A week gone by in a blur

Labor Day was a bonus day in our house. Al took an incredibly long nap and then got to work on my cabinet doors. We decided that we couldn’t afford a paintbrush this week, so he stained the doors and hung them without the polyurethane. That and I was too lazy to go the hardware store with two kids.

Tuesday was a typical Monday. Eden and I cleaned the house up. She’s starting to really be a big helper, in a slow and methodical 3 year old way. When I tell her to pick up these clothes and take them to the laundry room, she does. I have to be more specific, though, and tell her to put them in the basket when she gets there. I found her standing in the room, holding the clothes, wondering what to do next…

That evening was the voter’s meeting at church and we decided to go ahead with the finalizing of the paperwork to break ground on our new building project. Hopefully, the weather will be kind to us, and the contractors can begin in a week or so. In the meantime, Pastor and secretary have to clean out the entire “office” space, which is the old parsonage and move across the lawn into the Sunday School Rooms. This will be a huge task, and I imagine the bulldozer will be there to take out the small house and my husband will be furiously packing up boxes and running back and forth. Just a guess…

Potty training is going wonderfully. Whenever she comes out of the bathroom, she’s pulling her pants up to her armpits and saying, “I pull my pants up so people can’t see my underpants”. I sometimes wonder where she gets to thinking that.

This is what Eden wanted to wear to church on Sunday.

Wednesday, Eden went to Stacy’s house for her daycare/preschool time. She seems to really enjoy it there and I couldn’t be happier. Al was gone all day, due to a ministerial association meeting over lunch, and he had a total of 6 visits in one day, his record. I mowed the lawn, and then met with a State Official while the baby napped. Lars and I spent the rest of the day together on the floor, scooting after toys that were just out of reach, and listening to music. The evening was filled with Confirmation class (Al’s first of the year), a fire meeting, and a little girl who had a major meltdown at bedtime.

I have no idea what we did on Thursday or Friday. My calendar is a blank square, but I didn’t have any blank moments all week…

At one point this week, Eden helped me change Lars’ diaper, like she often does. I pulled off the tape, pulled it down and Eden gasped, “Mommy, what’s on Lars’ bottom?!” I said, “um, poop” and she said, “NO, THAT!” and grabbed his penis. “Oh”, I said and after a lengthy explanation, she cried, quite worriedly, “Mommy, it’s stuck to his bottom!” and I said, “Yeah, Lorena Bobbitt, it’s attached. It’s supposed to be.” “OK, Mommy”. I don’t think she was convinced.

Napping boys

The weekend was busy. Al taught an all day class on Saturday about Oprah and the Christian Woman. I didn’t get to attend, due to two small children and no free babysitters, but it looked as if he had a big crowd. Laura came over while I had to run out for a bit.

When I came back, they were begging to stay and play with Eden. Laura escaped while she could and I kept hers the rest of the day. The girls all had a great time, doing arts and crafts projects from my scrapbooking ‘scraps’. They took a break for sloppy jos and a quick jaunt outside to the swing-set, but returned to the craft table until it was time to go.

Sunday was Eden’s first day of Sunday school and she loved it. It was great for me, as well, because I only had ONE child during Adult Bible Study. She carried her Sunday school papers around the rest of the day, taking them to Marky and Laura’s house that evening for supper.

It’s starting to get chilly here. Supposed to be 80 next week, but I’m looking forward to the cooler weather and cleaning up my garden. Actually had jackets on tonight, but the wind makes everything feel colder here.

Now it’s bedtime for all and tomorrow will being anew…