We received some very sad news this past Friday. Craig's maternal grandmother had passed away... on his mom's birthday. It wasn't a surprise - she had been declining as of late. And she is much better off now, as is grandpa who had the stressful weight of her poor health on his shoulders. So we've spent the last few days with the Riedeman/King families, mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Mary King.
Craig & I also hosted his mom's birthday dinner at our house Saturday night and received some exciting news! Kelly & Steve are expecting their first child next spring!!! What a nice way to remember and appreciate the circle of life.
Will & Sophia were both so good this weekend between the birthday party, the showing, and the funeral service and luncheon. I just couldn't believe how smoothly it went today!... well, after we left the house...
Early this morning, Will woke us up by paging the house phones. He'd managed to get his little stool over to the counter, take the phone and push whatever buttons send a paging ringer between phones. Nice. So Craig went down to get him and found that he had also gotton ahold of a red permanent marker from the pen holder by the phone and drawn all over his hands and the tile floor in the kitchen (Craig managed to get it off the floor, but there's some still visible in the grout). So then he came upstairs with us and immediately grabbed my comb out of the cupboard and dropped it down the heating/cooling vent on the bedroom floor. But wait, there's more... Later, after Will finished his breakfast, Craig picked him up and found that he'd pooped so much, it was coming out his diaper and jammies and onto the sleeve of Craig's robe. Eew! What a morning! And yet, we still managed to get ourselves out the door in record time and make it to the funeral home on time. So I guess Will owed us some good behavior today, don't you think? It is also now official that we're going to buy one of those child-proof door knob covers that will keep him in his room. It seems a little creepy to me to basically lock him in his room, but after this morning, it's also necessary for his safety! He can open all the doors in the house and even turn on the sinks and tub, so he can't be roaming the house unsupervised.
Oh, and remember how Will calls his privates parts his "junk"? Well, Kelly got a funny picture on Saturday night of Will putting "powder on his junk" after the bath grandma gave him.
And here's a couple of the kids on Sunday before we went to the showing at the funeral home.
This cracks me up - I even made it my wallpaper background on the computer. Will was nice enough to let me put his arm around Sophie, but refused to smile. So she's all happy and smiley and he looks so irritated.
And, while I'm on a roll, here's a few more of my smiley girl. I just can't take how cute she is!
And another from last week:
Yep, she's a happy girl, all right!
1 comment:
Ashley, I work with Casey and LOVE reading your blog. Your kids are so stinking adorable! Try the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on your grout. They are supposed to work on anything, including permanent marker.
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