling him how brave he was. He even gave his day an aleph 10 which is pretty good given that aleph is bigger than infinity. He has a bruise across his nose but otherwise weathered the fall without a scratch. I really do think he's made of titanium!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Go potty
Mr. 1 often wants to go potty before getting in the bath. Only once has anything happened and I thought that it was a bit of a fluke. Tonight though he was absolutely insistent that he needed to "go potty". After a good 5 minutes of trying, I told him we were done and put him in the bath. He was not at all happy with this and continued to cry "go potty". As soon as his feet hit the warm water he started to pee. I quickly whisked him out of the bath and deposited him back on his stool where he promptly went potty. He was quite proud of himself - especially when I broke out the chocolate to celebrate. After eating his little piece he happily got in the bath. Maybe potty-training this one won't be so hard.
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