Brendan had therapy this morning, otherwise we had no big plans. We continued to work on the playroom and moved a ton of stuff in to there from the living room.

20.5 linear feet of 12in shelving! Hooray for storage space!

Peeking out the window, watching for the mailman

Trevor played this game for a long time today, he would pick up each screw/bolt with the pliers and move it to a new location. Once they were all moved, he would start all over again.

The step stool needs customization

Brendan is a total nut tonight. At 9:20pm, he is laughing, tumbling and being silly instead of going to sleep.
Trevor was naughty during his nap, but went right to sleep tonight. Gramma will recognize what he is up to in this picture!

After doing some errands all morning, Trevor and I made it home just in time to get lunch and then wait for the garbage truck. I can’t even really process in my head that family to the east is getting buried in snow and subzero temperatures. Trevor ran out in just a diaper and was soaking up some of the hot sun. Putting a baby gate in the archway lets Eins come out and play too.

After nap time, Trevor and I did a bike ride to Safeway to mail some letters. We pass a big construction site where Trevor counted 2 front loaders, 3 backhoes, and then at the store, we saw 4 mail trucks.

Brendan was just out for a casual jeep ride

With stunts

The boys went crazy in the leaf pile. Brendan was barefoot!!

Trevor will help vacuum them up

Brendan is newly fascinated with the slide, and he wants to do it himself!

Here’s a quick compilation video

Trevor had a great nap today and went to bed at a reasonable time with not much of a fight. To make up for it, Brendan threw an epic bedtime protest tantrum and didn’t get in bed until after 10PM.
Brendan seems to be doing better, Trevor hardly has any signs of illness, I am OK, Bill is worse tonight! This bug needs to go away!

Bill had the day off of work, so it should not have been such an exhausting Monday! We got up and hit our to-do list pretty hard and tried to just keep the boys playing. I should know better. If I don’t get them out and exercising and doing something, they don’t get tired enough to take a nap. Neither boy napped for even a minute today!

They were a handful and challenged my patience and sanity at every blink. They both are getting old enough that they will play nicely independently. But if they are in the same room, one will find something he likes and will get in to it, then the other will come and try to take it or interfere. And then the crying starts. Today, Bill worked on cutting and installing the long shelving and brackets in the playroom. Using the electric screwdriver made Trevor go nuts and have a tantrum because he wanted to use it to.
I tried to take them outside, but they kept going down the side of the trailer where they are not allowed to go. I was either hauling a screaming boy away from dangerous things or untangling Brendan’s lines all afternoon.

I got really stupid this morning and took Trevor to IKEA on a holiday Monday. The place was beyond packed! We got the brackets we needed for shelving and some light bulbs and stood in the long long lines.
Trevor was so bored, he tried to eat a paper measuring tape.

He handled it pretty well though.

I tried to distract them with something different, so they counted up a big bucket of dimes. It all looks cute and fun – it was – until the insane throwing, fighting, and crying started again!

Because of no-naps, we planned for an earlier bedtime. Brendan is still no better, no worse. I am feeling OK, Trevor is still wheezing, Bill is congested.. pretty much no change. We put Brendan in his vest for his evening treatment and the day started catching up with him. Poor baby!!!

Both boys were asleep by 8:15. I am hoping they still sleep in tomorrow!