Spring has flown by and we’re getting excited for summer. Brett just had his last T-ball game. He said he really liked it. The first couple of times, he only wanted to bat. But then he got the ‘swing’ of it and liked fielding as well. Bailey LOVES dance class. She is always asking to practice her positions. She also has become quite the singer…she is singing all the time (loudly and very dramatically!). A new member has joined us during the week; Colin has a little brother Logan! It’s been really neat to see the ‘older’ four take interest in him and help take care of him. We’ve just recovered from Brett’s 4th birthday!! He got to take a treat to his preschool class, went to lunch at the Choo Choo with grandma Nancy, went to Chuck E Cheese with his sister and was surprised with a new big sand box in the back yard from his grandpa and grandma from Ohio. I would say he had a wonderful time.
Other stories
Brett is hit or miss on naps these days. He’s always finding something to come down stairs to tell me or say he has to go the bathroom. One day, as I’m trying to get him out of the bathroom and back into bed, he starts explaining to me where the water goes when you flush. I (a little annoyed at this point), told him that was great but he needed to still go to bed. He said ‘Ok, I got it. But when I get up, I want to talk all about toilet water!’
Brett loves using new words…but I’ve noticed every once in a while he mixes them up. He told me (another day when it was naptime), ‘I will recognize you after nap to get more toothpaste’. Oh you will REMIND me.
We thought it was finally time to transition Bailey into a toddler bed since she fell twice trying to climb into her crib. Come to find out, her crib did not come with a guardrail. You are just supposed to take the front end off. We thought we would try it. After the 3rd or maybe 4th time she rolled out of her new 'big kid' bed into the middle of her room, yelling out in terror and confusion, I think we realized this will be a different experience than when Brett. We had to take a part both beds and switch them so Bailey could have Brett’s guardrail. Brett sleeps in the corner and does not move. Bailey is a roller. Point taken.
‘I’m not Bailey, I’m Cinderella’.
Brett said ‘Pirates don’t hug their mommies’. Oh right, my bad.
Wondering if Brett’s future profession will be a lawyer; he argued with me for about 5 minutes the other day on how much more effective picking his nose was than using a tissue.
The kids are funny to watch as they get more and more into make believe play. They came up to me, holding a little basket and asked what kind of candy would I like. I said ‘How about chocolate peanuts? I love those’. They all looked at each other and said ‘Oh sorry, we just ran out!’.
Brett pretended to get Bailey something and said ‘Bailey, hold on…here’s your ice cream but I need to pay for it’
Getting to the first music class with 3 toddlers and an infant (Bailey, Grace, Colin and Logan), proved to be interesting. I pushed a stroller with one hand, had Logan strapped to me in the Bjorn carrier, then pulled the wagon with the other 3. You know I looked ridiculous when an older lady yelled out of her car driving by, 'God bless you! You have your hands full!' Then laughed hysterically.
Leading up to his birthday, Brett told me things he would like to get. One day he said he wanted a phone…and then to clarify, he didn’t want a toy one, he wanted a real one. He’s 4!
Brett is an observational and opinionated little boy. He told me as we were rushing out the door for Bailey’s class that my hair tie did not match my clothes and that bothered him.
Brett and Bailey were playing outside. Bailey asked if he would marry her. He responded that he couldn’t because he was too sandy from the sandbox.
Kids were finally in bed and Rob and I were attempting to relax. Down comes Brett smiling…’I have to tell you something cool! Captain America was the first Avenger before all the other ones!!’ Ok Brett, now go to bed!!!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Springtime!
I can not believe we’re ½ way through April. Kids are loving their new classes; preschool, t-ball, dance and music! We had a nice little spring break with Grandma (from of Ohio) visiting even though Daddy was traveling for work. We tried to pack in as much stuff as we could in our days; 5 classes, 2 museums and a trip to the zoo. We had a lot of fun! You would think with all the excitement and running around, they would allow their mama to sleep in a little…but that was not really the case.
Other stories
Brett picks out his own clothes most days…one morning he came down with a bright orange Paris shirt, red and grey OSU shorts with blue and yellow dump truck socks…it was awesome.
Bailey said at breakfast that her ‘banana wants to go see his friends’. I said, ‘Oh where is that?’ She proceeded to open her mouth and toss the rest of the fruit in her mouth.
