Well, the week is nearly done and we're all working through our assorted troubles...
Hubby has the cold Boy2 affectionately shared with him, so that's three with colds (either nose or throat or both). The Boy is still holding strong, but hasn't been napping or sleeping well, so he's battling fatigue.
The Girl gave me one night this week where she actually slept three hours in her own bed, so that was an improvement... But then she made up for that again last night where she just wanted to sleep on my chest. Again.
So my foe is fatigue as well. (knock on wood the cold won't get me!) Fatigue and time. Not near enough hours in the day. Hindsight being what it is, I probably should have taken up my friend's offer to come over and watch the kids while I sewed yesterday afternoon, but there were other things that seemed more pressing at that moment and I wasn't certain how my finished product was going to look.
Now I have it mostly pinned, but I need to sew and tie it. There is also a cake cooling on the counter that needs to be prepped and iced. And a fridge to organize so there will be room for said cake. All not being done currently because my Girl needs to be held (see paragraph 2). Oh well. It will all get done.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
travel arrangements
This is going to be a quick one, since I have things I want to get done before the kids get up from their naps.....
We adjusted our car seat situation. The Girl is no longer in her infant car seat, but in a mounted rear facing one that stays on the van. (Consequently it's the same one that the Boy was put in when he was about 6 months old, as well as Boy2.)
Boy2 then got upgraded to the Boy's front facing car seat/booster seat. (SO exciting!) And then the Boy is now in just a plain booster. It is SO COOL!
There is (I think) going to be a bit of an adjustment period to get used to having the Girl need to be carried to the van instead of putting her right into the car seat in the house. ON the other hand it's kinda nice to not have the car seat laying around the living room waiting to be used.
When Hubby brought it in and put it downstairs under the stairs, the Boy asked what new baby was going to use it next. He said he had a baby stego in his tummy that would ride in the car seat when it came out.
Boy2 has been telling me again and again that we need a new baby since the Girl is "bigger now." I think it's cute how forward thinking these boys seem to be.
The Girl actually slept three hours in her own bed last night, and seems better today, so I'm hoping she's on the road to better health. We didn't get a phone call this morning from the doctor about the strep test, so I think it was negative. Good news all around.
We adjusted our car seat situation. The Girl is no longer in her infant car seat, but in a mounted rear facing one that stays on the van. (Consequently it's the same one that the Boy was put in when he was about 6 months old, as well as Boy2.)
Boy2 then got upgraded to the Boy's front facing car seat/booster seat. (SO exciting!) And then the Boy is now in just a plain booster. It is SO COOL!
There is (I think) going to be a bit of an adjustment period to get used to having the Girl need to be carried to the van instead of putting her right into the car seat in the house. ON the other hand it's kinda nice to not have the car seat laying around the living room waiting to be used.
When Hubby brought it in and put it downstairs under the stairs, the Boy asked what new baby was going to use it next. He said he had a baby stego in his tummy that would ride in the car seat when it came out.
Boy2 has been telling me again and again that we need a new baby since the Girl is "bigger now." I think it's cute how forward thinking these boys seem to be.
The Girl actually slept three hours in her own bed last night, and seems better today, so I'm hoping she's on the road to better health. We didn't get a phone call this morning from the doctor about the strep test, so I think it was negative. Good news all around.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
clever kids!
Well, it's been a fun and interesting week...
The Boy and the Girl git their immunizations last Thursday. They both did well (well, the Girl did NOT like being restrained and the Boy tensed something fierce, but they got through okay). The nurse was telling the Boy that the shots would help his body fight germs, but he told her he had white blood to fight germs. Was she ever surprised! A four year old who knows about white and red blood cells and what the white ones do! He certainly is a smart kid!
We went to WEM again on Saturday (it's a good way to run off steam until the sidewalks are clear) and of course we went to the pet store. The Boy spent some time watching the worker pet a skink and put the grubs that had escaped back into the dish. He really enjoyed it. He was also telling the worker all about how the little bearded dragons were camoflauged.
