Last Sunday we rounded out the weekend with a family pizza night. Pizza from scratch! The kids did great putting their pizzas together!

The finished products!

Amaya, sharing with Steven. 🙂

Early Monday morning I headed to FL for a quick business trip. The first order of business for the kids was a trip to PT for Steven.

That little face.

Once again, Amaya and Sammy were amazingly patient during the appointment.

Tuesday morning, everyone was all smiles in photos for Mommy.

Almost…

There we go.

On Tuesday there were no tears! Hooray! In the car on the ride to school Amaya told Steven she didn’t wan’t him to be sad and he said, “ok.” Progress!

Next thing the kids knew it was Wednesday and Mommy was back home to them! <3

So happy to be home with my little loves.

We had a relaxing day at home for Yom Kippur and a very lazy morning.

I was able to take Steven to his PT appointment. We definitely need to do more directed work with him at home especially now that I’m seeing so many activities we can replicate in the house with him.

For lunch we made french toast and, as always, I had three eager souz chefs.

Wednesday afternoon, Sammy had a fun adventure when he set off for a sleepover at Grandma Sunshine’s house. He was so excited. When Steven and I got home from PT he was literally skipping around the house, eager to go.

Made it!

After naps, Megan and I took Steven and Amaya to a new-to-me playground that’s near our house.

Amaya and Steven could swing and swing and swing.

Riding a train

Big kids on the tire swing!

Bedtime routine for Sammy was pretty close to normal with Daniel Tiger only, at Grandma Sunshine’s, he gets to watch in a Cozy Coup.

Apparently it’s a favorite spot!

Thursday was a school trip to a local apple orchard. Megan went with Steven and Amaya and reported back that it was probably a good thing that Sammy was off on his own adventure because it would have been hard to manage all 3. There was a hay ride involved and everyone always wants a lap for hay rides.

After picking apples Steven was sad and pissy because he wanted his donut now.

Sad.

Pissy.

While everyone was napping, Sammy came home to us and into the arms of his daddy (who had a day off from work).

Hanging with Daddy after naps.

Out of nowhere, Steven had a fever on Thursday afternoon. It was gone by morning but the 24 hr rule meant he couldn’t go to school on Friday. Instead, he got to go to an OB appointment with May May and Mikey. He was thrilled!

Afterwards, he got some solo playground time on school grounds.

Steven wants to be sure you know “it’s not a balance beam, it’s wood”.

Friday afternoon we had some sleepy toddlers resting up for a visit from Nana!

 

Everyone wanted to make cards for Nana.

Yay!! She’s here!

Saturday morning was quiet and about as calm as could be expected. SSA really like seeing their baby pictures on my phone so we spent some time looking at their first year photos from the year 1 blog book. Amaya is shockingly good at recognizing who’s who, even at a very early age.

Late morning, Steven, Sammy and Amaya had their flu shots. (Mommy, too!) The kids did great. I was so proud of them, especially Sammy and Steven who went after they saw Amaya’s reaction. Afterwards, we all went out for lunch.

Saturday afternoon was a birthday party for our friends Parker (3) and Emerson (1) at The Little Gym in Plymouth.

I was so excited to see Sammy up on the little bounce house thing. None of the kids seem to like bounce houses but Sammy was willing to try with Nana and he loved it. Go Sammy!

So pleased with himself. <3

Steven and Amaya, on the other hand, had near meltdowns when they inflated it. They only came over to sit on the end because I was with Sammy and they wanted to be near me. Steven, in particular, was very out of sorts.

When we went into the party room for pizza, Steven started crying that he wanted to go home. He was so sad. Eventually I took him outside and we walked up and down the sidewalk for a while. He never really settled so I handed him off to Nana so I could help Sammy and Amaya finish up. No sooner did I hand him off did he puke all over. Poor Steven and poor Nana.

Cuddling back at home.

As quickly as it came on, it seemed to pass. I don’t know if it was a reaction to his flu shot or something else but, by bedtime, you’d never have known he was sick. Here Steven and Nana are modeling the shirts they got at The Little Gym to replace the ones they were wearing.

Showing Nana his “puke bucket”.

We got awesome party favors at the party. Dinosaur tails!! Sammy picked out one for Steven while he and Nana were cleaning up. The kids are obsessed with the tails and I don’t blame them!

We’re almost ready to start potty training but, in the meantime, we let Amaya sit on the potty when she asks. Today she sat there for a while and ended up pooping. Go Amaya! Steven, Sammy and Amaya were all very fascinated by Amaya’s poop in the toilet.

It’s a gross, rainy day so the big adventure was a trip to the grocery store.

Sammy handing off potatoes to Amaya who put them in the bag.

Sammy picked up everything he saw to ask if I needed it. Fortunately, he was also very good about putting it back in its place when I said no.

It’s been a great week and an awesome weekend with Nana. The fun continues when Nana and Steven fly to NY together on Tuesday!

I’ll leave you with one photo of Amaya modeling her fall jacket.

Have a great week!