I just checked the weather forecast for the week. We might get up to 51 degrees!!! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. It is currently raining/snowing and is 37 degrees (with a feels like temperature of 28 degrees) I say raining/snowing because it was raining but now it is snowing a slushy snow.
Emily got all dressed in her rain gear-rain boots, rain coat, umberella and went outside for exactly 3 minutes. She decided it was too cold and the rain/snow was not fun. By the time Sam got all ready to go outside, Emily was already undressed and had moved on to another activity. Poor kid. He didn't want to go outside without his buddy.
Maybe later this week he'll get a chance. It is Spring Break and some sunny, warmer weather would be lovely.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
You know he's our third baby when...
It is interesting how things change with the more children you have. With the first baby everything is by the book. You read up on what food to give when, what to expect each month in regards to milestones and abilities and make sure you do it all according to what they say.
With the second you try hard but you're busier. You hope to do everything the same as with the first but you just don't have the time like you did. It is harder to keep a second baby on a schedule because child #1 has play dates, school, or just sometimes needs to get out of the house before everyone goes crazy.
With baby #3 everything goes out the window!
Case in point: When Emily was young she didn't get her first taste of candy until she was almost two. I held back on fruit snacks (choking hazard!) and lollipops (never!-way to sticky) for so long.
When Sam came around, Emily was already "exposed" to all that and so he was introduced to sweets much earlier but still within reason.
But BEN. Now he has 2 older siblings who gets way to much candy from holidays, parties, school, etc. They love their little brother and are so willing to share. See what I mean:
"But Mom he likes it!"
We (or should I say they) have created a monster!
He's only 10 months in this picture. What have we done!
With the second you try hard but you're busier. You hope to do everything the same as with the first but you just don't have the time like you did. It is harder to keep a second baby on a schedule because child #1 has play dates, school, or just sometimes needs to get out of the house before everyone goes crazy.
With baby #3 everything goes out the window!
Case in point: When Emily was young she didn't get her first taste of candy until she was almost two. I held back on fruit snacks (choking hazard!) and lollipops (never!-way to sticky) for so long.
When Sam came around, Emily was already "exposed" to all that and so he was introduced to sweets much earlier but still within reason.
But BEN. Now he has 2 older siblings who gets way to much candy from holidays, parties, school, etc. They love their little brother and are so willing to share. See what I mean:
"But Mom he likes it!" We (or should I say they) have created a monster!He's only 10 months in this picture. What have we done!
Best Friends
Emily and Sam can be the best of friends. Brad and I just love it when they play nicely, help each other, and care for each other.
One night Brad and I went to check on them just before going to bed and we found them both asleep in Sam's bed. I'm sure Emily felt scared and wanted to have someone with her.
As we were taking pictures, Sam rolled over and put his arm around Emily.
I hope they can always be there for each other.
Toys, Toys, Toys
My kids have a lot of toys. I mean they really have A LOT. Someone once walked into my basement and asked if I ran a day care. I mean that is a little embarrassing.
I'm to blame about the overabundance of toys because I love toys. I love to see my kids play with toys. I just think toys are fun and since they don't watch TV I feel like they should have toys to play with. Alright alright, I'll come clean...I can't resist toys on sale. Okay, okay I also love to buy everything that belongs to the set. Once I bought a Sweet Street house for $1 at a garage sale. It turned into me buying most all of the Sweet Street line (all at amazing prices!).
Well, I have learned something in the last few months. All kids really need are their imaginations and a few basic toys. Take for instance this picture.
This is how Emily and Sam (and tag-a-long Ben) spend many afternoons (side note: notice the toy in Ben's mouth-that is typical Ben). They use their imaginations and create boats, picnics, forts, whatever with whatever is around (mainly my furniture). They spend hours doing this and most of the toys stay in my basement untouched.
So I packed up the majority of their toys in order to declutter my house and they haven't missed any of it. I left out what I feel are the basics:
I'm to blame about the overabundance of toys because I love toys. I love to see my kids play with toys. I just think toys are fun and since they don't watch TV I feel like they should have toys to play with. Alright alright, I'll come clean...I can't resist toys on sale. Okay, okay I also love to buy everything that belongs to the set. Once I bought a Sweet Street house for $1 at a garage sale. It turned into me buying most all of the Sweet Street line (all at amazing prices!).
Well, I have learned something in the last few months. All kids really need are their imaginations and a few basic toys. Take for instance this picture.
