Sick Week

This was such a horrible week because I was sick practically the whole time!  I feel so bad!!  I had so many fun Thanksgiving activities planned to do with Kylie for her week off of school, and instead I spent nearly the whole time half asleep on the couch.  Luckily, Kylie has been awesome and has helped me so much.  She worked the TV the whole time and remembered that Hayden got to choose his shows in-between watching her own shows.  She helped get him snacks and fill his water up.  She even helped clean the main area so there would be room for new activities to do, as well as was always willing to help with chores (laundry, dishes) and making meals.  So glad she is old enough to be helpful!  And while she and Hayden did their fair share of fighting, she always made sure that he was included in everything and had his fair share.

Wednesday afternoon I felt a little better and we took a huge box and made a school bus out of it!  Both Kylie and Hayden are obsessed with school buses and yell excitedly every time they see one.  They both have so much fun decorating it (still!) and Kylie even took a little fake 'nap' in it while watching a show one day.

  Thursday I finally did a little turkey activity with Kylie.  We made just a simple little turkey out of a toilet paper roll, but she loved it.  I have so much fun with our creative activities because I draw the shapes and she loves to cut them out and glue everything together!  Hopefully we can do some more next week!!

On Friday we all got out of the house!!!!!!!! I was so happy that I was feeling up to getting outside, because it was a beautiful day and they kids just love being outside.  One of their favorite things is to pick all the red berries off the bushes and throw them.  Kylie calls them 'strawberries' or 'tomatoes', depending on which grandma's house she is pretending to be at ;)

Saturday Brandon was finally able to be home and help entertain the kids after a long workweek.  We ran a few errands, played at the mall and played some family games at home.  It was so nice to have the family all together and happy (most of the time).  We definitely have some very willful children, but they are so awesome at the same time!