There's a new country!

Friday
This morning it was 45 degrees when we left to Tatum to school. Under Keaton's instruction, Weston wore socks on his hands which he sucked on the whole way to school. Wet socks don't really keep your hands that warm.

After we took Tatum to school, Keaton was looking at a big book he has about dragons and dinosaurs. This is conversation -

K: Are there still dinosaurs? Where do they live?

M: All the dinosaurs are dead

K: Where are they?

M: Their bones are in the ground all over the world in different countries

K: Different countries like New Mexico? What about Texas and the United States of America?

M: Yes, but New Mexico and Texas are states

K: What about Fortwhichitstan?

M: What? I don't know where that is.

K: Fortwhichitstan, like in the poem they said at Tatum's school. Where is that?

M: What? (Then the light bulb clicked) For which is stands?

K: Yeah, where is that?

I just kinda gave up after that. I tried to explain that it was not a place, but just words and he didn't want to believe me. I was laughing to hard to try anymore.


Tatum decided she was going to walk home even though I had the golf cart. So, she took off walking and insisted that she was going to go all the way home..."I know the way mom. Let me do it by myself!" So, of course Keaton wanted to walk with her. I went ahead and they slowly followed me. I would stop every now and then so there was not too much space between us and Tatum would stop walking, waiting for me to go. Keaton would get very upset at her, yelling that I was going to leave her and it wasn't safe and she better hurry up. This lasted for about 20 minutes and by that time I was tired of sitting in the sun waiting and Weston was getting pretty impatient as well. So, I made Tatum and Keaton get on the golf cart so we could get home. Tatum said, "Why do I always have to ride on the golf cart, all the other kids get to walk or ride their bikes." I guess we will be trying that again. Yeah!

Sara, Trevor's wife, and Olivia, their little girl, came over to visit. Olivia is 7 weeks older than Weston. Keaton did his 'I'm shy, but rowdy' act, hiding behind the sofa and then running around the living room. They brought out almost every toy they have to show Sara and Olivia.

We had a sitter tonight...it was date night for mommy and daddy. Of course as the sitter is walking in, Weston is screaming his head off. Jarrek tried to get him to calm down and so did I. I handed him to the sitter and he stopped crying. She must be magical. I called on her about 9:30 just to check on everyone and they were all in bed and asleep and had been for a little while...she's coming over every night!