Pages

Friday, April 12, 2019

Life with Bennett {week 33}

Happy Friday!


It has been a looooong week for us over here! We had things going on pretty much every day, but a lot of it was unfortunately not that fun! And on top of that, poor little Bennett has been sick! We are pretty sure he just has some gross virus, but his symptoms included: low-grade fever, runny nose, cough, eye gunk (clear/yellow), not eating much, fussy...poor guy! It has not been fun, but I'm happy to say he's feeling much better today!

Looking back at happier times, haha! Before he got sick...

Friday:

Bennett has finally figured out how to pull Ella's hair! Funny enough, she doesn't get as mad at him as she does when Lucas pulls her hair....


I got some of my workbooks out for Ella to start focusing on word families! We made a mini book on the -at family using this book, and then did a Making Words activity from this book! She loved both and has been requesting to do them again with other word families! I'm just glad I saved some of my teaching stuff! 


Saturday:

"Soccahh teeeeeem!" 
He's so proud of his airplane move!



That afternoon, it was GORGEOUS out! Trav had to go in to work, so I took the kids to a nearby playground for some fresh air!




Sunday:

This was the day Bennett started feeling yucky. You can tell in the picture below he doesn't look 100%.


But....we had to go to our neighborhood Easter egg hunt!!!

Lucas was beyond excited to wear his dump truck Easter egg shirt! Like, seriously. He had been asking to wear it every day!


He was a pro at finding eggs and even found a few for Bennett!


Bennett appreciated it, I think?


Next up was Ella's turn! I am so glad our neighborhood does different ages at different times!


She found lots of eggs, too!



They had lots of fun activities there besides the egg hunts! Ella got her face painted...


...and they also had a petting zoo!


My kids got to go in (well, just Ella and Lucas! Trav stayed with Bennett!) and they were on cloud 9!



Lucas kept calling the llama a "camel" HA!


Monday:

The boys and I went to the library while Ella was at preschool!


Big hits from this visit include The Cars and Trucks Book and The Usborne Big Book of Machines. Lucas LOVES loves loves loves to read!


And do you know who else loves to read?! And actually CAN read all by herself?! This girl!


She picked up that Hop on Pop book Monday night and just started reading it! I had NO idea she could legit read like that!!! I was so amazed at my new READER girl!!! 

Tuesday:

If you've been following along on my car a/c saga, where we last left off, I was referred to a GM dealership because my issue was covered under a special GM policy. So on Tuesday, we took my car to the dealership and THANKFULLY (!!!!!) they gave me a loaner car with 3 rows (again, YAY!!!!) so we didn't have to sit up there all day. Bennett was not sure about it, but he was full-blown not feeling good at all on this day. Bless. 


We took our new loaner car to....



...where else but Target?! We had to get some medicine/Boogie wipes/saline drops for Bennett. 
But first, another sunglasses try-on session!


Bennett felt a little bit better once we got home and put all of our new supplies to use! Bless him, he is just always smiling, even when he feels like crap. Seriously, he is just the sweetest boy!


Wednesday:

My car was ready so we returned the loaner car to the dealership! They had a bunch of construction vehicles next to the dealership and Lucas was in complete heaven!!!


We picked Ella up from preschool and it was so nice out that I let the kids play at her preschool playground for a bit before nap time. 


That afternoon, Ella got her recital costume at dance!!!


It is even prettier in person (and without her blue leotard underneath)! 

Thursday:

This girl was super excited for her Easter egg hunt at school!


The boys and I had another important thing to do....get my hair colored!!!


So, I have only colored my hair one time, which was in college using one of those boxes of semi-permanent hair dye! But my gray hairs are out of control (thank you, Lucas) so here we are. I usually get my hair done on the weekends, but since Trav had to work the weekend prior and I desperately needed my grays covered, I just brought both boys with me. And it was actually fine! Bennett sat in my lap the whole time, and Lucas was very entertained by his tablet:


Last night, my allergies started getting crazy intense and Bennett's coughing was pretty bad, so we had a little steaming party in the kids' bathroom!


Ella was thrilled! 


