Whoohoo Decorating!!

Since moving into our new home, I have acquired the help of my amazingly creative sister Katie for decorating help and advice.(Seriously she has some of the greatest ideas...and has the skills to make the things she thinks of...she's awesome.)

She came up with the ideas for this half wall nook/shelf space. I love it!! She painted and stained the frames for the pictures and then made the staggered Family letter blocks. I just got the blocks and this is the whole space finished. I think it looks pretty good!! I never would have put this together myself. I did, however, have the idea to put the scripture above the door -it's the "Establish a house of etc etc...." (That is my goal for our home.)

Also, Joe has been gone the last two weeks -back at class in Seattle. So, I have kept myself busy (once the boys are asleep) with decorating the master bedroom. I am almost finished and will post pictures soon.(I am waiting for Joe to get home tomorrow to help put up shelves.) This house has been fun to decorate and I'll keep ya posted. I am just happy things are coming together.

Pumpkin Patch

I love being here in St. G. There are so many things to do with the boys. Today, my mom and I took the boys to a great farm/pumpkin patch. It was a lot of fun and the first time either of the boys had gone to one.

There were games for them to play -sliding down a slide into dried corn, taking a wagon ride and a corn maze. We ate hotdogs and saw allt he live stock and other animals, and I think the boys had a lot of fun. I didn't have the camera with me the whole time, but I didn manage to snap a few pictures of the boys with a few pumpkins. (Although they're not exactly feeling the love for the camera.) Love making these kinds of memories!!

A Very Funny yet Very Sad Teeth Story.(Sorry so long)

Yesterday Ben had to go to the dentist go have a crown put on a poor little tooth with a big cavity. Although -I would say- we've been pretty good about brushing and flossing teeth, he still managed to need this type of work. I feel so bad.

But, I tried to gear him up for the whole thing -I knew it would be rough. We told him he had a tooth that wasn't very strong, and so the dentist was going to give him a "robot tooth". He was pretty excited about that idea -since he is in love with all things robot these days.

SAD PART
Our appointment was at 6:45am and Ben did very well waking up and going. He did fine until the doctor wanted to "show him a cool band-aid." There's no foolin' Ben. He knew exactly what the band aid was for and started crying and saying "NO!" He got his sedation shot and soon was limp and groggy .He let the dentist take him away from me. (That's when I got choked up. I hate handing over my child and leaving the boys alone while going through tough things, but it's something that's gonna happen a lot, and I held it together.)

I couldn't hear any screaming or noise at all out in front, so I assumed he'd did great. He didn't the dentist said he screamed the whole time. He wasn't in pain and wasn't crying tears, it was as if he was a kid having a nightmare. He screamed. Even with the laughing gas and another shot, he wasn't okay. They hurried and finished and I got to go to him. (That's when they told me he had been screaming. I wanted to bawl. Poor guy.)

Funny Part
So in the recovery room we sat on a couch and I just held the very sedated Ben, who would go in and out of emotions and thoughts. He ask to go home and then drift asleep for one minute then wake up and cry or talk to me.

Even though it was not a fun time, Ben was hilarious. At one point he looked at me, and his face got really confused. HE stared at me for awhile and finally asked. "Why do you have two mouths?" I couldn't help but laugh. Then he asked, "Why do you have four eyes?" I just told him, "I', just being silly." ('Cause how are you supposed to explain drugs and their affects to a three year old.) He would grab at the ceiling and ask what all those circles were (the lights and other things) He was pretty funny to watch even though I was just praying he'd come out of it quickly.

We got home and he was pretty much back to 100% within a few hours, and is not upset at all about his robot tooth. He doesn't remember AT ALL the procedure -the only thing he brings up is the shot. (For that I am very grateful.)

Moral of the Story
You can never brush or floss your kid teeth enough, and kids who are under medication can be very funny to watch. (I hope that doesn't sound bad.)