I do not know if it because of my work schedule or I am just slacking, but I am not up on the housework like I should be. Well warm weather is here and so are the ants. They are coming in through the patio door in the corner.... I think the smell all the food the kids drop. Another conversation:
Mom: "I do not like these ants in my house we need to figure out how to get them out."
AJ: "Why mom, they are black ants, black ants are nice they won't pinch you like the red ones."
Mom: "I don't care, do you want ants crawling on you when you are sleeping or playing, 'cause I don't. Plus I didn't just spend all that money on groceries for ants to eat."
AJ: "Well then maybe you should have just bought some groceries for the ants and then they won't need to come and look for our food. What are we going to give the ants."
Mom: "Nothing... I don't want to give them anything."
AJ: "That's not sharing."
Mom: "Fine, give them this piece of pancake, but throw it way out in the backyard."
Mark (a couple of hours later): "What in the world is laying next to the house?"
Monday, May 4, 2009
teaching privacy
We have been a little busy, but just a couple of quick tales:
Both kids are excited the weather is getting nicer and very excited about being outside. I let the kids go down the sidewalk in the cul-de-sac as long as I am sitting on the porch. Most of the time AJ will ride his bike and TK just sits by me.... lately though TK wants AJ to push in the stroller. AJ is a great brother and is always willing to give her a ride and is very patient with her (and her sometimes excessive whinning!) Well the got down the sidewalk about 4 houses and I look up and AJ is standing on the sidewalk with his pants down just peeing all over the neighbors grass. I try yelling at him, but had no voice and my knee is sprained so gimping down there was a sight I am sure. Here's the conversation:
Mom: "AJ - when we go to the bathroom that is private, we don't do that on the neighbor's grass or our grass."
AJ (looking at the dogs) "Why not mom... Louie and Ellie pee all the time in everybody's grass."
Mom: "You are not a dog... people go in toilets in the house.... do Not take your pants off when you are outside."
AJ: "Fine"
Mark's response at a later time: "That's my boy!"
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We have had a couple of new neighbors move in a couple of different houses. I would guess that 90% of the neighbors in this little street have 2 or more kids and at least 1 dog. Lots of fun!! I think my kids are really excited to be somewhere with kids their age. They are always starring out the window asking if they can go say "hi". (of course once we get out there neither of them say a word and then it looks like their crazy mom forced them out the door to say "hi".)
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In this house, there is no "play room" so most all the kids' toys are in the basement, along with Christmas decorations and misc. boxes. We do not go down there much, except for the weekends. Well this last Friday I took the kids down there to play so I could finish getting ready and then we were going to be out the door for a great day! AJ jumped off the last step and "SPLASH" followed by "Mom!!!! why is the floor all wet?" The kids thought it was fun to push the water towards the corner to make it go away and they were great sports about throwing some of their stuff away. I was not quite sure how they would handle that. This is my hunch as to what happened..... The previous Sunday Mark started building a closet around the subpump and water pipes so that the kids would not mess them. (This was a decision we made after a couple of cold showers - kids turned off the hot water heater and a couple of very cold days - kids turned the furnance off..... who installs a switch for the furnance at the same level as a 2 year old!!!) I do believe Mark's hammer bumped the plug for the subpump which did not completely knock it out of the outlet, but it was not plugged in!! Then add a week of pretty solid rain and there you go at least an inch or two covering the entire basement. That was loads of fun to climb those stairs a million times with my almost healed knee.... needless to say it was not feeling so well the next day. We are still drying it out.
Both kids are excited the weather is getting nicer and very excited about being outside. I let the kids go down the sidewalk in the cul-de-sac as long as I am sitting on the porch. Most of the time AJ will ride his bike and TK just sits by me.... lately though TK wants AJ to push in the stroller. AJ is a great brother and is always willing to give her a ride and is very patient with her (and her sometimes excessive whinning!) Well the got down the sidewalk about 4 houses and I look up and AJ is standing on the sidewalk with his pants down just peeing all over the neighbors grass. I try yelling at him, but had no voice and my knee is sprained so gimping down there was a sight I am sure. Here's the conversation:
Mom: "AJ - when we go to the bathroom that is private, we don't do that on the neighbor's grass or our grass."