He has also graduated to a new sound in speech. He is still really enjoying the time with the therapist and is very eager to do his "homework". The Boy is also VERY possessive if his work. Boy2 cannot touch or look at his workbook. And If Boy2 tries to practice the sounds too, the Boy gets defensive and says that it's HIS sound!
Boy2 really loves watching the seal lions (the really fat one's name is Pablo). We find a bench on the second level right across from the tank and watch them swim. Sometimes we catch the show, but it allows for a time of rest and the kids enjoy their snacks and water (well, the boys eat and drink, the Girl just watches and sometimes nurses). She certainly makes more than a few conquests during our excursions.
They all caught a cold three weeks ago, and I thought it was gone, but it came back yesterday with a vengeance! The Girl spent most of last night sleeping on my tummy because that was the only place her sinuses weren't stuffed. Boy2 has been waking up tired and every little thing sets him off. The Boy's behaviour has left something to be desired as well.
So this morning I took the younger two to the doctor to see if they have strep throat (the little girl who shared her cold with them three weeks ago is now on antibiotics for strep). The doctor took a swab to see, but feels confident that it's only a virus and will work it's way out. We'll get the results back on Thursday.
About a week ago I started a sewing project for Boy2's birthday (which is this Saturday). Saturday evening I threw it out because it wasn't worth saving and started cutting out more fabric to start again. I'm still hoping to have it done for Saturday (or sooner) but it depends on the kids. I was able to get an hour or so in this afternoon, but I know that isn't normal.
I'll try to post pictures of my little Boy2's third birthday right quick, as well as pictures of my completed project.
The Boy and the Girl git their immunizations last Thursday. They both did well (well, the Girl did NOT like being restrained and the Boy tensed something fierce, but they got through okay). The nurse was telling the Boy that the shots would help his body fight germs, but he told her he had white blood to fight germs. Was she ever surprised! A four year old who knows about white and red blood cells and what the white ones do! He certainly is a smart kid!
We went to WEM again on Saturday (it's a good way to run off steam until the sidewalks are clear) and of course we went to the pet store. The Boy spent some time watching the worker pet a skink and put the grubs that had escaped back into the dish. He really enjoyed it. He was also telling the worker all about how the little bearded dragons were camoflauged.
He has also graduated to a new sound in speech. He is still really enjoying the time with the therapist and is very eager to do his "homework". The Boy is also VERY possessive if his work. Boy2 cannot touch or look at his workbook. And If Boy2 tries to practice the sounds too, the Boy gets defensive and says that it's HIS sound!
Boy2 really loves watching the seal lions (the really fat one's name is Pablo). We find a bench on the second level right across from the tank and watch them swim. Sometimes we catch the show, but it allows for a time of rest and the kids enjoy their snacks and water (well, the boys eat and drink, the Girl just watches and sometimes nurses). She certainly makes more than a few conquests during our excursions.
They all caught a cold three weeks ago, and I thought it was gone, but it came back yesterday with a vengeance! The Girl spent most of last night sleeping on my tummy because that was the only place her sinuses weren't stuffed. Boy2 has been waking up tired and every little thing sets him off. The Boy's behaviour has left something to be desired as well.
So this morning I took the younger two to the doctor to see if they have strep throat (the little girl who shared her cold with them three weeks ago is now on antibiotics for strep). The doctor took a swab to see, but feels confident that it's only a virus and will work it's way out. We'll get the results back on Thursday.
About a week ago I started a sewing project for Boy2's birthday (which is this Saturday). Saturday evening I threw it out because it wasn't worth saving and started cutting out more fabric to start again. I'm still hoping to have it done for Saturday (or sooner) but it depends on the kids. I was able to get an hour or so in this afternoon, but I know that isn't normal.
