It was a big day for Brendan today, he got to try something newwww. We have a rough time trying to make the best choices for Brendan. We can over shelter him, trying to keep him healthy. We could be overexposing him to the public and risking his health. We strive for a balance, however nervous it makes me.

In an effort to help Brendan to know that car rides are not always bad, we thought he might enjoy coming along on the Sunday morning grocery shopping trip. The store employees must love me because I come armed with my baggies full of cleaning products and I make these shopping carts shine like new before my boys are allowed to touch them!!

It was already really hot at 7:30am, and Brendan was a little unsure at first!

I was thinking this idea was bananas. I was sure that Trevor would not want Brendan so close to him, and I was nervous that Brendan would be scared. But they both did so well! Trevor talked the whole time, his cute long gibberish sentences made Brendan laugh!

Trevor was trying to help convince me that Brendan needed to buy a toy. They were so cute, I was very proud of them!

No problems in the car, Brendan had fun!

Trevor sweet talked his way in to a new board book

We accomplished a lot when we got home today. I reorganized cabinets in the kitchen and got all the glass bottles up out of the lazy susan cabinet that Trevor loves to mess with. We sorted some of the baby stuff and medical supplies and we purged a whole garbage can full of junk. Trevor mopped the floor in the living room for me!

We did loads and loads of laundry and worked on putting more stuff away to clear the counters and tables. The one big problem with keeping the kitchen table cleared off is that now Trevor thinks it is a new place to play. He pulls out the chairs and climbs up.

We are enjoying making time for family dinner now that we have space

Brendan was not thrilled with my attempt to get him to do some “messy play”

Trevor thought he needed some extra ketchup

I gave Brendan his grown-up fork and then the game was all new. He played with the ketchup!

He was all smiles and sticky mess, but if I tried to get anything close to his mouth, he got really mad! He did wear his PMV for hours today too and talked and talked.

I got about 4 broken hours of sleep last night so I am beat!