IKEA Tuesday! Brendan’s new nurse recently relocated from Kansas City, and had never been to an IKEA, so we had to give her the Trevor-style tour. We cruised upstairs a while, breezed around downstairs and then went to lunch!

Then it was time to zoooom..

For frozen yogurt!

It was a good outing. Brendan is starting to get to know his favorite places to go.

This is Trevor at the end of his bed, leaning out the door saying, “What’s the matter? What’s the matter? Mommy? What do I need, Mommy?”
Tonight he needs some Squirt to drink, he has hiccups (with sound effects), he keeps dropping his socks over the edge, and his wall is scary.

He looks at the camera because he knows I am watching him

We had therapy this morning, both boys went with me to the grocery store, then they both skipped napping all together. Brendan was out cold in minutes when it was bedtime. Trevor is still battling.

Something strange happened today. Bill took the boys to the playground (that isn’t the strange part). They were typical crazies and wanted to do everything but play on the playground equipment. They liked the drinking fountain best.

The strange part is that once they left, I was alone in my house for the first time in three years. Whether Gramma was here helping, Bill was home, a nurse was here, or whatever, there is almost someone else here, most often the two boys. Maybe it has happened before for a few minutes, but today I had a couple of hours.
It was creepy at first, and almost stressful. I felt lots of pressure to do something important and productive and not just sleep or read.

I ended up working on the “great purge”, trying to organize, reduce, and clean. I wanted to set up and photograph things to put on ebay, which is nearly impossible when the boys are “helping”.
I got through a lot of sorting, but everyone came home and within 2 minutes, all the cleanup and prep I had done was undone! The rest of the day just went downhill in a big hairball of frustration.

It was a treat to have a little time, and I am thankful that Bill was willing to take the boys to play. I am also always appreciating that Brendan is able to get out more.