We had a pretty fun weekend around here, while we all recovered just a bit more.  The boys have a bit of a lingering cough, but I think we are all back to basics. Unfortunately, I have a neck injury which is super painful, but that’s a story for another day.  If I actually took the amount of medication the Immediate Care doctor prescribed, I’d be peacefully blitzed and unaware of what my kids are even doing. I wouldn’t care about the chalk on the walls, crayons stuffed inside their diapers, the hidden food in the drawers, and the stuffed animals packed away nicely in the dishwasher.  Instead I’ve found a happy medium. Today, I am sitting around with a medicated patch on my neck and begging the kids to not “play doctor and fix Mama’s neck.” I just have a hunch that the hammer and nails they want to use wouldn’t exactly make me feel too much better. They also see the medicated patch on me and are trying to fix me by putting stickers everywhere on my body.  At least they mean well.

Here are just a few highlights from our weekend. We had lots of fun spending time with my parents on playgrounds.  Sometimes, I think they like the slides and swings more than the kids do. We are super lucky to have them around.

We are definitely enjoying family time more so than ever as the summer comes to a close and our big girl has to get back to school.  The boys are excited about school too, even though they will be home with me.  We have already begun working on letters, numbers, colors, counting, etc.  I have lots of home-school-like materials to use with them and will start more consistently once T’s school year begins.  For today, they are eating Cheese-It crackers that have letters on them, and I am counting that as an educational win.  If you have any homeschooling ideas for almost three year olds, I would love to hear them!

All weekends are the best weekends when Auntie is involved! We finally celebrated her birthday this weekend with dinner and brownies.  The girls went to pick up a few necessary items at Home Goods (I could get lost inside that store for forever).  Taylor and Auntie sure made themselves comfortable and tested each and every chair / sofa item the store was selling. We weren’t asked to leave or escorted out, so it was a successful shopping trip.

We also took a super classy picture of us, as always.

And since we cannot get through a day without penis talk, here is the conversation we had while I was changing diapers this morning:

T: Wow, Jackson sure does still have a penis, alright.

M: Yes, he does. He will always have it. It is part of his body.

T: Well, if he has a penis, and the boys are twins, what does Joseph have?

M: You know that answer. Joseph has a penis as well.

T: Nope, he really doesn’t. Look at it. Its a trunk, like an elephant trunk! Joseph has a trunk! *Insert obscene elephant noises here.*

I had three kids running around the house making elephant noises before breakfast was even served this morning.  If that’s not a Happy Monday, I don’t know what is.