Day 353: Line Drying OOPS!

Today was my first line drying mishap... I left the final round of cloth diapers (from when Andrew stayed with us) on the line while we were at work today.  When we got home, we were down one prefold!  I looked around our porch and on the ground level an it was nowhere to be found.  So now line drying will probably only occur when we'll be HOME!

An empty clothespin right in the middle!

Day 346: Two Babies?

Today is the beginning of my summer nanny job - Jack is still in school, but his brother's daycare is closed this week, so I'll be watching him.  Bryson is just about 19 months, and Andrew is almost 17 months.  Match made in heaven?  Sort of...  The morning started off rocky because as soon as I set him down, Andrew took a toy from Bryson's hands... It took us about an hour to figure out how to play nicely, and then they were gems for the rest of the day.

We took a trip to the Great Mall to visit Ashley and play at the food court.  Then we played and napped at home until Jack got home from school on the bus.  I'm so happy to be back at my summer job!

Also - starting today Eric and I will be carpooling for most of the summer.  Because we both work in Olathe I can drop him off at work, or at my parents house to pick up the motorcycle, and then pick him back up on our way home.  We are really excited to save some gas money (and miles on the car) by doing this.

Today he got out of work before I did, so his mom picked him up and we met up at their house.  Then Eric, Andrew, and I went out to dinner at China Star - yum!  Andrew is such a good eater, and ate his dollar's worth!  They charge $1/year old up until the regular price, lame!

Finally, some evening routine and bedtime for Andrew, and a movie for Eric and I.  Andrew woke up quite a few times during the night last night, but was able to get himself back to sleep.  Tonight he went to bed perfectly again, this time at 8:30.  He even took two naps at the same times as Bryson, it was great!

These guys are a handful, but so fun to play with!

Two boys?  No problem!

Mmm, Andrew loves Chinese food just as much as his aunt and uncle!

 Orange dessert plate?  Check!  

All three of our babies hanging out by the window.

Our first full day of cloth diapering went pretty well!  The lady I bought these from gave me the wrong kind of prefolds, so they did have some leak problems.  All we have right now is "G Diapers", and hopefully we can try some other brands in the future.

Day 345: Andrew is Visiting!

This was the last day of my summer break - it was filled with reading, napping, laundry, napping, dishes, and some more napping.  Eric spent another day on "the route" )Time and a half for Memorial Day, wooo!) and will be sad when his boss starts scheduling him for in town deliveries again.  He really likes the pace of the route and the hour of overtime because he doesn't have to take a lunch break.  Woo!

After he got home from work, Mom and Alan brought Andrew to our house for the week.  They stuck around for awhile to get Andrew settled, and to mingle with the cats - but then they headed out to enjoy their baby-free night.  Eric and I had been hoping to watch Andrew for a few weeks to help Sarah out financial and time-wise to help her get a job without the worries of scheduling babysitters and such.  That didn't end up working out, but we are really glad to have him visiting this week!

We started our night with a walk to the park, playing with other kids, playing at home, making/eating dinner, then some quiet play and stories before putting Andrew to bed at 9pm.  He went to sleep like a dream, which is lucky for him because we've got to wake up at 6:20 every day this week for jobs in Olathe!

One of our photo screens (the ones that were behind us during our wedding ceremony) fell over while I was napping today because the wind coming through the window was so strong!  So I tied a ribbon to them, nailed it to the wall, and went back to sleep.  Voila!

In the past two weeks since we've started recycling, 2/3 of our waste is recyclable!  Yea!

Andrew made some girlfriends at the park, it was too cute!

Peek-a-boo!

The pavilion was covered in broken glass, and Eric cleaned it up.  What a great guy!

 Andrew played "Here, have a wood chip" with Eric.

Going for a bike ride! (Just for the photo op, no actual bike riding occurred :p)

A yummy, healthy dinner - pasta, green beans, mashed potatoes, and rolls.

Andrew's pseudo-high chair.  He stayed on the sheet the whole time.  When he tried to stand up and walk off of it, Eric turned on his serious voice and said "Sit down."  Andrew promptly sat and kept eating.

When we thought we would have Andrew for most of the summer, I planned on cloth diapering him.  I bought a few cloth diapers on craigslist - and here is Andrew in his first ever cloth diaper!