My kids are great. Now I think it may be a miracle that I feel this way on a Monday morning, but I really do. Oh, you would like me to back up that statement with some facts? Okay.
1. While I had to take each child out of Sacrament for a potty break, I got to sit through both Sunday School and Relief Society without any interruptions. (But I am totally sitting on the inside of the bench next week!)
2. There is a man in our ward, a great grandfatherly type of man, who loads his pockets with Smarties rolls before he comes to church. He is known simply as The Candy Man. All he requires is one high five. Now if only one of my children is lucky enough to find him, the other will kindly share the single candy roll.
3. I love laying in bed listening to the girls through the monitor in the morning. Thumbelina orchestrates everything and Munchkin repeats almost every word. And then, "Come on. Let's go find Mom." It's like my own personal wake up call.
4. For the most part, the older two include Munchkin in all of their games. Right now they are using our popsicle sticks as light sabers.
5. They are always sneaking things to any child who has the misfortune of getting sent to time out. Now while that annoys me sometimes, it is just so cute to watch. "Here's a book for you." "Do you want a pony?"
6. I woke up this morning at 7:15 with the horrible feeling that the girls were awake and I just thought of everything they would get in to. The monitor was silent, which usually means that they have long flown the coop. After I came up to check, and their door was still closed and everything was quiet, I got to go back to bed for almost 30 minutes.
7. And the top reason why my kids are great: They haven't knocked down Munchkin in over a week. They are actually watching out for her!
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
Playing Catch Up
I have been so incredibly tired lately. I go to bed around 11 and the kids wake me up before 7. That's plenty of sleep right? Apparently not, because I am tired! This is throwing me off my game! Which makes me more tired and frustrated.
You see, Munchkin is rambunctious. She is fast as lightning when it comes to getting into stuff she is not supposed to. As I clean up one mess, she can make two more. Now I blame it on the other kids a lot because they are supposed to keep certain doors shut, and they forget. But sometimes, I think this is a game for Munchkin.
Her new favorite is playing with the salt and pepper. It involves two plates, the salt and pepper shakers, and mixing. Now sometimes she mixes with a spoon. Monday she used the broom, and Tuesday while I was gone, she used a steak knife. So you ask, how does she keep getting the salt and pepper? Well, Thumbelina and ET keep leaving the stool by the counter and Hubby keeps leaving the salt and pepper on said counter.
She does stuff that the other kids never did. You know the cupboard under the sink where you would keep cleaning products and dishwasher detergent and dish soap? I never had to move anything or lock the cupboard because the other kids were just not interested in it. ET's favorite was pulling all the VHS tapes out from under the TV, and Thumbelina's favorite was the dish rag drawer. I am not used to my child trying to poison herself by eating my Electrosol Tabs or Ajax.
Then there is the fact that everytime I leave any sort of project to do something else, she cannot resist. Whether it be a blog post, a TAGtile ball, or card making, she is right there seconds after I have vacated the seat. She loves the mouse at the computer (for future reference--a wireless mouse is not a good idea with a toddler), she loves the buttons on my sewing machine, but best of all she LOVES glue dots. I have never picked so many glue dots off of everything. And the crazy thing is she usually does the glue dots the day after I cut my nails. It's like she knows...
I don't remember it being this hard to corral a toddler with the other two. But that's probably because I didn't have so many people working against me. Before if I shut the bathroom door--it stayed shut until I opened it again. I miss that.
You see, Munchkin is rambunctious. She is fast as lightning when it comes to getting into stuff she is not supposed to. As I clean up one mess, she can make two more. Now I blame it on the other kids a lot because they are supposed to keep certain doors shut, and they forget. But sometimes, I think this is a game for Munchkin.
Her new favorite is playing with the salt and pepper. It involves two plates, the salt and pepper shakers, and mixing. Now sometimes she mixes with a spoon. Monday she used the broom, and Tuesday while I was gone, she used a steak knife. So you ask, how does she keep getting the salt and pepper? Well, Thumbelina and ET keep leaving the stool by the counter and Hubby keeps leaving the salt and pepper on said counter.
