Weekly Update 2/3/2013

It's Sunday night and I feel pretty comfortable typing up this weekly review, I'm confident that we will not be up to anything exciting tonight.  I hear there's a big game about to start but we rarely get to watch big games these days.  Last week we attempted to watch a KU game and Georgia hurt herself 2 or 4 times in the few seconds that both sets of eyes were on the screen and Henry did his classic "Mama look. Mama look.  Hey Mama, look" thing that he's done since he was a baby, only he used to say "Mama yook. Mama yook."  Anyway it becomes insane to try to watch so we normally just turn it off.  I'm sure we'll try again tonight but I don't have much hope that it will pan out.

This was a nice quiet week.  We had some cloudy days, a little snow and then yesterday and today it was sunny, jacket weather.  Henry had a dentist appointment on Thursday.  We are in a serious battle with plaque in Henry's mouth.  The pH in his mouth is such that plaque hardens really fast so after a couple of cavities and a lot of hard plaque that I can't brush off, we've starting doing dental cleanings every 3 months.  After his appointment he and I ran to get some cupcakes at our favorite cupcake shop.  It was the last day for 3 of our favorite flavors, so we had to stock up.  That evening we had the science fair at Henry's school.  He didn't participate, I think because he didn't really understand what it was all about.  After discovering what it's all about I imagine that he'll do it next year.  I can't wait to see what he comes up with.
We got to Skype with Annie and Alex this week.  I love Skyping.  It's like having my sister here in the room with me.  We try to do it once a week but, honestly, I would do it once a day if I could.
On Friday I had to work a long day so Wade and Georgia spent the day together.  It's so nice that he works at home now.  The flexibilty is really changing our family dynamic.  Wade and I just need to get better at communicating with each other about what needs to be done.  Once we figure that out I think we'll be really happy with our new situation.

Georgia is really changing these days.  Her personality is changing and developing every day.  She's learning new words and also learning to communicate without words.  She points a lot.  Shakes her head yes and no.  Grunts for no and giggles for yes.  She LOVES books.  She grabs them and then backs right up on the nearest lap. Today she did it with a blanket and I think it might have been the cutest thing I've ever seen.  She doesn't need to grunt for one thing, cookies.  That's one word that she says clear as day.  She also loves playing the piano, taking baths, eating at restaurants, swinging at the park, going for walks, dancing and getting in to Henry's toys.  She is discovering how fun it is to make people laugh and has so many facial expressions and can get a chuckle with a silly walk and a goofy noise almost every time.  Yesterday she fell on the rug and bonked her face.  She was doing that crying so hard that she makes no sound cry.  Yeah, it was sad.  Once she calmed down I was searching her face to find where she bonked.  Looking for blood or a red spot but I couldn't find anything.  I said, "where did you get your ouchy baby?" and she wiggled down and pointed directly at the spot on the rub where she took a spill.  She did the same thing to Wade.  It was pretty funny.
On Saturday we decided to run a few errands, including going to the Toy Store to find a Valentines Day gift for Willem and shop around for the kids.  Georgia fell in love with the blue Rody.  Henry fell in love with the next series of Lego Hero Factory guys.  I swear they make a new one of those every year just to suck all the money out of the parents.
In the evening I made some turkey burgers and we watched some KU basketball (kind of).
This morning Henry was up early and he was ready to roll.  We ate a big breakfast and got busy working around the house.  The boys cleaned out the shed, picked up the lawn and took down the top floor of his tree house, while Georgia and I sorted laundry, baked cookies, made a grocery list, took a bath (for fun), took a nap and ate cookies.  This afternoon we went to the store and bought a mop.  I mopped my floor for the first time in 5 years.  It was nice to actually get the floor clean instead of pushing things around with a swiffer.  We had a late lunch at Yello Sub and then threw the frisbee until the sun went down enough that we needed coats.  Now I think I'll make some pita and hummus for dinner, roast some veggies and maybe defrost one of those cupcakes.  Have a great week friends.