I'll try to post pictures of my little Boy2's third birthday right quick, as well as pictures of my completed project.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
mornings
It's been an interesting morning so far (we're an hour into it). Hubby woke up sometime around 3:30 and couldn't go back to sleep, so he went downstairs for a bit then came back to bed around 5:30. The Girl was in bed cuddling with me, so when Daddy came into bed, she fussed a bit but Daddy kisses lulled her back to sleep.
Then the boys started. The Boy was being very quiet but he was trying to wake up his brother. Finally I got up with them, leaving my Girl in bed with Daddy. We managed almost a half hour before Hubby called me up to get the Girl. The thundering herd had to come up too.
Then, back downstairs and trying to be quiet so Daddy could (maybe) sleep, and they start fighting again! They both want the same sippy, the one won't let the other see their sister, they both want on my lap.... Boy2 went upstairs to snuggle Daddy.
This is how Daddy said the conversation went: "Dad, I need my nummy. You find my nummy?" "Why do you need your nummy?" "It helps me be calm." "You aren't calm now?" "No." "Why not?" " I don't have my nummy!" (But you have to imagine that Boy2 was crying during the whole conversation)
These boys are best friends and worst friends, I tell ya!
Have a pretty happy Girl, though. Sometimes she looks the the boys when they're yelling or fighting and it seems as though she'd say something like: why are you upset? you have a clean bum, there's food in your tummy, Mommy is right there she hasn't disappeared.... Everything is good. Why are you crying?
Then the boys started. The Boy was being very quiet but he was trying to wake up his brother. Finally I got up with them, leaving my Girl in bed with Daddy. We managed almost a half hour before Hubby called me up to get the Girl. The thundering herd had to come up too.
Then, back downstairs and trying to be quiet so Daddy could (maybe) sleep, and they start fighting again! They both want the same sippy, the one won't let the other see their sister, they both want on my lap.... Boy2 went upstairs to snuggle Daddy.
This is how Daddy said the conversation went: "Dad, I need my nummy. You find my nummy?" "Why do you need your nummy?" "It helps me be calm." "You aren't calm now?" "No." "Why not?" " I don't have my nummy!" (But you have to imagine that Boy2 was crying during the whole conversation)
These boys are best friends and worst friends, I tell ya!
Have a pretty happy Girl, though. Sometimes she looks the the boys when they're yelling or fighting and it seems as though she'd say something like: why are you upset? you have a clean bum, there's food in your tummy, Mommy is right there she hasn't disappeared.... Everything is good. Why are you crying?
Monday, March 7, 2011
muffins
Yesterday was so much fun...
We had a super cool, awesome children's sermon that went over really well, beautiful music, and a baby shower after church (I do love babies!). Everyone napped too (SO rare an occurance) and the kids were still all asleep at seven. (The Girl didn't necessarily stay asleep...)
I made spelt muffins (we caved and got a Costco membership the other day and we picked up some spelt flour to try out. Not bad) and Hubby fried up ALOT of bacon in prep for Fat Tuesday (aka Shrove Tuesday, Mardis Gras). I'm getting quite excited for Lent this year. Maybe because it is the first time Hubby will be doing this not as a student (we are is a much better spot than last year).
I found it very difficult to be frustrated with my Girl when she got up a four this morning. I heard her talking and growling (poor girl thinks she's a dinosaur like her brothers), so I went into her room and found her just laying there with her purple teddy bear in her mouth. Talking to it, tasting it, growling at it, holding it up abover her head the down to her tummy and then back again. All I could do was smile as I picked her up and got a kiss from the sweetest little girl on the planet!
We had a super cool, awesome children's sermon that went over really well, beautiful music, and a baby shower after church (I do love babies!). Everyone napped too (SO rare an occurance) and the kids were still all asleep at seven. (The Girl didn't necessarily stay asleep...)
