The babies slept through the night. They didn't wake up at all. Not even to get a paci. Aubrey woke up around 4:00 and Erin fed her. Then I got up shortly after and fed Carter.
I went back to work today after taking all of last week off. It was quite busy as I expected. I could have read through a bunch of my e-mail on my Blackberry last week, but I didn't feel like it. I also could have taken my laptop home, but again I wanted to relax and not do any work so I left the laptop at the office last week. Only a few more weeks and then I get a week and a half off for Christmas/New Year's.
The boys were outside playing with leaves today when I got to daycare to pick them up. Calvin would count to three or four or eleven and then throw the leaves up in the air. Brayden was throwing the leaves at the same time that Calvin did. I eventually corralled them into the minivan. Calvin wanted to hook his own seatbelt, but after waiting for a little bit I did it for him. When I came back to the car after getting Carter and Aubrey I noticed Calvin had unhooked his seatbelt. Then he was able to hook it again. I was impressed.
I learned something about dinosaurs the other night while reading the boys' new book. I wondered why dinosaur books never refer to Brontosauruses. The new book explains why. Apparently a number of years ago some paleontologists realized that bones for a Brontosuarus and Apatosaurus were actually of the same dinosaur. These dinosaurs were always considered to be two different types until this discovery. Since the Apatosaurus was named first they kept that name and dropped the Brontosaurus name. I understand the reasoning, but I always thought that the brontosaurus was better known. I suppose I will continue to learn fun facts like this as I read books to the kids.
Brayden's cough is still really bad. It's also kind of hard to understand what he says because his voice is so scratchy and hoarse.
The boys once again wanted Skittles as soon as we got home. However, I was able to get them to eat their dinner before getting Skittles. We had been giving them the little Fun Size bags, but we got one of the great big bags from Wal-Mart this weekend. We put the skittles in a Zip-Lock bag or a little container. For some reason Calvin didn't want Skittles in anything other than the little Fun Size bags. Eventually he took Skittles in the container after not getting them in a Fun Size bag.
Speaking of the large bag of Skittles. I wonder how companies come up with the sizes of these bags. The one we got is a 41oz. bag. 41oz??? What kind of size is that? Did they start with a 48oz (or 3-pound) bag and just eventually reduce it by an ounce over time, but keep the price the same? I know that ice cream companies did that. They don't sell half-gallon containers anymore. Now they are 0.45-gallon or something like that, but the price is the same as the old half-gallon.
Now that they have been eating candy I really want to get them to brush their teeth. They will do it every now and again with dada's toothbrush. They have their own, but they don't like to use them. We'll see what we can do.
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