AJ (looking at the dogs) "Why not mom... Louie and Ellie pee all the time in everybody's grass."
Mom: "You are not a dog... people go in toilets in the house.... do Not take your pants off when you are outside."
AJ: "Fine"
Mark's response at a later time: "That's my boy!"
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We have had a couple of new neighbors move in a couple of different houses. I would guess that 90% of the neighbors in this little street have 2 or more kids and at least 1 dog. Lots of fun!! I think my kids are really excited to be somewhere with kids their age. They are always starring out the window asking if they can go say "hi". (of course once we get out there neither of them say a word and then it looks like their crazy mom forced them out the door to say "hi".)
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In this house, there is no "play room" so most all the kids' toys are in the basement, along with Christmas decorations and misc. boxes. We do not go down there much, except for the weekends. Well this last Friday I took the kids down there to play so I could finish getting ready and then we were going to be out the door for a great day! AJ jumped off the last step and "SPLASH" followed by "Mom!!!! why is the floor all wet?" The kids thought it was fun to push the water towards the corner to make it go away and they were great sports about throwing some of their stuff away. I was not quite sure how they would handle that. This is my hunch as to what happened..... The previous Sunday Mark started building a closet around the subpump and water pipes so that the kids would not mess them. (This was a decision we made after a couple of cold showers - kids turned off the hot water heater and a couple of very cold days - kids turned the furnance off..... who installs a switch for the furnance at the same level as a 2 year old!!!) I do believe Mark's hammer bumped the plug for the subpump which did not completely knock it out of the outlet, but it was not plugged in!! Then add a week of pretty solid rain and there you go at least an inch or two covering the entire basement. That was loads of fun to climb those stairs a million times with my almost healed knee.... needless to say it was not feeling so well the next day. We are still drying it out.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
sk8r boy
AJ has been asking for a skateboard..... Averil's song popped into my head round about the 20th time he asked for this... hence the title although I believe it is boi in her title???? I'm so outdated! We started giving him a $1 for doing a good job of getting ready for bed and having a happy day. I didn't think a ton about it, but he loves it! We have only been doing it for 3 weeks, but ever since he was about a year he would collect coins.... Money was one of his first words. So for the past 4 years everytime Mark empties change out of his pocket or he hears change in my purse he takes it and puts it in his bank. Last night he asked me how much money he had because he wanted to buy that skateboard. Nothing before this, expect a rocket that he only asked for about 4 days, was been worthy of spending his money. That kid had well over $20 in that little bank. Who knew! I was suprised and he was estatic and wanted to go to the store right then and get it, but thankfully it worked out that we could wait for today (: I asked him if I could take a picture and this is what he did....
(I just wonder what he is thinking.....)
I realize his bedding doesn't match his curtains, but we are trying to figure out what to do.... he still wants to paint his walls black and his closet tan....
Get Dressed!
Being the AMAZING! parent that I am (j/k) I often try to con the kids into doing as much stuff for themselves as possible. We were getting ready to leave the house and I asked the kids if they could choose their clothes and start getting dressed while I finished getting ready. They were not to excited about leaving their fort..... this is often the case that what I want is not what they have in mind!
I was excited to come downstairs and see TK dressed, but then I realized AJ found his bookbag and pulled out his spare pair of clothes for school and put them on her.... but they were so excited about "tricking" me! It was priceless.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Easter 09
With 9 grandkids on Mark's side easter was so much fun this year!! I don't think we really knew what we were in for..... we started the day with church and then went to Mark's parents for dinner and an egg hunt.
I have not planned ahead and the kids actually wore the same outfits as last year.... lucky for me they fit, since I thought about it alittle late!!
I have not planned ahead and the kids actually wore the same outfits as last year.... lucky for me they fit, since I thought about it alittle late!!
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xplaining the rules of the egg hunt and opening the easter baskets:
xplaining the rules of the egg hunt and opening the easter baskets:
On to the hunt!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Catch up...
