cows, chickens and cheers...

so we went to aunt heather's for thanksgiving...ewan was ready to head out the moment he woke up but the rest of us were not ready...we finally made it there...we had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner with family and friends...then the boyz were let loose on the farm...the cows were just a little overwhelming for the boyz...the chickens were fun...but the puddles and farm equipment were the best entertainment...let's just say ewie had an early wardrobe change when he doused mpm with chicken poo...cam splashed in the puddle of chicken poo in the coup...ewie was allowed in the truck by uncle gary and fortunately uncle gary saved ewie from doing the 1, 2, 3 in the puddle in the driveway...cam loved it all and was a little sad when aunt heather closed up the chicken coup...but really the best memory was the "cheers" at the kids table...

thankful...

i am so thankful, it is hard to find a place to begin...mornings in our pj's with cam savoring a pear and ewie just stopping in an odd position to see something on the television...we are so fortunate to have our zoo membership, which brings us lots of adventures and lots of times grandma and grandpa come too...seeing the boyz get so excited about the polar bears, elephants, tigers, lions, flamingos, penguins, okopis and monkeys have brought me so many hours of happiness...i have a husband who is a wonderful...he is such an amazing father, i can only hope these boyz realize how lucky they are to have him...we have great family and friends who are there for us in good times and bad...i have a job which keeps me challenged and also allows me to stay home two days a week with the boyz...so much to be thankful for...

on the right track...

we took the boyz to the train expo today with grandpa and grandma...andrew and i were a little nervous anticipating their behavior...see grandpa loves trains and andrew loves trains and the boyz love trains, so we were hoping they could pull it off...it was a wonderful expo and we found out the boyz are on the right track...

keena...

"you're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in!" 

-dr. seuss...

this was our weekend with just keena...last weekend she could barely walk to the school playground a block from our house...this weekend, she walked with us and went down the slide...

she is progressing but it is so very slow...half days at work for part of the week, last week and half days, every day this week...she is still on the same schedule as the boyz...

lots of energy in the morning, nap in the afternoon, wake up and plow through till bedtime...

i know she will get better but it may take a while...

so i just offer my support with a very big smile : )

faith and differences...

so they are so different...and andrew and i are so different parents...i know they will be just fine...together and separate...ewan is a new personality every hour...he loves being a new animal or mommy or daddy...cameron just loves being himself and an independent...in general, ewie is the rule follower and cam is the harder one to parent...i am the disciplinarian and andrew is structure...they love on me and want to do whatever andrew does... october has reminded me the hard way, you have to take care of yourself and your marriage...november has reminded me, GOD has a plan for all, whether we want to believe it or not...my friend's cousin passed away, he had huntington's disease...we talked tonight and she also told me of two of her college roommate's friends who died of cancer this week...all had small kids...how do you make sense of this...how do understand...tonight i saw the most beautiful sunset and felt a presence that jeff (heidi's cousin) had a higher presence...a higher calling...i can not make sense of our day to day interactions but all i know is GOD gave me my life, directed me to andrew and gave us the boyz...

consider the penguin

consider the penguin 

by Lucy W. Rhu

consider the penguin.

he's smart as can be -

dressed in his dinner clothes

permanently.

you never can tell

when you see him about,

if he's just coming in

or just going out

...for grandpa...nothing cracks you up more than the boyz and the penguins : )