Monday, November 12, 2007
Bear Feet
Just a short story today: I told AJ the other day he couldn't come in the garage with me because he had bare feet and I thought it was dangerous. I turned around to make sure he was listening and waiting in the house. Well, he was looking at me very strangely and then looking at his feet. So I said again, "You need to wait inside so you don't step on anything and hurt your feet." He looked at me and said, "Mom I don't have bear feet." Well I thought he was just arguing so I kind off ignorned it since he was sitting on the step waiting for me and still staring at his feet. Well once I found what I was looking for and headed back in and he said once again that he didn't have bear feet it finally dawned on me that he probably didn't know or understand the word bare.... the only bare he knew was bear. So I explained to him what bare meant and I think he got it, but he was still kind of giving me that look like I'm not a bear mom! I makes me laugh everytime I think about it.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Halloween Pics and Activities
Nothing really new going on at our house, just the kids finding more things to do! The neighbors got the kids a slide, so that has been a blast, especially when I had the great idea to bring it inside so we wouldn't have to be out in the cold.... I think it took AJ about 2 seconds to gather everything in the house and send it down the slide.
He goes through phases were he loves to watch certain movies.... lately it is Monsters, Inc. He decided this morning he need a door like Boo's so he got some chalk (thankfully chalk!) and drew all over his door. I told him we didn't do that and he needed to put the chalk back in the garage. He then proceeded to take the chalk to the garage, but drawing on the walls as he went. Why did I think it was a good idea to tell him to put the chalk away??? Anyways if you ever want to know, chalk cleans up quite nicely off the walls.
TK actually used the toilet the other day.... complete coincidence. (Lest you think I'm potty training my 13 month old.... I have friends that EC, but it's not for me!) She is infatuated with the little toilet, so I've been letting her set on it before her bath, while I'm getting stuff ready. Well to my surprise she actually went! And for my other child ~ AJ has been wearing underroos to bed for about 3 or 4 weeks now I think and last night was the first night we had to get up in the middle of the night and change the sheets and him. That was fun! He didn't want to take his wet clothes off, poor kid just wanted to get back in bed. Mark was trying to explain why we don't sleep in the potty clothes. But it is useless to argue with AJ.... he has this thinking that if he says something then that's the way it is. So if he says, no my clothes are dry. Then in his mind they don't have potty on them and you have lost your argument. So that's always fun at 4 in the morning!!
Here are some pics from our busy Halloween. Lucy spent the day with us and we all went to a playdate in the morning and then a birthday party in the afternoon. The kids had a blast and we were well occupied!
Here we are trying to get out the door.....
Here is a shot of the playdate.... as you can see no one was really interested in having their pic taken!
I might put some other pics up in a couple of days when I get them from some other girls.... I'm hoping to get a cute one of 3 chickens at the birthday party.
He goes through phases were he loves to watch certain movies.... lately it is Monsters, Inc. He decided this morning he need a door like Boo's so he got some chalk (thankfully chalk!) and drew all over his door. I told him we didn't do that and he needed to put the chalk back in the garage. He then proceeded to take the chalk to the garage, but drawing on the walls as he went. Why did I think it was a good idea to tell him to put the chalk away??? Anyways if you ever want to know, chalk cleans up quite nicely off the walls.
TK actually used the toilet the other day.... complete coincidence. (Lest you think I'm potty training my 13 month old.... I have friends that EC, but it's not for me!) She is infatuated with the little toilet, so I've been letting her set on it before her bath, while I'm getting stuff ready. Well to my surprise she actually went! And for my other child ~ AJ has been wearing underroos to bed for about 3 or 4 weeks now I think and last night was the first night we had to get up in the middle of the night and change the sheets and him. That was fun! He didn't want to take his wet clothes off, poor kid just wanted to get back in bed. Mark was trying to explain why we don't sleep in the potty clothes. But it is useless to argue with AJ.... he has this thinking that if he says something then that's the way it is. So if he says, no my clothes are dry. Then in his mind they don't have potty on them and you have lost your argument. So that's always fun at 4 in the morning!!
Here are some pics from our busy Halloween. Lucy spent the day with us and we all went to a playdate in the morning and then a birthday party in the afternoon. The kids had a blast and we were well occupied!
Here we are trying to get out the door.....
Here is a shot of the playdate.... as you can see no one was really interested in having their pic taken!
The two boys in their dragon suits ~ they spent a lot of time "flying" on the swings.
TK loves swinging!
