home again...

I had a much needed break from my reality! for a whole week I was able to catch up on sleep, spend time with family and forget about the crap that is the whole situation surrounding J.  We celebrated 3 family birthdays, Thanksgiving and an anniversary.
On the way up, CO and I stopped to pick up some toys in St. Jacobs. He selected this helmet for himself.

CO found a gravel pile at my Uncle's, he spent LOTS of time digging and 'mixing cement' in the bucket beside it and then filling the dump truck and spreading it out along the gravel driveway.

Cousins at the mall. Very little shopping was done with these two peas in a pod. The moms gave up quickly on thier plan to spend the day shopping and decided to take the boys for Pizza instead. Where my son managed to pack away 9 pieces of pizza...it scares me how much he can eat at only 5.

This is Carter's selection for his birthday cake. He wanted a hunter in a tree and a deer. I had a hard time with his selection. I wanted the deer to be running away :)

 

we did a family trip to the honey house. YUM YUM. We got lots of goodies and got my cupboards refilled with honey.

We also celebrated my parent's 40th wedding anniversary.

One of my favorite days was Monday where I got to spend the whole day (until 5), relaxing at the spa with two lovely ladies. It was nice having so much adult conversation. :) CO got to spend his day at 'daycare' for the first time ever. He said it was fun but too long. And I agree, casuse I missed him too.
CO has been saving his money (birthday & paper route) to spend at Jolley's. It touched my heart that after selecting a fork lift for himself, he decided to spend the rest of his money on something for his brother :(  Having J in our lives has been great for CO, having him to think about someone other than himself is a HUGE step for him.

Yesterday we woke up to a small amount of snow. CO was SO SO SO excited. He shoveled the deck and worked hard at sweeping off the vehicles.

Now, we are home. Within an hour of arriving home, J arrived too. I have enjoyed listening to the sound of happy brothers again. We have decided to not go out to our Wednesday night activities so they can 'play' together. They missed eachother. This is going to be hard on them come the end of the month.