The Hannig Home

Meredith with a gun in one hand and a doll in the other!  Babysitters for the night...Dave and Ann.  A little popcorn and watching "Swiss Family Robinson" with grandpa and grandma makes for some happy kiddos.   Luke is going to be quite a handyman.  Here he is putting together his new desk.  I was working on it alone when he came up and said, "Do you need some help with that, mom?"  So sweet.   Ben and Luke are in a big-time Ninja phase!  It started with Luke's love for Legos.  Lego has a line of Legos called Ninjago.  There are 5 or 6 ninja warriors that live in Ninjago.  Luke and Ben spend hours playing Ninja, building Ninja Legos, and begging to watch Ninjago cartoons.   Mer-bear went with daddy on a delivery to auntie Eryn's store a while back.  She loves that place and always finds lots of pretty bracelets to try on!  Mer is pretty good at relaxing in front of the fire. She laid this way for a half hour watching a show with the bo

Ben, Meredith, and I went to Praise and Play preschool (where Luke went to preschool) for the morning a few days ago.  We got there at 8:30am and stayed until 11am.  I would say around 10am Ben started to come out of his shell (sounds a bit like big brother, Lukey).  I stayed with Ben the entire time. When we picked up Luke from school he asked Ben, "Ben, did you like preschool?"  Ben said yes.  Then Luke asked, "Do you want to go back again, Ben?" Ben said yes.  Luke asked, "Do you want to stay there without Mom next time?"  Ben said no.  ;)  Then Luke continued to encourage him and told him about all the fun things he did at Praise and Play when he was in preschool there.  It was sweet to hear Luke asking Ben all these questions and then encouraging him.  For now, we will just prepare Ben for starting preschool in the Fall and enjoy our time with him at home all day, every day.  Mom is just fine with that! Meredith, on the other hand, IS ready for pres

I haven't had time to write much lately.  Life here is routine - which is welcomed. Pretty white snow is falling right now and there is silence as my little ones nap. It makes me grateful for so many reasons and for so many things. I often feel like I've grown to be an impatient mom - or maybe a mom, who in my kids' head, is a "you never know what mood you're going to get from mom" kind of mom.  It bothers me.  When it was just Luke, I felt such patience as I maneuvered through the newness of mothering.  I loved each disaster or unknown because it was a precious gift that came along with motherhood.  I took it all in stride.  Then came Ben, and I still felt a peacefulness within me, even despite Ben's non-stop crying for the first 6 months of his life.  We had moved to Spicer, we were close to family, I was at home with my 2 boys - what was there to be impatient about?  But Meredith came next, and although she herself is so easy, the scales tipped and no