Crikey! We worked hard today and I am exhausted!
The boys and I made it a sort and clean day this morning because it helps me to keep them busy.
The boys had their moments of sweet play and screaming fights. And arguments over who sat in the toybox.
They always make up eventually
Brendan is getting in too!
This piano has been sitting up on a shelf with a broken switch. I fixed it today and the toy became the subject of combat for hours.
They made up again. Trevor offers Brendan a drink of his juice. He tried to feed him a goldfish cracker too. I think he is doing more for Brendan than his therapist!
I got Brendan interested in some sliced black olives at dinnertime.
I watched him secretly.
Lick! I think he liked them!
“Oh no! This is going on the blog!”
Trevor was licking his dinner too
He was having a real treat and enjoying every minute!
Brendan really enjoys chewing on the the little blue trach guard. In an attempt to pull it off, he ended up pulling his trach out. He just sat there singing and smiling. I think he really enjoys it being out of his airway. We would love to see it gone too!!
Besides doing a ton of cleaning in the toy area, we cleaned and sorted and purged junk and tried to maximize garbage can usage for pickup tomorrow. It feels good to be making progress on this.
We also got some new cellular shades for in the living room. The old wood blinds were from when we had no covered patio on the house and we needed to stop the hot sun from coming in. The living room was dark like a cave all the time to stay cool.
Since then, the patio cover was finished and we replaced the windows with high rated dual pane ones. Now we can let some of the nice natural light back in! The new blinds are the two stage kind that have the light diffusing and the blackouts. Bill did a lot of work to get the old stuff cleared out and the new blinds hung up.
There was a lot going on today and a lot of stuff that I had to try to keep the boys out of. When there are two babies relentlessly trying to get at something dangerous, one person trying to hold them back is about as futile as trying to stop a river running down hill with a spatula. They make me crazy!
We accomplished a lot today though. It feels good to be sore and tired for a good reason!
Brendan’s “Oh no! This is going on the blog” look is priceless!
I do think that the boys need a few more toys! It’s hard to find them in the pile. 🙂
Garbage day again already? It seems like it comes around so fast! Trevor will be happy.
It will be so nice when Brendan won’t have a trach to pull out. It must feel good to him.
The blinds look really nice! There’s always something changing at your house. It’s so nice that the two of you can do so much of it yourselves.
Lots of love,
Gramma xxxx
Sort and purge days are tiring, but it feels so good to have things all back in order! I like the obvious conversation going on between the boys when Trevor is sitting in the toybox. It’s looks like Trevor is either making it clear that HE owns the box, or daring Brendan to come in! Brendan probably can’t wait for the day when he can be “wireless”! May it come as soon as it can!