Jeff is amazing! I'm blow away with all he got done this weekend! Friday night he had this spurt of energy and just decided to organize the downstairs with the kids (and then after they were in bed he did some more). They helped him break down boxes and Lily stacked them in a pile. He opened the space up and overall it looks great. I was extremely overwhelmed with the idea of doing anything down there, but he just got it done. It was so cute because the kids were telling him they were cleaning up for mommy so she can say, "I have the best kids!"
That night we made a list of things we wanted to get done on Saturday and even though he had a lot to do, he prioritized my "honey-do" list. He dropped the car off to get serviced and then rode his bike back, then he took a class online for Duke to see what it would be like. His major project for the day was figuring out how to fix our washing machine. I was just going to call a repairman because it had stopped doing the spin cycle so the clothes were really wet, but he wanted to look at it. So he looked online and went shopping with the kids and came back and did it! He worked so hard and I was just shocked that it got fixed because he didn't know anything about washing machines beforehand. Needless to say he saved the day and now we can do laundry again, hooray! He also replaced every light in our house (even several that he had to climb on furniture to get) and took the kids for ice cream.
On Sunday we were both teaching, but Ryan was sick so I stayed home with him until 3rd hour. He took Ryan with him to Elders Quorum (it turned out there was a mix up of who was teaching so he ended up not), and Jan Chadwick took Max during Relief Society. It was so nice and Jan was so thoughtful! Jeff said Ryan did some airplane magnets for a bit then just looked through his toy magazine/book of toys he wants to buy and was busy the entire time with that.
I stayed for a Young Women's meeting and Jeff brought the kids back, got them lunch and into bed by the time I got home. Both Ryan and Max had a lot of energy and weren't ready to sleep. I finally brought Max into our room in the crib there, but he got really distracted by the blinds.
I put Ryan in his crib since he wasn't going down and for awhile he just jumped on the mattress until I got his toy magazine for him to read. But with all the commotion Jeff couldn't sleep so he got up, played games with Lily, folded laundry, and organized some kitchen cupboards (while I took a nap). He took a little break once the boys woke up while I made some pizza with Lily and Ryan, then came back up, ate, then played downstairs with them for a long time. The kids favorite game was "hot/cold" with hiding a ball. Max liked to hold on to the train and walk while Lily sat on it and went around the room. He did a great job walking and is much improved since we tried in the past. Max was so busy and kind of kept himself entertained going from one toy to another. When Jeff came down the stairs all three of the kids were sitting in the tent with toys and just playing. Max likes when you peek in the window or open up the front flap and say "peek-a-boo."
I don't even know how to take in all the service he did for me and the kids this weekend, but I was extremely grateful and feel like the start of this new week will be much easier with having the house more in order. Our anniversary is tomorrow and this is the best present I could have ever hoped for! Jeff also helped me out tremendously by finding a mayonnaise recipe I can actually make. For some reason I haven't been able to make mayo when I have made it fine for a couple years, but he found the easiest recipe and it changed my life.
And here are some cute pictures of Max, what a cute smile!
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