I made spelt muffins (we caved and got a Costco membership the other day and we picked up some spelt flour to try out. Not bad) and Hubby fried up ALOT of bacon in prep for Fat Tuesday (aka Shrove Tuesday, Mardis Gras). I'm getting quite excited for Lent this year. Maybe because it is the first time Hubby will be doing this not as a student (we are is a much better spot than last year).
I found it very difficult to be frustrated with my Girl when she got up a four this morning. I heard her talking and growling (poor girl thinks she's a dinosaur like her brothers), so I went into her room and found her just laying there with her purple teddy bear in her mouth. Talking to it, tasting it, growling at it, holding it up abover her head the down to her tummy and then back again. All I could do was smile as I picked her up and got a kiss from the sweetest little girl on the planet!
Friday, March 4, 2011
WEM
We made a trip into Edmonton today. Had some things I wanted to drop off for Peanut Butter and Jelly (or rather their little Gumdrop) and we wanted to go get a couple of things. As we were leaving to turn onto Whitemud, Hubby said that he never understood why the logo on the signs for WEM was a plague ridden caterpillar.
Yours truly spent a moment trying to think of what he was talking about before saying "No, Sweetie. It's supposed to be a space person. From Galaxyland. You know.... the amusement park?"
"But it looks like a caterpillar with the plague."
"It's a spaceman. Really." So when we got to the mall, we walked by the amusement park and looked. "I guess I just live in the 14th century," he says.
While we were walking around I gave into an impluse and got my nose pierced. Again. I had it done four years ago, but the Boy pulled it out one afternoon when he didn't want to nap and I couldn't get it back in. So I now have a ring instead of a stud (although I may get a stud to replace it eventually). The Boy didn't notice until we were almost back to the truck, and all he could say was that it made him sad and he wanted me to take it out. Poor boy doesn't like change all that much.
In the mornings after Daddy goes to the office, I usually put AThomas the Tank Engine in for the kids to watch in our room while I shower and do all the other morning prep rituals. If the Boy is at preschool already and it's just Boy2 and the Girl, Boy2 always asks me to stay and cuddle with him. We alway snuggle for the first little story and then I can go.
If the Girl isn't napping, I bring the exersaucer up and she sits in it and watches too. Thomas is really interesting for her too! And she sometimes gets to rub her hands on Boy2's head if he's sitting right in front of her.
The other day I was reading "The Little Engine that Could" to the Boy. He pointed at the doll on the page and said "That's a girl?" "Yes, it looks like a girl doll." "She has a vagina?" (where did this come from? I wonder. We haven't talked about bodies in a long time) "Well, I don't think dollies have vaginas. They are just toys." "Oh." (he turns the page and there's a picture of a farmer and his wife) "He has a penis and testicles?" (Oh, my. My fault for teaching proper names for anatomy!)
If I hear a THUNK or a THUD, I automatically think of Boy2. It's probably not very fair, and Hubby no doubt has alot to say about younger brothers being blamed for the sins of the older, but more often than not, it is Boy2. He throws oranges like balls across the table. Flings books around. I think what makes it worse is the whole "monkey see, monkey do" mentality. The Boy will do something and I'll tell/ask him not to. Then before I stop talking, Boy2 will do the exact same thing! Whoa!
They are very helpful, though. We've done a few puzzles this week and I seem to be doing less and less. Until my OCD kicks in and I tell them to take a hike (well, I usually just put the puzzles away, since they are their puzzles...).
Yours truly spent a moment trying to think of what he was talking about before saying "No, Sweetie. It's supposed to be a space person. From Galaxyland. You know.... the amusement park?"
"But it looks like a caterpillar with the plague."
"It's a spaceman. Really." So when we got to the mall, we walked by the amusement park and looked. "I guess I just live in the 14th century," he says.
While we were walking around I gave into an impluse and got my nose pierced. Again. I had it done four years ago, but the Boy pulled it out one afternoon when he didn't want to nap and I couldn't get it back in. So I now have a ring instead of a stud (although I may get a stud to replace it eventually). The Boy didn't notice until we were almost back to the truck, and all he could say was that it made him sad and he wanted me to take it out. Poor boy doesn't like change all that much.
