Carlos left for Mexico last Tuesday and I've been hanging out with my boys a lot this last week. It's been kind of hard, I'll admit, because of a relative lack of consistency. They had a dentist appointment last Monday and so went to school late, we dropped Carlos off at the airport before school on Tuesday and the boys miss their Papa, Wednesday I had a dentist appointment so didn't bring the boys to school (since they were closing early on New Year's Eve anyway), and then the holiday Thursday. Friday was the only normal day for them. Then we were mostly home this weekend playing. Not much excitement. It's cold and dreary and wet. And, I'm trying not to spend money. So not a great combination! But we've had some fun, too. Lots of Lego Duplo building, movie watching, Play Doh, and army man exercises! This morning, we did go out to breakfast with Mini and play at her house a little while. It was good to get out!!!
So here's more about what we've been up to. When we dropped Papa at the airport, the boys were obsessed with the city. And they had fun looking for planes on the way to school--every plane was Papa's plane to Mexico. Funny how they understand that he got on a plane to go see Tia Caca and Abuelita--just like they did this summer. They even remember their trip. Sebastian said something to me this morning that shocked me. I gave them some chocolate covered pomegranate candies--the same ones I brought on the plane to Mexico for take-off and landing. Sebastian ate the candies and said something about eating so his ears wouldn't hurt on the plane!!! Wow. That boy remembers EVERYTHING.
The boys like the Bristle Blocks they got for Christmas. They spent a lot of time with them Tuesday night.
Adi built a frog face with his blocks.
Sebastian made planes--Papa's plane. :-(
Just hanging out eating dinner. Boys have quite the appetite lately. Must be growing?
Sebastian devoured all those veggies. He loves them!?!?!
Sebastian in particular loves the Lego police station that Tio Jim got him.
DJ Adi still loves his DJ stuff. He was doing "night-night" with it here.
I still can't get him to not eat the mic when he uses it. Gross.
On New Year's Eve, the boys and I stayed in. I was in bed by 10pm--just the way I like it. I hate the holiday and think it's stupid. Anyway, Dad came over for a bit. We had a "party" by putting birthday hats on (nice I can still get away with this kind of thing) and using noise maker thingies. It took the boys a few minutes to figure out how to blow on them, but they got it.
At first they studied Grumpy doing it.
Adi was frustrated when at first he couldn't do it.
The next morning I had some small presents for the boys. Certainly, they don't need anything, but I was at Target after Christmas and saw a toy Black & Decker Weed Whacker. Given Adi asked for snowblowers and yard work stuff for Christmas from Santa and he didn't get any because he already has a toy leaf blower (this kid is so weird!), when I saw it (and marked way down, too!) I had to get it. It has been a huge hit. I used a Barnes & Nobles gift card a student gave me to buy Sebastian a Micky Mouse Clubhouse book (with play figurines and play mat). Both have already been worth the money in terms of the use they've gotten in the past few days!
The boys have been practicing their break dancing...
And dressing up in weird outfits.
Sebastian is so good with the Duplos. I made the fire station. But he tore it down and built a sled for Santa. I had made him one before Christmas and it was horrible. This kid made one 100X better than mine completely on his own. I was embarrassed when I saw it. He also made himself a truck that was spot-on.
His sled. Did it occur to Mama to use those yellow pieces for the front of the sled? Absolutely not. To this smart 3-year-old--you bet!! :-)
Sebastian spends a lot of time coloring. He always puts his tongue like this when he's concentrating. He is actually quite good--he attempts to color one part at a time and stay within the lines (of course he doesn't, but he gets the concept).
My Adi, on the other hand, just scribbles in circles to occupy as much of the page. And sometimes he'll put like 2 lines on a page and then go to the next until he's gone through most of the book and colored just a little on each page. It bothers my OCD, but he doesn't seem to mind--even though I think he's just as OCD as I am.
Snack time!
That's all for now. I have tomorrow (Monday) off; one of the perks of boarding school. But the boys' school is open, so I must admit it will be nice to have a day to myself. Then 100% back to reality. I'm actually ready for it. January is the only slow-ish time of year at work, and having something to do helps me get through the winter. I think the boys really need their routine back, too--especially with Papa gone--so they don't notice his absence as much. Although they ask for him, they have been so good about understanding where he is and why he's in Mexico. They aren't sad--just matter of fact about the fact that Papa went away but he's coming back very soon. They have been pretty good for me, too. At least so far. Knock on wood. At night it's been easier to read to them without Carlos, who likes to choose just before bedtime to get them all riled up! ;-) They cuddle with me, and we just discovered Llama Llama Mad at Mama. What a cute book!!! They love it...we have to get more Llama Llama books from the library.
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