Us Right Now & Weekly Update – November 5

jake
I’d say a quieter week for Jake. Though he still went into the city several times to have meetings. We also went to David’s school for Nathaniel’s interview (for next year) and went out to a social even in David’s school. So overall, I’d say it’s still been a busy week. Running around, getting work done, having a few date nights and getting a lot of work done.

karen
This was a long week for me. Besides my parents being here and my wanting to spend a lot of time with them, I felt really ill all week between my allergies and jaw aches. I just didn’t feel right all week. I ended up going to bed around 7:30 almost every single night. Even the 10-hours of sleep didn’t make me feel better. I’ve also been way off my schedule which often stressed me out so I am assuming all of that together didn’t help. However it was wonderful to have my parents here and I am really really sad that they are already gone.

david
David had an excellent week at school and at home. He got to have a wonderful Halloween where he got to be venom (black Spiderman). He played a lot with my parents and got to eat out way more than usual. He got new legos, books, toys, and even a new desk for his room which he’s very excited about. He’s been doing great at school and reading every single night like a champ. We’ve already started thinking about our 2012 project together, too. I am so excited for us to do something crafty together.

nathaniel
Nathaniel also had a wonderful week. He had his first Halloween at school and he was a dinosaur. He got to go on a little parade with his class and loved going trick or treating in the neighborhood. He did ok during his interview, too. At first he was all shy but then he opened up and I am hoping it went well for him. He really got attached to both my parents and I am not sure how he’ll handle it tomorrow when he realizes they’re gone.

Here are some of my favorite captured moments from this week:

There was a lot of reading in our house all week:

and Nathaniel made sure to be a part of it too:

the boys loved sitting with my dad and doing their thing.

I finally snapped a shot of Nathaniel right before he went to school:

I snapped a few shots of the boys in the backyard on halloween.

david was the black spiderman (venom) and Nathaniel was a dinosaur (david’s costume from when he was 2.5).

Nathaniel wasn’t a huge fan of the hat and did a lot of this all night.

but he was super-cute with it on:

all the kids in our complex met up at the part to go trick or treating. My two boys took a moment to sit and hug each other.

David even gave Nathaniel a kiss.

Nathaniel spent playing a lot this week while I worked.

he has this new thing where he puts his hands together behind him. He’s so cute.

He’s been super-happy lately, too.

David, too.

Lots of posing.

and laughing.

and a ton of sitting together with the grandparents which was definitely my favorite moments.

and I’ll end with a tickle-time shot from today.

And those are some of the moments from our week. All in all, a truly wonderful week. Hope yours was, too. Thank you for your patience with me this week. I hope to be more responsive and post more this week.

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Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.