In the mornings after Daddy goes to the office, I usually put AThomas the Tank Engine in for the kids to watch in our room while I shower and do all the other morning prep rituals. If the Boy is at preschool already and it's just Boy2 and the Girl, Boy2 always asks me to stay and cuddle with him. We alway snuggle for the first little story and then I can go.
If the Girl isn't napping, I bring the exersaucer up and she sits in it and watches too. Thomas is really interesting for her too! And she sometimes gets to rub her hands on Boy2's head if he's sitting right in front of her.
The other day I was reading "The Little Engine that Could" to the Boy. He pointed at the doll on the page and said "That's a girl?" "Yes, it looks like a girl doll." "She has a vagina?" (where did this come from? I wonder. We haven't talked about bodies in a long time) "Well, I don't think dollies have vaginas. They are just toys." "Oh." (he turns the page and there's a picture of a farmer and his wife) "He has a penis and testicles?" (Oh, my. My fault for teaching proper names for anatomy!)
If I hear a THUNK or a THUD, I automatically think of Boy2. It's probably not very fair, and Hubby no doubt has alot to say about younger brothers being blamed for the sins of the older, but more often than not, it is Boy2. He throws oranges like balls across the table. Flings books around. I think what makes it worse is the whole "monkey see, monkey do" mentality. The Boy will do something and I'll tell/ask him not to. Then before I stop talking, Boy2 will do the exact same thing! Whoa!
They are very helpful, though. We've done a few puzzles this week and I seem to be doing less and less. Until my OCD kicks in and I tell them to take a hike (well, I usually just put the puzzles away, since they are their puzzles...).
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Lent
There is a bad case of the winter crazies going on right now. Kids are off a little (but feeling better than they were) and Hubby and I are both feeling a bit restless and sleep deprived (could have something to do with the fact that the Girl has decided to sleep with Mommy instead of her own bed...).
My Girl has now cut four teeth and I think I see another one hiding just below the gums. It's kinda nice that she is still mostly happy through all the hard work that teething is, but her sleep is off.
Today as we were pulling out of a gas station, there was a big truck coming towards us. Hubby said something along the lines of "Whoa!" and then a voice from the back quipped up and said "Run for your life!" The Boy seems to have his daddy's sense of humour.
Every time Daddy comes home or we follow him to the church, Boy2 says "I missed you, Dad!" even if it's only been 10 minutes.
Lent starts in one week, so I've been thinking of what to do for it. Knowing that you should not only give something up, but replace it with something I think I'm going to give up my snacking in the evenings. I've become REALLY bad for having some ice cream or popcorn after the kids are in bed, so I'm going to try to give it up and instead do some exercise. Maybe get Hubby to bring up the recumbant bicycle from the basement...
Plus I started a sewing project last night. Boy2's birthday is coming up and I want to make him a blanket. Should be fun!
My Girl has now cut four teeth and I think I see another one hiding just below the gums. It's kinda nice that she is still mostly happy through all the hard work that teething is, but her sleep is off.
Today as we were pulling out of a gas station, there was a big truck coming towards us. Hubby said something along the lines of "Whoa!" and then a voice from the back quipped up and said "Run for your life!" The Boy seems to have his daddy's sense of humour.
Every time Daddy comes home or we follow him to the church, Boy2 says "I missed you, Dad!" even if it's only been 10 minutes.
Lent starts in one week, so I've been thinking of what to do for it. Knowing that you should not only give something up, but replace it with something I think I'm going to give up my snacking in the evenings. I've become REALLY bad for having some ice cream or popcorn after the kids are in bed, so I'm going to try to give it up and instead do some exercise. Maybe get Hubby to bring up the recumbant bicycle from the basement...
Plus I started a sewing project last night. Boy2's birthday is coming up and I want to make him a blanket. Should be fun!
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