The Train board

So I mentioned a few weeks ago that Josh was going to make a train board with a permanent track on  it for Max. He has a wooden track that just doesn’t stay together on the carpet very well and then he will take it apart and get frustrated. Well naturally it didn’t get done before josh had surgery, which was a good thing. Josh isn’t able to do much since he came home, so this was a good project for him since it was mostly drilling work.

Getting the layout. We changed it up and then changed it again.

Max wanted to know what was going on the whole time

Josh got part of it screwed in and just let the kids play with that

Almost all done.. we have some other idea we want to add, but for now it’s done

The kids love it.. it seems almost all Max’s trains can ride on it.

Jan 9 : emotions, cold and speech

The last few days have been a bit crazy. Tuesday, school was canceled again. My poor daughter was getting bored at home to say the least. Max was cranky for having his sister messing up his routine. Josh and I were working on getting things set up for selling things, figuring what bills needed to be paid , ect. It was not a pleasant time. This meant all of us were on each other's nerves. 

I decided to just live with the bad day but tomorrow would be better.

This kept the kids busy for an hour or two. But takes up the whole living room so probably added to my craziness. 

I wished Wed started out better. The vacuum pump motor stopped working, so josh as majorly late with starting milking. Well last minute I had to get Max ready to go. He fought me getting dressed and screamed all the way to school and back home. Turns out it was a very simple issue with the motor but still threw josh behind. Max settled down in time for us to go to the library. He had a good time there, as there was only two other little boys. We then headed to Bella's school to drop off her boots. I also had to talk to her teacher and a friend about a school event. 

By the time I got Max home he was out cold. He manage to sleep until it was time to get Bella from school. I took Max with me and he was so happy to get out of the house again. After we got Bella we stopped at shopko to get medicines for Max and josh. No they aren't sick, just normal Max stuff and pre surgery stuff for josh.  

It seems we got home in time for snacks and Bella to get ready for gymnastics. Oh it was great to get back to her class. She had a blast. It was home for supper and bed. Then josh and I worked on a permanent configuration for max's wooden train track. The goal is to put it on a board and have it for a surprise while josh is recovering. 

Today, our morning went much smoother. Bella got ready and out the door to school with no hassle or fuss. Max seemed to have a good morning until about 10 minutes to 9. I spent the morning picking up our house. How it go so messy with us not really be home , I don't understand. Then at 9:15 max's speech therapist arrived. Max wasn't so sure at first about her, but quickly warmed up when she started playing trains. It was a good appt for her to get to know Max, but warn me this isn't going to be easy. Matter of fact we have to back off and relax about his lack of talking and wait for him to speak . With all that's going on, I hope I can relax about it yet help him at the same time.  

As soon as she left Max declared he was ready for a nap, but I was a mean mom and kept him up until lunchtime.  Durning the holidays Max got naps here and there at all different times, so I took that as a cue to move to one nap a day and in the afternoon, since all our extra stuff is mornings. For the last week it's worked out, but today was hard. 

Josh came in for an early lunch and then Mac went down to nap. That meant mommy time for me. 

Max woke up and we wen together to get Bella from school. We all came home and the kids did great playing. The climber was blowed up one last time so that kept them entertained. We had supper and bath. I think we were all ready for bed. Looking forward to tomorrow being Friday.