It's been a slow weekend. I'm battling a sinus infection and this morning Maddox started with the hacking and nose blowing, so...some plans got canceled. We mostly stayed at home today. Since we had a serious excess of apples, we made an apple crisp. Andrew went to the store not once, but twice, because I forgot to tell him to get ice cream the first time. Apple crisp is worthless without vanilla ice cream. He's a good man.
We made a "fruits of the Spirit" tree on Friday. You know - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. I learned it as a song as a kid and haven't forgotten it. Maddox has really been working on self-control and patience and it shows. I see it in how he deals with his brother. And today, JUST as he opened his card from Mimi with $5 inside, the ice cream man came by. Instead of blowing his money (as he usually would), he said no to the ice cream and saved it. He really wants some light-up shoes. Since he already has a nearly brand new pair of tennis shoes, I told him he would have to buy the light-up shoes. He is being patient and saving up all his money for them. I'm proud of him! (And honestly, surprised he's made it this far.)
Jude gladly handed over his cash and got a giant Tweety Bird popsicle with blue gumball eyes. Maddox got lucky. Jude let him have one of the gumballs.
Lastnight Andrew took the boys to Postal Point's Trunk or Treat while I stayed home, coughing my head off. I did, however, get a nice, long, uninterrupted bath. :)
Maddox was bummed I didn't go, but...
...they had a blast. They collected candy, a toy snake, a play fingernail, a slinky, and some other Halloweenish stuff.
It's been an up and down kind of week, and being sick has been awful on top of everything else, but there is something so nice about this time of year.
Today I ran by the mall with Maddox because the weather has gotten chilly and he needed a jacket. I told him he was worse than a girl! Nothing was "cool enough." FINALLY, he settled on a blue jacket and then said he also needed a "cool hat."
It's fun to watch him grow up and step into his personality.
He has been so sweet lately -helping around the house, growing his little garden, asking the funniest questions -hard to believe 5 years goes by so fast.
Tomorrow, we tackle our pumpkins with cookie cutters and a mallet!
Hopefully, they will turn out "pretty cool," as Maddox would say.
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