The Barricklows: An Update!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

An Update!

So I know it seems weird to say that the sunny south has the blahs of winter, but it does! Even the breezy 60s, and sporadic barren trees leave one wishing for spring. :) However, we are now wishing for summer since the pine pollen (pretty sure this was where don't eat yellow snow came from) has been in full effect for a few weeks now.

Nothing too exciting has been going on, just going thru life. So I thought I would share what a typical week looks like for us. Sunday morning we go to our awesome church that we LOVE, Savannah Christian Church and during the first service Josh serves as a small group leader in the Trikes (3-yr-olds), and I help at the kids welcome desk since we have a fairly large kids program. Then we go to 2nd service and head home for relaxing (and laundry hahaha).
Monday and Tuesday are usually running errands and hanging around the house.
Wednesday morning the kids and I go to Bible Study Fellowship. It is amazing, and a national organization! See if there's one near you, it's pretty fabulous! The kids LOVE their classes they go to there also. They always ask me if it's Wednesday yet. :)
Thursday morning the kids and I go to PWOC which is (Protestant Women of the Chapel) a women's Bible study on base. It is all morning and super fun. Usually we end up eating lunch with some other moms and kids.
Friday...home usually recovering from two days in a row out and busy.
And Saturday..the kids' 2nd favorite day because Daddy's home :) And we do lots of laundry. Haha.

Pretty low key. Just busy enough! Josh of course works all week, and his days are long and never the same. Always good for a couple stories at the end of the day. And if you had clearance, I could share them with you. Hahaha. Just kidding. But, as the Army says, OPSEC is every one's responsibility. (Operational Security). But he does like his job.

Also, here's a current snapshot of what the kids are up to now:

Happiest Kid EVER. Been saying this his whole life. He smiles constantly. You can usually find him carrying around several matchbox cars, and trying on any shoes he can find. Or putting matchbox cars into shoes and carrying them around. He is so BOY, he tries to be gentle but he's not. He has mostly girl toys at his disposal and he uses them as cars, or to make a track for his cars. You can often find him wearing sparkly shoes, and carrying cars around in some kind of doll purse. Hahaha. Use what you have right? He loves to jump. The only time he can get his feet off the ground though is when he jumping in the crib. Otherwise he's just fast-stepping which is very similar to when he tells you he's running. haha. And Jack can talk very well. Well beyond his age. It's hard to believe he's going to be 2 in just 3 months!

Noah is still a great and easy baby. He really likes sitting up and is not toooo far away from being able to do that on his own. He'll be 5 months old next week (are you serious?!?!)! He hates being on his tummy and doesn't roll over. Mostly because he would rather be sitting up somehow. (Perhaps he knows the safest place in the house for him is OFF the floor-hahaha). He is still really snuggly and his favorite thing is still to be warm. Example: Noah is crying and you pick him up....upset babies are usually really stiff and have all their limbs out straight...well, wrap a blanket around his back and he will completely relax and melt right into you. It's so cute. :) No wonder I was overheating every minute of being pregnant with him-hahaha.

In this picture, Renae had just gotten caught painting her toenails. Surprisingly she did a fairly good and mess free job. All I had to do was take off white paint from her toes and get her pink polish down from where she couldn't reach it. And then I did her toes. :) She is always 'taking care' of something. Goofy is usually her 'baby'. Hahaha. And she loves to sing and color and do puzzles.

It's kind of funny---Renae eats just like her Daddy and Jack eats just like me. If the kids had say some chicken, a cheese stick, green beans, and strawberries for lunch, Renae will immediately eat the chicken, then the cheese, then the rest. And you might have to tell her to eat the beans. Jack will eat the beans, ask for more, then the strawberries, then maybe eat a bit of the rest. He LOVES his fruits and veggies. Renae and Daddy eat them cause Mommy says to. :) Hahaha.

Well, hope you enjoyed the update...I should post again soon. We have an important event this weekend!