This blog has definitely fallen to the wayside.... I cannot believe it has been so long!! I have thought about it on a couple of occasions, but just have not posted. BUT! I did find my camera the other day, so I should have some new shots of the kids within the next day or two. They are so big and so funny..... so many comments they make I wish I could record! It has taken for ever to get over the sickness I had and I am very thankful to be doing much better! I have been in a funk lately being so sick and not being able to finish moving in and get things arranged.... feeling like I have left the kids to themselves. TK's room is almost finished.... AJ.... he wants his walls black. I'm not sure about painting all the walls black so we are still debating that (:
Thursday, February 26, 2009
My turn
Quite awhile ago I wrote about Mark I guess this week it was my turn. Over Valentine's weekend I got a fever and it took about 24 hrs. to break and then I developed large lumps sticking out of my throat. I thought about going to the doc. (I haven't found one since we've moved, and after my essure procedure, there is a general lack of confidence in doctor's knowledge.) So a couple of days later the doc I decided on gave my a call back, by then I was feeling better and decided to skip the visit. Well the next weekend the lumps were coming back and my ear felt like it was on the verge of exploding. So I called the doc back and the said they could meet with me March 10 for a meet and greet and after that I could get an appointment.
Several co-workers mentioned an urgent care around the corner that they used so I decided to check it, since by now I was having problems swallowing. I thought for sure I had an ear infection and would get some antibiotics and be on my merry way. Well the doc there said, "Oh I can't help you.... this is too far you need to get to the ER and get some shots and an IV." All I heard was hospital and shots and started crying. Pain I can handle, but IVs and shots, OH NO!! The poor doc looked at me and said, "don't you have kids?" I said well yes, but I didn't have epidurals and I didn't have an IV with my last, only with the first and only because I hyperventilated. I think she felt bad for me, but thankful she also worked at the hospital that we use with our insurance, so she called ahead and saved me a room. This was great, because it seems when I have to wait and sit and think the needles I just start freaking out more!
So I called Mark and the way to hospital and told him we had a slight change in plans and he would have to pick up the kids.... this made me feel horrible, because I told the kids I would take them to Dora at the local restaurant and Mark was going to paint at the new house, but plans are made for changing right! By time Mark got to the hospital they decided I would have to stay overnight, because my throat was abscessed (sp?) and they need to wait and see if the steriods and IV antibotics would take care of it or it would need to drained. Gees! The only other times I have been to the hospital I left with a happy little bundle, so this was comletely out of my comfort zone!
Thankfully the steriods and antibotics worked and it did not need to be drained, so as long as I keep feeling better I am in the clear! I think they called it some kind of abscessed cellulitis..... maybe I have to much fat in my throat----hahaha. Anyways, so I sit at home for another day... slightly bored and sort of wishing I was at work. I guess I took my health for granted and I do miss it... a great deal!!!
Several co-workers mentioned an urgent care around the corner that they used so I decided to check it, since by now I was having problems swallowing. I thought for sure I had an ear infection and would get some antibiotics and be on my merry way. Well the doc there said, "Oh I can't help you.... this is too far you need to get to the ER and get some shots and an IV." All I heard was hospital and shots and started crying. Pain I can handle, but IVs and shots, OH NO!! The poor doc looked at me and said, "don't you have kids?" I said well yes, but I didn't have epidurals and I didn't have an IV with my last, only with the first and only because I hyperventilated. I think she felt bad for me, but thankful she also worked at the hospital that we use with our insurance, so she called ahead and saved me a room. This was great, because it seems when I have to wait and sit and think the needles I just start freaking out more!
So I called Mark and the way to hospital and told him we had a slight change in plans and he would have to pick up the kids.... this made me feel horrible, because I told the kids I would take them to Dora at the local restaurant and Mark was going to paint at the new house, but plans are made for changing right! By time Mark got to the hospital they decided I would have to stay overnight, because my throat was abscessed (sp?) and they need to wait and see if the steriods and IV antibotics would take care of it or it would need to drained. Gees! The only other times I have been to the hospital I left with a happy little bundle, so this was comletely out of my comfort zone!
Thankfully the steriods and antibotics worked and it did not need to be drained, so as long as I keep feeling better I am in the clear! I think they called it some kind of abscessed cellulitis..... maybe I have to much fat in my throat----hahaha. Anyways, so I sit at home for another day... slightly bored and sort of wishing I was at work. I guess I took my health for granted and I do miss it... a great deal!!!
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