Insulation, Organization and Manipulation

It's the holidays. That is for sure. Saturday morning after hubby got home from work (his last night of night shift for TWO MONTHS - YIPPEE) we headed to Target for family holiday photos. We actually didn't have to wait - as we have the past few times - and our photographer was absolutely wonderful. She got the boy smiling as big as can be and got him to sit when and where she needed him to. He was a great little instruction follower...which is not typical. Our photos turned out great too!

We returned home so hubby could get some sleep as his brother and daughter (our niece) were coming over in the early afternoon. I kept the boy up so he could play with our neice for a while. He went down for a nap at 2:30, without a fight. Since that's about an hour and half after normal naptime, he was exhausted, and didn't fight eventhough his cousin and uncle were still there.

His cousin is 11 and while he was napping, she organized all of his toys on our first floor! Categorized, organized and just plain neat! It was incredible. Of course I told her she did not have to do this, to which she replied "I loooove doing this". I said "You're hired!!" Within minutes after the boy woke up, there was disorganization everywhere, but I was able to enjoy some chaos free time.

While she was organizing, her dad was walking thru the house to give advice on insulating. Hubby started the insulating prep work today. Next up...insulation! WOW! No more $500 monthly heating bills? Are you kidding me?

Saturday night, I was able to get away and enjoy dinner (El Camino, natch) with a friend who I lost contact with 6 years ago, who I have recently reconnected with via Facebook. We had a great time catching up and it was great to get out. I was home by 9:15pm though. Ha ha. She has 2 boys - age 4 and 18 months - so we'll have some upcoming playdates, which is always exciting!

Sunday we headed to Adrian for a family get-together. Relatives from down south were in town so we (about 25 of us) headed to Family Kitchen for a late lunch. We went to great-grandma and grandpa's house before lunch so we could play and visit for a while since lunch was scheduled for 2pm (naptime) and we knew we wouldn't likely be able to stay too late without a nap. The boy was a trooper. Impressed everyone with his vocabulary and eating skills. He insisted upon eating part of my salad, and everyone was astonished that he liked salad. He also ate some fruit and nut mix at great-gma and gpa's house, which seemed to surprise everyone as well. He was pretty wound up toward the end (he had a brownie, which didn't help matters), but he was still a good boy. He fell asleep within the first 5 minutes of the ride home.

Dinner consisted of cheese ravioli's and grapes. Lately, he thinks it is ok to sit on the table. (He only does these things at home, thank goodness). Witness sitting on the table, sans pants, eating cheese raviolis.