The air has finally cleared!

After six loads of laundry and having the windows open all day and cleaning Alex's carpet in his bedroom my house smells normal again! Phew that was a lot of work! And as my reward Aaron has gone to the hockey game with Phil and left me home with the boys. Some days life's just not fair is it?
On the upside though, Joey has just about mastered the No More Monkey's Jumping on the Bed song, with actions even! And his teacher has noticed great improvement with his scissor skills, until last month when Aaron went to the Parent/Teacher interview we had never encouraged Joey to cut with scissors, in this household that's a weapon! But,we've loosened up a bit and went from paper scissors with no blade to beginner's with a blade for lefties, and by golly he's got it! The whole 'thumbs up' concept was pretty hard for him to grasp but I think we're finally there.
Alex has been working hard at figuring out which colours are which and he's got about 50% accuracy right now which isn't bad. And it's painstakingly obvious that his favourite colour is purple..Aaron said it may as well be pink...I'm sure it will change eventually.
I'm not sure if Freecycle-ing is a well-known thing yet but it sure is addictive! Sort of like Ebay but it's free stuff. I post all of our unwanted stuff on their website and then people will email me if they're interested and then they come pick it up. The latest I'm waiting on is a Peg Perego Sherpa stroller with the footboard on the back. That would make zoo days so much easier because after a couple hours of trotting around Joey usually is ready for a break so he'll sit on my shoulders or switch Alex for the stroller. We looked at the sit n stand strollers but a used one is $ 100 and pretty much the same size as my double stroller so there's no big benefit there. So, I emailed this morning and I've been waiting and waiting and waiting and still haven't heard. I think it's worse than Ebay because you get your hopes up about all of this great stuff you could potentially get for free...anyways I should go and check, it's been at least five minutes...ha ha...