Some of My Favorite Things Right Now

The boys are really into the Lone Ranger (which I have been surprised at- surprisingly the Indians are usually the good guy- not to say that it is not pretty flawed still). Of course Coen had to make a Lone Ranger costume and wears it all the time. I asked Beckett if he was the Lone Ranger and he replied "No, me Kemosabe." He has since realized that the side kicks name is really Tonto. Dad is Silver. They don't really like Roy Rogers though.

We have been making a lot of snowflakes. And Coen loves to hang them on the fridge with about 4 feet of tape.

The boys are have been spending a lot of time at Grandma's while I am at my multiple appointments with the spine specialist and the PT (hours and hours a week- bleh). So every morning when Beckett woke up last week he would say "When we go to grandmas?". Good thing he loves her so much.

Beckett usually doesn't sleep with his moo moos any more- he has moved on to his light saber and his lone ranger gun.

Coen is not so great at drawing. I keep trying to get him to draw figures because I have it in my mind what developmental milestones I want him to be meeting. But when I suggest he draws a person I just get a blank stare. But he has no problems with paint and glitter glue and feathers. So he may not be meeting his developmental milestones for drawing but why isn't there one for bedazzeling.

Actually since this he has drawn several pictures of paleontologists.

Yesterday Coen was playing outside in the snow. We have this little shed that fell over in a storm that the boys have been using as their cave. So Coen was jumping up and down on the shed when it collapsed. I stuck my head out of the window and called out "Coen what did I tell you last week?"

"You said that if I jumped this would break. It isn't a good cave anymore- but now it is a great slide!"

Ok it is getting late. I know I have more little things I have wanted to record- but my mind is a blank.

On a not so great note- I have been really working on my neck and back with a spine specialist. It seems to be getting a little better but I am not so sure. It has been a hard process. It has been a lot worse in the process and then slowly better. I think. I still need muscle relaxants several times a day and vicoden most days so obviously we are not really there yet. But I am trying to be hopeful. I am just so tired of being in pain.