A Looooooooong Week

I'm glad last week is over. It started with a wonderful three day weekend, crashed with a 2 year old full blown fit, escalated with a sleepless teething tot, worsened by mommy's humidity induced allergies, and resolved with the most restful Sunday this year to date. There was a 24 hour period this week that I was peed on, pooped on, thrown up on, yelled at, cried at, I cried, and I only slept about 4 hours in this period. Not the best combo; this is one week I don't think I will ever want to return to. I am so thankful for the good moments that make weeks like this endurable. Here are some of those moments.

 Tate playing Christmas. I am working on a felt book page for a swap some ladies in my ward are doing and Tate thought he should decorate his Dr.s office with the felt. He told me he was making Christmas. I also found him streaming ribbons on the couch today that I used in Primary, "look mommy, Christmas on the couch." I think this will be the most fun Christmas with him yet and he will finally start to understand that Christmas is more than colorful decorations and lights. He even wants to watch all the Christmas shows on Netflix and is not easily dissuaded.

 My handsome church going boys. I can't believe how grown up they looked today.

 It is hard to believe how fast Ian is growing. He can now get on and off the car all by himself... sniff sniff 

 Tate helped me make bread today. He is such a good little helper. Now I just need him to listen first, and then help. I have a feeling this will take some more work, but we are getting better.

HE TOOK A NAP!!!!! Dreams do come true once or twice a month. It was such a beautiful thing. I didn't get to fully enjoy it because Ian was throwing a fit, already, for some reason he seems to know what he wants now and can't be as easily distracted. BUT IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!!

This is how we mowed the lawn this week. It was a little cooler than the previous days this week and the lack of humidity was so refreshing. Tate found he needed a hat and a jacket to go with his blue open toed shoes. I think the only reason Tate loves to come out with me to mow the lawn is because he gets a Popsicle.  It keeps him stationary for the longest period of time, making him easier to watch as I mow back and forth and back and forth and back and forth...

 Ian even came out to enjoy the last 40 minutes of mowing action in our $2 hiking backpack. It was the most painful lawn mowing I have ever done as he picked the hairs out of the back of my head one by one by one. But his conversation in my ear could not be beat.

 Josh's photographic skill always catches priceless faces like these. :)

 Tate was coloring with markers with me until I looked over and he had decided to apply them like chapstick. Thank goodness they were washable because this was minutes before church. Who knew markers looked so attractive for coloring lips.