I might put some other pics up in a couple of days when I get them from some other girls.... I'm hoping to get a cute one of 3 chickens at the birthday party.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Pachelbel Bedtime
I saw this on my friend's blog a while back, so I stole it from her, but this video is awesome and so true. Definitely a good laugh!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Some pics of TK's party
The party was at a local park
The playground was very entertaining!
We painted pumpkins.
there go "my plans"
I am by nature an obsessive compulsive person; before I had kids more than once I have been accused of being a perfectionist. That being said I like to have plans and goals and always know the direction that I am headed ~ leave nothing to the imagination! But I have kids AND I don't work. So God has taught me much this past year... for instance leave everything to Him and pretty much plan nothing. Everytime I think I have a great plan that will be just perfect for us, I'm brought to the realization life is no longer about ME. So currently I'm setting in a house that desperately needs the toys picked up, the floors cleaned and the dishes done, but TK and I have been so sick for the past week so nothing is done! Right before she got sick we had actually gone 2 days with no breastfeeding and I was so excited. (I have lots of friends who breastfeed well beyond the first year, but for me that's all I can handle.) But TK is not a fan of milk (she'll tolerate it with chocolate), she'll drink juice if it's a 1/2 ounce in about 5 ounces of water and she hates the pedilyte so I was afraid she would get dehydrated and we started breastfeeding AGAIN! I'm thankful it had only been two days of not doing it and I think she will be ok ~ we might see the dr tomorrow, since tomorrow will be day 4 of this for her! On the funny side, one of the first times that she had one of these diapers she was sitting by AJ, he looked at me and said, "eeww, mom it stinks in this house, would you please clean this house." I just started laughing and explained we could just open the windows and it was because TK was sick. So today when she was sitting by him again and it happened he immediately jumped up and said, "We gotta to get get this stinky air out" and then went to open the playroom window and the patio door out in the living room.
AJ has decided that he will no longer wear diapers at anytime- that includes night time. I was soooo close to being able to sleep through the night. TK normally just wakes up twice and a couple of times only once, so I was getting close. But I have to say AJ knows what he is talking about. Out of the last 3 nights that he has does this he only had 1 accident and that was at 6:30 in the morning, so I think that is awesome. I totally wasn't ready for him to do that... I thought it was more around 4 or so that kids potty trained all night, but I got him out of the tub the other night and he informed me that those were TK's diapers not his and he was wearing underroos. I tried to argue with him, but he got upset and I figured it wasn't worth it ~ thinking 1/2 hour later he would have an accident, but he proved me wrong (: (smart little booger!) So now we keep a plethora of sheets and blankets and pjs, etc. out in the hall to replace the wet ones if need be. I can't believe this kid is just over 2 1/2 and potty trained ~ I just figured it would be more likely I would potty train the kids together rather than him so early. I have a feeling though TK might make up for it though (:
It seems to me that whenever AJ goes through a process in his life he stutters. So for example right now switching from diapers to underroos at night, or back a few months ago when he did it in the day, or sometimes if it a big event we are getting excited for. Lately when he talk to me he will start off with, honey mommy ~ which comes out hun hun hun honey mom mom mom mommy, so by time he actually gets to what he is saying I'm just laughing inside because he is so serious about it and i don't think he really realizes exactly what he is doing. He wasn't really stuttering last weekend when we had TK's party, but he was saying honey to everybody. We really need to get it on video and put it on here ~ hilarious!
AJ has decided that he will no longer wear diapers at anytime- that includes night time. I was soooo close to being able to sleep through the night. TK normally just wakes up twice and a couple of times only once, so I was getting close. But I have to say AJ knows what he is talking about. Out of the last 3 nights that he has does this he only had 1 accident and that was at 6:30 in the morning, so I think that is awesome. I totally wasn't ready for him to do that... I thought it was more around 4 or so that kids potty trained all night, but I got him out of the tub the other night and he informed me that those were TK's diapers not his and he was wearing underroos. I tried to argue with him, but he got upset and I figured it wasn't worth it ~ thinking 1/2 hour later he would have an accident, but he proved me wrong (: (smart little booger!) So now we keep a plethora of sheets and blankets and pjs, etc. out in the hall to replace the wet ones if need be. I can't believe this kid is just over 2 1/2 and potty trained ~ I just figured it would be more likely I would potty train the kids together rather than him so early. I have a feeling though TK might make up for it though (:
It seems to me that whenever AJ goes through a process in his life he stutters. So for example right now switching from diapers to underroos at night, or back a few months ago when he did it in the day, or sometimes if it a big event we are getting excited for. Lately when he talk to me he will start off with, honey mommy ~ which comes out hun hun hun honey mom mom mom mommy, so by time he actually gets to what he is saying I'm just laughing inside because he is so serious about it and i don't think he really realizes exactly what he is doing. He wasn't really stuttering last weekend when we had TK's party, but he was saying honey to everybody. We really need to get it on video and put it on here ~ hilarious!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Catch Up! and Happy Birthday to my Baby Girl
It seems like forever since I've written anything.... I'm not even sure what the last thing I wrote was (guess I could have looked). Anyways here's a little update on everyone~ AJ is totally potty trained, as far as I'm concerned. Not at night, we'll work on that in a few months, or in a year, just not now! We checked out a book from the library called Zoo Poo and he loved it. After reading it for a week he wanted to be like the rhino and doo doo while charging on by. (You would have to see the picture to fully understand.) Well it worked, even last night while I put TK to bed he went and took his diaper off and #2 in the toliet. I was so proud of him, because normally he'll wait until after bath and the diaper is on and then he'll go take care of business. So we have definitely come a long ways! AJ is also doing this new thing ~ not sure where he learned it from ~ but when he wants something he'll fold his hands and say "PLEASE, it is my best!" For instance if he wants candy ~ Please candy is my best. And his face gets all scrunched up and he gets really intense. It just totally catches me of guard.
