Hopefully all mothers had a very nice day yesterday! Happy Mothers Day once again to all! Here in Casa del Kouba, Rhonda wanted some of my secret recipe stir fry, so after she put Hanna to bed for a nap, she took a nap too, and I got John some lunch and put him to bed, then started getting the stirfry ready. It turned out well, if I do say so myself.
Saturday I went out and raked the front yard. Eek, I'm still feeling it, slightly sore muscles and hands. But, the front looks better, and I got it down before the rains started Saturday night, which really helped. The grass seems to be perking up already. I should say, I raked in fits and starts. It is a bit hard to rake with two small children outside playing. They weren't keen on leaving me alone.
At one point Rhonda took John off to do an errand, and it was just Hanna and me. She wanted some attention a few times, but other times would play on her own. One time she was on her little toddler vehicle, pushing herself around the driveway, and I saw her edge toward the dropoff in the driveway. I told her to stop, but she's not quite responding to commands yet. So, over the edge she went, picking up speed to the street. By then I was running to head her off, and saved her life. Well, probably prevented some big scrapes and bruises cuz she probably would've tipped over. As she was heading down, she got this wide-eyed, alarmed, oh-no-what-is-happening look on her face, which might have been amusing if not for the situation. Well, I put the truck away after that.
We had rather a rough morning in the nursery yesterday. I went early to play in the first service, and when Rhonda came with the kids for sunday school, Hanna started crying even before they got to the church, like she knew where she was going, and she didn't want to be there. When they got into the church, she was still crying and would not settle down. Rhonda tried just holding her for awhile, but nope, Hanna did not want to be left there. So, Rhonda ended up taking her home, and had some nice quiet time with her.
Then there was John. After ss, I went up to the stage to play with the orchestra again, and someone came and got me saying John was having a tough time. I went in there, and the couple who do the sunday school for them said he was aggressive all during the ss hour, he would push carts or something into other kids, etc... knocking them over. He had to be kept away from the others. Boy, I'm not sure what to do. He's obviously trying to express some feelings over the change with Hanna coming into the house, but how do we help him throught that? We give him lots of love and attention, we can't beat him silly, so I don't know what will work, other than to wait it out. But I wish there was something specific we could do, other than wait, cuz what if he just starts to resent her rather than accept her? Right now he doesn't seem antagonistic to her, specifically. A few times he's pushed her or otherwise gotten physical with her, but he doesn't seek her out. When he acts out or gets wild, he may push others simply because they are close by. And he's not like this all the time. Seems like if I'm around he's less likely to be that way. So, John needs some prayer.
Over the weekend, John was asking for something, I forget what, and it sounded like John said "Jeff, Jeff, I want... (whatever). Ha. That's the first I've heard that. He always calls me Daddy, but maybe he was trying to get my attention. Rhonda has been working on getting him to learn our names, in case he ever gets lost or something and is found by the police or whatever, and maybe he's heard Rhonda call me Jeff.
Hanna is learning to kiss! When she sees us kiss or something, she'll kinda smack her lips, like she's trying to do that too. I'll make kisses at her, and she'll try it, and then giggle and giggle. She likes to laugh!
Was helping John get dressed this morning, and Hanna came in, rummaged through one of John's drawers, grabbed a shirt and left the room. Ha. I went after her, and when she saw me coming she laughed and spun around and tried to get away.
And the Wild. Ugh. They lost 1-0 in double overtime. Not the most exciting of games. Yeah, the Ducks goalie was hot, and made a few great saves, but overall, the Wild didn't threaten the net too many times. They play again tonight.
Saturday I went out and raked the front yard. Eek, I'm still feeling it, slightly sore muscles and hands. But, the front looks better, and I got it down before the rains started Saturday night, which really helped. The grass seems to be perking up already. I should say, I raked in fits and starts. It is a bit hard to rake with two small children outside playing. They weren't keen on leaving me alone.
At one point Rhonda took John off to do an errand, and it was just Hanna and me. She wanted some attention a few times, but other times would play on her own. One time she was on her little toddler vehicle, pushing herself around the driveway, and I saw her edge toward the dropoff in the driveway. I told her to stop, but she's not quite responding to commands yet. So, over the edge she went, picking up speed to the street. By then I was running to head her off, and saved her life. Well, probably prevented some big scrapes and bruises cuz she probably would've tipped over. As she was heading down, she got this wide-eyed, alarmed, oh-no-what-is-happening look on her face, which might have been amusing if not for the situation. Well, I put the truck away after that.
We had rather a rough morning in the nursery yesterday. I went early to play in the first service, and when Rhonda came with the kids for sunday school, Hanna started crying even before they got to the church, like she knew where she was going, and she didn't want to be there. When they got into the church, she was still crying and would not settle down. Rhonda tried just holding her for awhile, but nope, Hanna did not want to be left there. So, Rhonda ended up taking her home, and had some nice quiet time with her.
Then there was John. After ss, I went up to the stage to play with the orchestra again, and someone came and got me saying John was having a tough time. I went in there, and the couple who do the sunday school for them said he was aggressive all during the ss hour, he would push carts or something into other kids, etc... knocking them over. He had to be kept away from the others. Boy, I'm not sure what to do. He's obviously trying to express some feelings over the change with Hanna coming into the house, but how do we help him throught that? We give him lots of love and attention, we can't beat him silly, so I don't know what will work, other than to wait it out. But I wish there was something specific we could do, other than wait, cuz what if he just starts to resent her rather than accept her? Right now he doesn't seem antagonistic to her, specifically. A few times he's pushed her or otherwise gotten physical with her, but he doesn't seek her out. When he acts out or gets wild, he may push others simply because they are close by. And he's not like this all the time. Seems like if I'm around he's less likely to be that way. So, John needs some prayer.
Over the weekend, John was asking for something, I forget what, and it sounded like John said "Jeff, Jeff, I want... (whatever). Ha. That's the first I've heard that. He always calls me Daddy, but maybe he was trying to get my attention. Rhonda has been working on getting him to learn our names, in case he ever gets lost or something and is found by the police or whatever, and maybe he's heard Rhonda call me Jeff.
Hanna is learning to kiss! When she sees us kiss or something, she'll kinda smack her lips, like she's trying to do that too. I'll make kisses at her, and she'll try it, and then giggle and giggle. She likes to laugh!
Was helping John get dressed this morning, and Hanna came in, rummaged through one of John's drawers, grabbed a shirt and left the room. Ha. I went after her, and when she saw me coming she laughed and spun around and tried to get away.
And the Wild. Ugh. They lost 1-0 in double overtime. Not the most exciting of games. Yeah, the Ducks goalie was hot, and made a few great saves, but overall, the Wild didn't threaten the net too many times. They play again tonight.
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