Our week in review

The hockey rink was used a lot over the weekend!  We had neighbors, parents, kids, etc...skating for most of the day!  This picture was taken from our neighbor's screened in porch where they have a heater and music playing on the speakers.

Luke lost his first top tooth this week.  

Finn isn't sure what this green stuff is.  We are at the indoor soccer dome trying to burn off some of his brother's energy!  We love the cute winter hat, Ms. Jane!  

The boys and their best buddies playing at the Dome

Liam is counting out 100 nerds (candy) for the 100th day of school project

We had another polor vortex last week so we spent a bit more time indoors.  However, the temps finally got above zero late in the week and the boys were able to get out and skate.  As I mentioned in the last post, the ice rink is in great shape for skating.  This year, Luke and Liam are actually asking (and sometimes begging) to go out and skate.  They really enjoy it and it has been an amazing energy burner for them!  The love for skating has not quite caught on for Aiden yet, but that was also true for Luke and Liam at his age.  He would rather stay inside and run around than go out in the cold to skate.   The word has also spread in the neighborhood so we have lots of friends and neighbors that are joining us to skate.  It has been a fun winter activity for everyone.

Luke lost his first top tooth this week and was so excited about it.  Liam also has a top tooth that is loose so it won't be very long for him.  Luke and Liam are excited to celebrate their 100th day of kindergarten this week.  They were asked to bring 100 of something in a bag to school.  We discussed a million different ideas, but finally came up with two.  Luke counted out 100 jelly beans and Liam counted out 100 nerds.  Pretty sure there was some incentive to counting out pieces of candy as opposed to something like cereal or paper clips (two items that we mentioned).

Lastly, Finn will be having tubes put in his ears on Monday, Feb. 10th.  Although they generally do no put tubes in until around a year of age, his brothers paved the way for early surgery with a total of 8 surgeries among the three of them.  We are on a first name basis with the ENT and he was willing to work us in quickly.  In fact, he told me that he has seen very few families with ear issues to the extent of ours in not one, or two, or three, but FOUR of their children.  Poor Finn has had 8 ear infections in barely six months and has fluid in his ears that just won't go away.  It has contributed to a lack of sleep for all of us and we are very ready for his surgery in hopes that he will feel much better very soon.