The good news is that Bennett is finally starting to feel better!!! The bad news is that now my allergies have hit me full force. I haven't had a voice for the past 2 days (which is why I haven't called you back yet, Grandma!)!! Ugh! Ready to be done with ALL of the illnesses right this second! 

As for this weekend, we had a bunch of Easter egg hunts planned, but it's supposed to rain all weekend!! I'm hoping it stays kinda dry and we are able to do at least one! 

Friday, April 5, 2019

Life with Bennett {week 32}


Happy Friday! 
Here's what we've been up to this week!

Friday:

Last Friday we spent ALL morning at the car place. Blah. You may remember that my a/c is not working in my car, so we took it in a few weeks ago so they could put dye in to see where it was leaking. Well, now we had to go back so they could "read" the dye. And guess what? Apparently it's a GM issue, so they referred me to a dealership. So now I still have NO a/c in my car and I have to go waste more hours of my life at yet another car place! UGHHHH I hate cars so much!

Bennett also hated his life there.


But at the least the other 2 were kept occupied by their tablets!!


Since we had been cooped up inside all morning, we played outside all afternoon!



Me: "Ella, take a pic of me and Bennett going down the slide!"


Nailed it. Thanks, El.


We still haven't finished putting together Bennett's cozy coupe, so he can just ride in his brother's for the time being!


Saturday:

Another week of soccer!



This was one of the first weeks that Bennett didn't totally lose his mind in the stroller! I turned him so he could watch Lucas play and he actually enjoyed it!


The kids always beg us to play on the playground right next to the soccer field every week, so since it was so nice out, we finally let them play after soccer!



After nap, it was more outside time!






The kids also requested to eat dinner outside!


Sunday:

Ella and I went to the Princess Tea that the Y dance department (where Ella takes dance lessons) puts on every year!




We came home to a bunch of boys watching a bunch of basketball.
(Yes my husband was so sad about UNC losing on Friday night! But Dook losing Sunday helped ease his pain!)


Monday:

We don't wear Well Dressed Wolf often ever to preschool...but I broke my own rule this day because it was picture day! Ella took the cutest pictures in her graduation cap! 


Don't worry, grandparents and great-grandparents, I ordered enough for all of you :) 

Lucas decided to drive Bennett and me to Target... (Kidding! Although he would have if, you know, he could reach the pedals and it was legal and all)


Bennett finally got his own set of bunny ears!


And Lucas tried to convince me to buy these sunglasses for him. 


Tuesday:

We opened our garage door to see...SNOW??!?! It was April 2!!! I thought I was back in Ohio for a second. It was the strangest thing!!!


Lucas wasn't too sure about it either.



And Bennett wanted to catch a snowflake on his tongue!



Snow in April...crazy!!!!



We braved the snow (don't worry the roads were clear!) for a weight check for Bennett.



He clearly had a blast.
He's up to 14 pounds, 7 ounces, but still in that 1st percentile for weight, so we will continue to monitor him and feed him as much as possible! I wish I was in the first percentile for weight, just saying...

Wednesday:

We had another doctor's appointment!
This time for me; my annual exam. Good times all around.
Bennett straight up LOST his mind in the exam room, but my new OB (who I just LOVE, thank you April for the rec!) was super understanding and we both tried to console him as much as possible!

Lucas enjoyed the light. And the stirrups. I'm sure this is super appropriate, haha.



I asked Lucas where he wanted to go after my appointment, and he quickly told me "Bookstore and play choo choos!" So that is where we went!



We picked Ella up from preschool and went up to the elementary school to turn in her registration paperwork for Kindergarten!!! How?!?! Why?!?! Wasn't she just born?!?!



Thursday:

I found these matching outfits on a local Facebook group, so of course I had to take their picture!



Their first brother set, without Ella matching too! It was strange to take a picture of just the boys matching!!

Thursday morning, Lucas slept in like WHOA. I had to wake him up at 8:57 so we could take Ella to preschool at 9! Since he missed his usual toothbrushing time with Daddy that morning, I had him brush once we got home from preschool drop off. He walked right over and put his leg up like Travis always does when he's brushing his teeth! Like father, like son!



We also played at Ella's preschool playground after we picked her up because it was so nice outside!



And that's a wrap on another week here! Hope you have the best weekend!