He can't do that, can he?!

Tonight I ate a late dinner (long story) around 7:00 because of a 6:00 music practice and getting home later than expected from the boys' haircuts before dinner time. Anyway, Dan had Sam bathed and dressed in his pj's and Isaiah was watching a video nicely when I got home. So I quickly made myself an omlet before Dan had to leave for small group. Since the boys were fine in the tv room, I took my omlet into the living room and forced myself to eat it slowly, which was tough because I was so hungry. I could hear everything the boys were doing, which included the occasional happy giggle, in the next room. After I put my plate into the sink, I checked in the tv room and noticed that to my horror, SAM WAS ON THE COUCH!!! I asked Isaiah, "How did he get up there?!" Isaiah just gave Sam a casual look and shrugged his shoulders. The child was standing up on the couch!! So I promptly put him back on the floor and he CLIMBED RIGHT BACK UP! Oh this is not good. The tv room is our most baby-proofed area. OY!

Busy weekend

We've had a crazy, but not terribly blog-worthy last few days. Here's a brief recap:
Friday: I had the day off school, so we had a pretty relaxing day. After Dan got home, we took the boys out to eat.
Saturday: Went to the rotary pancake breakfast. It's always a good time, good food, good friends. After that, I took Isaiah to a baby shower. It's amazing how well-behaved he is when he doesn't have to compete with his brother for attention.
Sunday: Church then Sam's birthday party at the Borchert's. It was basically a repeat of the icing shoving from the other day. =) In the afternoon, Dan and I headed out to Target to start some Christmas shopping. We realized that we have 22 extended family members to buy for. That doesn't count our immediate family. Yikes! Sunday night, Steeler loss. Stink!
Monday: Sam had his one year check up. It seems like he's right on track, and the doctor said his growth (weight and height) is forming a perfect S curve. So although he levelled off between 6 and 9 months, he's gaining weight well now. He's pretty much on track with everything else.

Isaiah's first report card

Tonight Dan and I went to Isaiah's first parent-teacher conference. This was my first experience being on the other side of the desk, so to speak. I knew which questions to ask and had them prepared ahead of time. When we went in, we got to see his first report card. Apparently these days, kids get L's, M's, and N's. L=learning, M=mastered, N=not at this time. He had about an equal mix of L's and M's. If I had seen the report card outside of the context of the conference, I would have been concerned about the L's, mostly in social areas and classroom procedures. But the teacher assured me that he's right on track. So, it seemed like a pretty good conference!

P.S. Apparently Isaiah hangs out with the train gang. There's a group of three of them that are equally obsessed with trains... It could be worse!

Save me from daylight savings time!

I don't know about anyone else's kids, but my kids definitely have not adjusted AT ALL to the time change (falling back - Dan and I didn't know if we just finished daylight savings time or if it's daylight savings time now...) They have been sleeping in to a normal time, which is wonderful! But the rest of the day is still happening an hour early! I've tried creative ways to hold them off when it's getting close to lunch time, but the next day, they're right back wanting to eat between 11 and 11:30! And bedtime is a total disaster. Normally around 6:30 pm Sam starts winding down, so we give him a bath, slowly get him ready for bed, and put him down around 7:00. Tonight it was 5:30 and he had just about had it!

I don't know what the solution is, but all this darkness in the evening isn't helping! Isaiah starts asking between 4:30 and 5:00, when he notices the light fading, if it's almost time for bed. I'm thinking "Unfortunately not! We still have more than THREE HOURS!" He doesn't even realize that he hasn't eaten dinner yet!

So... my kids are just all confused, and it makes managing them during the day just that much more challenging. I sure hope they adjust before it's time to spring forward!

Weddings

I really enjoy playing piano for weddings. For the last few weeks I've been thinking that I'd like to do more weddings. Unfortunately up until now, I just haven't known very many people getting married.

This past week I was asked to play for two weddings in 2009! One is for my cousin, Jonathan, who is the same age as my sister. He's getting married to Lacy on May 2, 2009. My other friend from WAY back, Charity, has a younger sister who is getting married May 23, 2009. I'm thrilled and honored to be a part of these two special weddings!

It's just one of those ways that God gives us those little things we desire.