She does stuff that the other kids never did. You know the cupboard under the sink where you would keep cleaning products and dishwasher detergent and dish soap? I never had to move anything or lock the cupboard because the other kids were just not interested in it. ET's favorite was pulling all the VHS tapes out from under the TV, and Thumbelina's favorite was the dish rag drawer. I am not used to my child trying to poison herself by eating my Electrosol Tabs or Ajax.
Then there is the fact that everytime I leave any sort of project to do something else, she cannot resist. Whether it be a blog post, a TAGtile ball, or card making, she is right there seconds after I have vacated the seat. She loves the mouse at the computer (for future reference--a wireless mouse is not a good idea with a toddler), she loves the buttons on my sewing machine, but best of all she LOVES glue dots. I have never picked so many glue dots off of everything. And the crazy thing is she usually does the glue dots the day after I cut my nails. It's like she knows...
I don't remember it being this hard to corral a toddler with the other two. But that's probably because I didn't have so many people working against me. Before if I shut the bathroom door--it stayed shut until I opened it again. I miss that.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Weirdest Place You've Ever...
Munchkin has been tired lately. She sleeps in her bed She falls asleep in her highchair almost every lunch and dinner now. This was a snack I gave her to try to get her to hold out until dinner.
She falls asleep in the laundry pile.
I can understand all of those. But the kitchen floor?!
That can't be comfortable! Now I am going to have to mop more often...
She falls asleep in the laundry pile.
I can understand all of those. But the kitchen floor?!
That can't be comfortable! Now I am going to have to mop more often...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Big Day for a Little Girl
Thumbelina had her 4 year check-up today. She is still below the 50th percentile for everything. She got all of her immunizations to keep her up-to-date until she hits Jr High. Thank goodness for a doctor that understands. She screamed her head off and kept yelling, "Take it off! Take it off!" But of course, two bandaids, one princess sticker and a bag of gummy bears and everything was all better.
Then...
And she had a blast at her first Karate class. The teacher even said she had great focus. I had to finish up an Etsy order so I didn't get to go--but I am definitely going next week.
She got at least 7 compliments on her hair yesterday. While I am glad that random people think my daughter's hair is cute and are reinforcing that she does indeed still look like a girl, I am worried that she will think it is okay to cut her own hair again. I am not sure I could take that!
But you know what my favorite part of her short hair is? What it looks like in the morning.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Something About a Mouse...
Two pizzas, 4 drinks and 100 tokens = 1 happy girl!
She wore her new fairy dress from the McKinneys, but not the wings. We had to go to the dollar store to get matching princess shoes; she only had purple-not pink. A polkadot bow completed the outfit. Two hours later, the tokens were gone, the pizza had been eaten, Munchkin had gotten stuck in the playplace, and everyone had a prize.
ET's favorite part was the tickets.
Thumbelina's favorite part was all the rides.
Munchkin's favorite part was the flashing lights during the show...oh, and baby Ruby.
My favorite part was that ET was able to get Munchkin out of the playplace by himself and I didn't have to climb in.
She wore her new fairy dress from the McKinneys, but not the wings. We had to go to the dollar store to get matching princess shoes; she only had purple-not pink. A polkadot bow completed the outfit. Two hours later, the tokens were gone, the pizza had been eaten, Munchkin had gotten stuck in the playplace, and everyone had a prize.
ET's favorite part was the tickets.
Thumbelina's favorite part was all the rides.
Munchkin's favorite part was the flashing lights during the show...oh, and baby Ruby.
My favorite part was that ET was able to get Munchkin out of the playplace by himself and I didn't have to climb in.
Monday, August 4, 2008
They Say It's Your Birthday
Happy Birthday to you! Good thing you made it to 4 and Mom didn't kill you for this:
The cake:
The presents: (and Ruby in the background.)
The big one:
And the biggest present of all--no more intricate hair styles. The only thing we can do now is variations on the puffy braid. Quick and easy---just what you wanted.
So much for being Cinderella for Halloween. Maybe we should just shoot for Tinkerbell.
The cake:
The presents: (and Ruby in the background.)
The big one:
And the biggest present of all--no more intricate hair styles. The only thing we can do now is variations on the puffy braid. Quick and easy---just what you wanted.
So much for being Cinderella for Halloween. Maybe we should just shoot for Tinkerbell.
Friday, August 1, 2008
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