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We were doing so well....  So, now the boys have decided to test us with their big boy beds.  Part of the problem was last week they started waking up TOO EARLY probably thanks to it getting light earlier.  Hopefully that will be less of a challenge now after the time change - this morning I went in and woke them up a little after 8am, that is much more to my liking!  :)  Anyways, Logan was the one that struggled during that morning time when they were awake and I still wanted them to stay in their beds for a bit.  His bed is kinda by a couple windows (I've wanted to rearrange the room since we got the beds, but, well, you know, it just hasn't happened...), and he ripped one of the shades.  They're cheap roller shades I haven't been real happy with anyways, but still.  Another morning he got out of his bed and went to Caleb's.  I think I would be fine with this except that I don't know if he understands to not do that until Caleb is awake and to not wake him up...hmmm...

Caleb has been having a rough time of it at naptime.  There were several days last week that he didn't nap at all.  It would be one thing if he were ready to give up his nap, but I don't think he is.  No nap = CRANKY for the evening.  Since I can't force the kid to actually fall asleep, I'm working on him just playing quietly in his bed.  He's not real good at that...  He did get out of his bed a couple times last week, and one of those times he got up on the dresser/changing table where I have their papers with stickers posted on the mirror, and was ripping stickers off and there was quite a mess.

BUT, they have been doing well when we put them to bed at night.  Gotta look on the bright side.  :)

Saturday morning we went to the Coopersville Farm Museum with my brother, Eric, and his kids, Boden and Heidi.  It was fun!  First, the boys were excited to be hanging out with Boden and Heidi.  Eric met us at our house, then we caravaned to the museum.  So, almost the whole way there we heard, "Where Boden go?" and "Where Heidi go?"  We kept telling them they were riding with Uncle Eric, but apparently they have some short term memory loss.  :)

At the museum we got to see a bunch of tractors, sit on one, and then the especially fun parts were the model train display, and the kids' play area.  In the play area there was a table filled with shelled corn (yes, you will have to wash clothes after a trip here) and they had toys to play with in it - the kids especially had fun with this.  Caleb was super focused on what he was doing, I didn't check the time when we started playing in that area, but I know it was at least 30 minutes, if not more like 45.

 Logan didn't want to go by the big cow at the beginning, but he warmed up to her at the end.

 Boden

 Caleb

 Logan

 Heidi

 Logan

 Caleb

 Boden

 Heidi

 The boys checking out the train.

 Playing in the corn.

 Mike and Eric got some playtime, too.  (Shelling corn.)

This is Caleb's face of concentration.  Love it.