This week we've pretty much gone over to our house every evening as soon as Jess is off, to work on some things. One night he and my dad got a few of the heavier things from storage, that wouldn't be in the way when the guys come to put in carpet. Like the fridge and our couch. It's an Ikea couch, so he had to put it together again. Neely helped, very seriously, and Paige and Cason made foil outfits for themselves. I took pictures.
A couple of other nights, Jess reluctantly painted. Don't think he's a big fan of that job. I don't mind it, but I'm pregnant and all. The kids got to help one night. So the next night, when we were running low on paint and Jess told Neely she couldn't help this time, she was NOT happy. She marched around the room, swinging her arms angrily and saying things like "I want to PEENT!" and "I'm bad!". Then to prove it she kept trying to touch the light bulb, and sobbed when I'd stop her. So after a minute or two of this I took her back to Grama's house with me, since I was no help and she was yelling and trying to get into trouble. She was mad until back at Grama's. Then she was just sad. It actually was really sad, she sat at the end of the couch far away from me and Grama, and stared quietly at the wall. If we said anything to her, she'd just quietly say, in a sad little cracking voice on the verge of tears "I just want to peent." Eventually she fell asleep.
Paige and Cason stayed with Jess, and I picked them up a bit later. We should get the carpet in later this week sometime(possibly not until early`next week) and if we do we'll be able to really move in this weekend. Until then, we're still at Grama's. She always worries that we're uncomfortable because we're all 5 in one room. We brought a twin mattress over and the boys usually sleep on it, and the girls and I are on the full bed in the room. Gia takes over Grama's couches at night. Neely likes to tuck her into a real bed though.
Speaking of tucking things in, she likes to put all her babies to bed lately. One afternoon she kept tucking in all the toys and kissing them good night. Then she would get in her spot and go to "sleep". Cason came in and got in bed with her babies, and she was not pleased. She kept telling him to leave. He smiled over at her and she glared back.
Cason's been strangely wild for him lately. He's still his sweet sweet self, but gets in these crazy moods where he just runs around like a wild man, making hilarious faces and sounds, and randomly attacking Jess.
In first grade, they have a goal to read 100 books. Or 100 chapters if they're reading chapter books. They took the first couple of weeks to figure out everyone's reading level and then sent home books for each kid to start with. Paige got her first one this week, and has been reading it to me. I'm still amazed by how well she does. She can read words that I would think would be tough, they're not really pronounced phonetically but she just seems to get it. This book is good for her, I think, she can read it easily, but once in a while comes across a word that she can read but has to stop and ask me what it means. She apparently likes to read tucked in between the beds on the floor.
Neely likes to put on her accessories, especially sunglasses, and then tell me she's "rock style". Haha. We had to pick up Alex and Faith one day after school and parked there early. They were hanging out up front with me and got sunglasses on. Neely looked at herself in the mirror and then told me "Mama, I wooked at myself and then I was rock style." Ha!
I was also blogging about the baby shower on Saturday, and realized this was one heck of a long post, so I'll probably wait and post that tomorrow.
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