TK has not been eating during the night for the past week!!! YEAH!!! You can tell how excited I am about this since I mention this before I even mention her birthday! Yes my baby girl is one today, I can't believe it just went so fast, somehow even faster than AJ's first year. Maybe because I know it is my last and my kids will never be that little again.... makes me a little sad, but then I just think surely soon, maybe this year I will get to sleep for at least 4 or even 6 hours in a row ~ oh the luxury!!
We did 2 activities this last Saturday ~ quit a feat for me! I just haven't been doing hardly anything for fear of the "accident". Now that I feel we are all a little more comfortable with the situation I think we are ready for more. First we went to the Farmer's market, this used to be a regular event for me, but I'm not sure I had been since TK was born. We found an excellent deal on pumpkins for TK's party, which was great, except I drove to a friend's house and then we walked there. Let me tell you pushing 20 pumpkins in a stroll with 2 kids that weigh about 60lbs together is not a good idea!! And my friend had almost have the pumpkins! I seriously thought some hamstrings or something were going to start exploding! But they are great pumpkins and AJ thought the market was great so it was well worth it! Our second activity was a trip to the local cheese farm. We hadn't previously been there so I wasn't sure what to tell AJ to get him ready. Well once he got over the flies he thought it was the best!! I put some pics on with him feeding the cows. He gave ALL the cows some corn ~ this farm is not big at all, but we spent probably over 2 hours there. We even went for a ride on the hay trailer behind the tractor. Now AJ will tell you he loved it, but don't be fooled, there was MUCH protest and even crying before he got on. His new thing is to say, "NO I don't have to, it's my choice." ~ That's a whole different story, so here's the pics:
TK has not been eating during the night for the past week!!! YEAH!!! You can tell how excited I am about this since I mention this before I even mention her birthday! Yes my baby girl is one today, I can't believe it just went so fast, somehow even faster than AJ's first year. Maybe because I know it is my last and my kids will never be that little again.... makes me a little sad, but then I just think surely soon, maybe this year I will get to sleep for at least 4 or even 6 hours in a row ~ oh the luxury!!
We did 2 activities this last Saturday ~ quit a feat for me! I just haven't been doing hardly anything for fear of the "accident". Now that I feel we are all a little more comfortable with the situation I think we are ready for more. First we went to the Farmer's market, this used to be a regular event for me, but I'm not sure I had been since TK was born. We found an excellent deal on pumpkins for TK's party, which was great, except I drove to a friend's house and then we walked there. Let me tell you pushing 20 pumpkins in a stroll with 2 kids that weigh about 60lbs together is not a good idea!! And my friend had almost have the pumpkins! I seriously thought some hamstrings or something were going to start exploding! But they are great pumpkins and AJ thought the market was great so it was well worth it! Our second activity was a trip to the local cheese farm. We hadn't previously been there so I wasn't sure what to tell AJ to get him ready. Well once he got over the flies he thought it was the best!! I put some pics on with him feeding the cows. He gave ALL the cows some corn ~ this farm is not big at all, but we spent probably over 2 hours there. We even went for a ride on the hay trailer behind the tractor. Now AJ will tell you he loved it, but don't be fooled, there was MUCH protest and even crying before he got on. His new thing is to say, "NO I don't have to, it's my choice." ~ That's a whole different story, so here's the pics:
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