This is how Emily and Sam (and tag-a-long Ben) spend many afternoons (side note: notice the toy in Ben's mouth-that is typical Ben). They use their imaginations and create boats, picnics, forts, whatever with whatever is around (mainly my furniture). They spend hours doing this and most of the toys stay in my basement untouched.So I packed up the majority of their toys in order to declutter my house and they haven't missed any of it. I left out what I feel are the basics:
- A play kitchen with food, basic tea set, shopping cart
- A few dress up items for girls and boys
- Cars and trucks, driving mat
- Train set
- Misc. dolls, ponies, stuffed animals, dinosaurs
- Blocks of various shapes and sizes for building houses for above dolls
- A few play sets i.e. barn, castle, etc.
- Puzzles and games
My life is so much simpler now. There is less to clean up. I have learned a valuable lesson. They don't need much to entertain themselves. I need less stuff to clean up. Put it together and life is better.
I wonder what I'll do with all that STUFF when we unpack...
Happy Birthday Sam-He's 4!
Sam had his first "friend" birthday party this month. He turned 4 and I decided he should have a party since we are moving. So we threw one together and invited his favorite people over for some Jungle Fun.
Sam chose chocolate cupcakes and ice cream cones. Yummy! Yummy!
After we ate, we went on a Lion Hunt. We acted out the poem "Going on a Lion Hunt" and then I had clues all over the house. The last clue led us to the LION. The Lion was a pinata that Sam, Emily and I made (it took a few days but was really easy). Sam chose the colors for the pinata and what candy would go in it (FYI-never use lollipops! After the kids whacked it, the lollipops were crushed to smithereens-not what you want to fall out of a pinata! Imagine my horror when the pinata is finally broken and out comes the candy and small pieces of lollipops along with it.)
Here are the kiddos gathering the candy!
Thanks for coming everyone!
Alyssa M., Emily, Blake C., Abel P., Hayden B., Mason C., Sam-The Birthday Boy!
Welcome to the JUNGLE! (It looked cuter in real life.)
We started the party with Hippos in the Mud (oops I forgot the take pictures with all the kids). 
After some more animal games and opening the presents, we had cake and ice cream.
We started the party with Hippos in the Mud (oops I forgot the take pictures with all the kids). After some more animal games and opening the presents, we had cake and ice cream. Sam chose chocolate cupcakes and ice cream cones. Yummy! Yummy!After we ate, we went on a Lion Hunt. We acted out the poem "Going on a Lion Hunt" and then I had clues all over the house. The last clue led us to the LION. The Lion was a pinata that Sam, Emily and I made (it took a few days but was really easy). Sam chose the colors for the pinata and what candy would go in it (FYI-never use lollipops! After the kids whacked it, the lollipops were crushed to smithereens-not what you want to fall out of a pinata! Imagine my horror when the pinata is finally broken and out comes the candy and small pieces of lollipops along with it.)
Here are the kiddos gathering the candy!
Thanks for coming everyone!Alyssa M., Emily, Blake C., Abel P., Hayden B., Mason C., Sam-The Birthday Boy!Grateful Sunday
- I'm so grateful Brad had the weekend off. He has worked through 8 weekends in a row. One day off in the middle of the week just doesn't cut it. I was seriously about to lose my mind. He'll even get next weekend off!!!!!
- I'm grateful Brad was able to go to church with us. Again, I don't think I could have sat through 3 hours of church with the kids and a very tired baby who really fights taking a nap if I'm holding him. It was nice to get up with Ben when he was fussing and not worry about either taking everyone out with me or leaving Emily and Sam alone.
- I'm grateful for the speakers in church today. They each had a nice message.
- I'm grateful I made tonight's dinner last night. We came home from church and put it in the oven. No mess, no fuss but had a home cooked meal that was delicious!
- I'm grateful for Brad. He always seems to make my grateful Sunday list but seriously he is great. He has done a lot for me this weekend. I won't list it...he knows.
- I'm grateful for the best friend in the world. It was Angela's birthday this week. I can't say enough about how wonderful she is. She means so much to me. I just wish we lived near each other again. I guess phone calls and summer visits will have to do. I'm just glad her extended family lives close enough to mine and we can see each other at least once a year.
Stomach Flu - You know post will involve vomit - Consider yourself warned!
I can't believe it has been a week since I last posted. Well, actually I can believe it. It has been a week filled with the stomach flu. Ben, Emily and Sam had it this week. I think I had a slight case or maybe just being around sick kids made me queasy. It wasn't as horrible as it could have been-mostly one good puke with a lost of appetite for a couple of days. But I was stressed out because the carpet has just been cleaned and vomit smelling carpet isn't a good thing when you want to sell your house. Fortunately, we didn't have any problems on the carpet and no one has thrown up since Thursday morning so I think we are in the clear!!
Hopefully we have a better week. It's Spring Break!
Hopefully we have a better week. It's Spring Break!
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