Daddy,Dentists, and car trouble

There has been so many adorable things happen this week.  Hubby has had meetings every evening this week (except for tonight).  Last night, before bed time, the Boy told me he had to write his sermon.  So he got out a pen, about four or five pieces of purple construction paper, and sat down at the table.  I was doing up the supper dishes and I heard his voice talking and mumbling as he was "writing".  I asked him what his sermon was about and he replied "grace in the highest, grace in the lowest, grace everywhere."  I smiled.  That's very Lutheran theology :)

And before school, he drew a picture for Daddy.  I didn't see it until I went up to shower.  He drew it on a post-it and it was on Hubby's bedside table.  I texted Hubby to see if he had seen it.  He replied that he had.  It was Optimus Prime :)  And I guess the Boy had "read" his sermon to him that morning as well.  I absolutely love our kids!!!  It was added to our breakfast conversation.  Hubby was still upstairs getting ready for the day, and the Boy and Boy2 just started talking about their Dad.  The biggest, strongest, most awesome Dad in the whole world.  The Boy started laughing and talking about how Daddy picked him up by his ankles, carried him to the couch and made him "flat like a pancake" :)  I love watching them play together.  You can really tell that Daddy loves his boys and the other way around!

Today, Boy2 had a dental check up to assess what work needs to get done.  Two and a bit years ago he fell and his front teeth/tooth hasn't been the same.  The one had to be pulled same day and the second one that broke a day or two later was holding on nicely.  This summer, he bumped it good a couple of times a week or so apart, and now the root is good and dead, so it needs to be pulled.  Add in a couple of molar cavities and a fused set of teeth that have a high risk of rapid decay, and we have a whopping dental appointment coming up for him.  But, as we were getting ready to leave to go to said appointment, Hubby started the van to get it going.  15-20 minutes later we go out and the windshield is still frozen and the thermometer gauge on the dash is nearly in the red.  So, we decide to take the truck instead.  On our way back in, we stopped at the mechanic's to see if they could fit the van in to see what was wrong.  He warned us that the last time he saw a problem like that, the head gasket was the problem.  So we mentally prepared for the worst.  Got the call back- there was an air bubble in the cooling system.  Thank Heavens for little miracles!

The Girl has been a regular goober these last two weeks.  It's not every night, but more often than not she is up from anywhere between 2 and 4 hours.  Not necessarily yelling, but awake.  We've been trying to take our turns being up with her (so we aren't both absolutely exhausted the next day).  But last night she woke up and wanted to be watched.  I don't think she'd had a night mare because she wasn't yelling hysterically, she was just awake and didn't want to be alone.  So I spent 30-40 minutes in the rocking chair beside her crib.  I got cold and was exhausted, so I picked her up and brought her into bed with me.  Did she fall asleep, all snuggled and warm beside Mommy?  No!  Two hours of fidgeting and squirming around and she finally fell asleep.

When Hubby and the kids woke up in the morning (Hubby slept through his alarm he was so tired) he asked how my night was.  He didn't even twitch through everything last night :)  I can't blame him...  He hasn't had alot of sleep in the last few days.  I at least have been able to rest a bit mid day.

With this cold snap we've had, the kids are feeling a bit house bound.  Every day the Boy asks if he can go outside.  But with windchill warnings of-40 to -50, there's no way I'm letting that kid out of the house :)  So we've put tents in the living room, done puzzles, made cookies, done crafts, and read and read and read.  Now the wind chill warning is lifted, today was a balmy -18, and by next week it's supposed to be hovering back around 0.  Crazy weather!!!

Tuesday afternoon, right before Hubby came back from picking the Boy up from school, the Girl and Boy2 were in the kitchen while I was sitting in the living room.  It was quiet.  Too quiet, so I called out to see what they were doing.  They came into the living room looking like this :

Don't they look happy?

Baby has been super active lately.  Well, maybe super active, maybe it's just gotten to the size where feel it more:)  I'm still amazed how time goes during a pregnancy.  The first trimester seems interminable, then the rest of the time just zooms by and before you know it, there's a baby in your arms smelling of poop and spit :)  There must be something to it, though, since I can't seem to be able to say "That's it!  I'm done!  No more KIDS!!!"  Although I may get to that point after this one comes.  Who knows?