Help You!

Jordan is in the mode of wanting to help as much as possible.
When I am ready to close the doors on the computer desk he gets very upset if he doesn't get to close them ... sometimes I have to open them again just so he can shut them. When we are coming in ... Jordan likes to get the door ... this is fun when both Constance and Jordan are trying. Jordan is still learning to take turns and to share -- he doesn't always think he should have to.
Jordan also loves to help with Dominic. Sometimes it isn't really helping. If Dominic is sitting up and Jordan thinks he should be laying down, He tries to push him down. Needless to say Dominic doesn't always appreciate the help. The other day I had finger food for Dominic to eat. Jordan was eager to help feed his brother. Of course I let him. I observed his "helping" and took over shortly after Jordan started. He gave his brother one of the snacks and then helped himself to a handful. The next time he just helped himself. He continues to "help" and I have to continue to watch to make sure Dominic has a chance to eat. Bless his little heart his little hands aren't as quick and he is still learning ...
Dominic did get Jordan back. One morning they were both on the floor. Jordan was eating a Nutri Grain bar. He was being sweet and sharing with his brother ... of course, he only wanted to share a small bite. Dominic had other plans. He grabbed the remainder of the bar out of Jordan's hands and is trying his hardest to eat it before a shocked and upset little boy could get it back. I think Jordan ended up with a small bite ... Bless his heart he was telling Dominic "NO NIC ... NO NO NIC" the whole time.
With the help of Jordan, Dominic has also discovered the "sippy cup". He leaves it sitting on the floor and then gets upset when Dominic gets it. Today Dominic not only found it, he actually finished it. He discovered he likes chocolate milk ... thankfully there wasn't that much left.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was fun! My brother Leif and his family came in from Alabama. Of course, my other brother, Kam lives in Murfreesboro, so they were in town. Unfortunately, my sister, Malia wasn't able to come in and Mike's family was together in Idaho. We really enjoyed the time with the family we had here. Constance was thrilled to find out she would have cousins to play with. They climbed the favorite tree at my parents house,played in the piles of leaves, and just had fun running around outside.

We took a day and some of us went to help my brother work on a roof. The kids had fun running around and playing together on the farm, as always. Nothing better than spending time with family ...

Puddles

My parents came by our house the other day. I went out to meet them and next thing I know, here comes Jordan running out of the house without his shoes. At first, this is no big deal he just ran to the car to see Grandma and Grandpa. While Grandpa was helping me carry something in the house, Jordan discovered the nice puddle of water left from the rain. First he ran through it. Then he decided to sit in it. I ran in to get the camera ... might as well let him play since he was already nice and wet. Then he discovered he could share the joy. Thankfully Grandpa was quicker ... Sissy was too. He sure did try though.

Of course, a nice hot bath was first on the list when he was all done.

Surgery

Mike had surgery on his right foot this past Monday. He has been having pain for probably 9 months. Of course, mowing doesn't help it any ... He started seeing a Dr back in July and they exhausted all avenues ... Nothing worked so we scheduled surgery.

It went well. Dr. Neuhaus was pleased and we all feel this will take care of it. All we have to do is keep the kids away from the foot and make sure they don't run too far with the crutches or hit anyone or anything with them.

We are excited because this means Mike is off work until his foot heals. The kids are quite happy each morning they wake up and Daddy is home. Constance is a big help. She loves to do stuff for her daddy. The boys are good at snuggling. They don't always understand why Daddy doesn't hold them or pick them up when they think he should. Mike is just tired of not being able to do what he wants ... and it has only been 3 days.

Rides

Jordan loves to get piggy-back rides. If you are on the floor ... he will be on your back ready to go. Of course, all my kids love them.

It is funny ... Dominic is crawling, of course, and the other day Jordan went up to Dominic and said ride. I had to hurry to keep him from sitting on his baby brother's back. I tried to explain Nick was too small for him to ride on.

Fall Leaves

I love this time of year with all the colors. Constance loves it for all the colors and then there are the leaves. She finally convinced Mike to blow the leaves in the backyard into a nice big pile so she could jump into them. Of course, Princess had to join the fun and jumped right on her stomach. This morning when she was getting in the van to go to school she saw her "pile" had shrunk. She learned today that her dog likes to sleep on the leaves. She wasn't too happy ... her big pile is gone.

A cane

Jordan got a set of those plastic golf clubs for his birthday. He hasn't really used them for their purpose, of course. They have mainly been taken apart and then handed to either Mike or I to fix and then immediately taken apart again. A nice cycle. Anyway, the other day we went to a friends birthday party and there was a guy there who was using a cane. To start off, Jordan tried to take the cane, that was nixed. Well, when we got home he immediately too his golf club that was had been left in the van and proceeded to walk in the house using it as a cane. Crazy kid!