It was storming another morning with some pretty loud thunder. Bailey trembled and said ‘Oh the rain makes me SO NERVOUS!’
I told Bailey to have her daddy check her diaper…she backed up to him, turned her head to look at him and said ‘smell it’.
Brett said ‘Oh yeah! Rock On!’ I asked, where did that come from. He said, ‘you taught me that’. Wow, what a cool mom you have!
One of Bailey’s favorite phrases now seems to be ‘um…probably not’.
After the storm Brett asked why it was so quiet. I told him the storm was over, it moved somewhere else. Brett got very concerned where it went and then decided we needed to call Grandma and Grandpa in Ohio because it was ‘probably going to go there next’.
I was lucky enough to take Brett to preschool his first week. When I picked him up I asked him how it went. He said, ‘well I got sad for a little bit and cried for you but then I put myself together after I fell to pieces.’ He then picked Superdawg for his special 1st day of preschool lunch.
Brett asked why I was sitting on the couch one evening…I told him I was tired, I was taking a break. He said ‘Oh, did I take all your power again?’
Bailey was playing with her Princess Belle doll, trying to change her diaper. She kept saying ‘Relax, Relax, ReLAX, so I can change you!’. Ironically her father said the same thing to her the night before...
We were taking Bailey for her first dance class and we hear someone yell for Brett. Brett’s little wrestling friend, Max, was there waiting for his sister. Without discussion, or prompting, the two shook hands and started wrestling. Daddy was so proud.
Brett was telling a story about bad guys getting caught by the police and said ‘and then they put the hand traps on them’…’Oh, you mean handcuffs?’. ‘Yeah mom, hand traps.’
Bailey said she was going to ‘brush daddy’s no-hair’
During lunch Brett exclaimed, ‘Arugula is so yummy!’ The kid loves salad.
In the same meal, he told me ‘When I grow up I’m going to live right beside you so when you come visit, it’s a short cartrip!’ I will remind him of this when he wants to move away for college…maybe I should have him put it in writing.
Bailey asked Colin to hold hands with her and told me they were married. Then they posed for pictures…oh boy.
Brett procrastinated taking a nap yesterday and of course by the time he was really sleeping, it was time to get up. I tried to wake him, talked to him for a while and resorted to tickling, which always works. Picked him up and told him we were going to get in the car. His head on my shoulder, eyes closed, he said ‘My mom….’ Turned his head. ‘My mother….’ Eyes still closed. I said, ‘yes, your mother?’. Turned his head again, grinned and said ‘My mother is crazy’
Other stories
Brett picks out his own clothes most days…one morning he came down with a bright orange Paris shirt, red and grey OSU shorts with blue and yellow dump truck socks…it was awesome.
Bailey said at breakfast that her ‘banana wants to go see his friends’. I said, ‘Oh where is that?’ She proceeded to open her mouth and toss the rest of the fruit in her mouth.
It was storming another morning with some pretty loud thunder. Bailey trembled and said ‘Oh the rain makes me SO NERVOUS!’
I told Bailey to have her daddy check her diaper…she backed up to him, turned her head to look at him and said ‘smell it’.
Brett said ‘Oh yeah! Rock On!’ I asked, where did that come from. He said, ‘you taught me that’. Wow, what a cool mom you have!
One of Bailey’s favorite phrases now seems to be ‘um…probably not’.
After the storm Brett asked why it was so quiet. I told him the storm was over, it moved somewhere else. Brett got very concerned where it went and then decided we needed to call Grandma and Grandpa in Ohio because it was ‘probably going to go there next’.
I was lucky enough to take Brett to preschool his first week. When I picked him up I asked him how it went. He said, ‘well I got sad for a little bit and cried for you but then I put myself together after I fell to pieces.’ He then picked Superdawg for his special 1st day of preschool lunch.
Brett asked why I was sitting on the couch one evening…I told him I was tired, I was taking a break. He said ‘Oh, did I take all your power again?’
Bailey was playing with her Princess Belle doll, trying to change her diaper. She kept saying ‘Relax, Relax, ReLAX, so I can change you!’. Ironically her father said the same thing to her the night before...
We were taking Bailey for her first dance class and we hear someone yell for Brett. Brett’s little wrestling friend, Max, was there waiting for his sister. Without discussion, or prompting, the two shook hands and started wrestling. Daddy was so proud.
Brett was telling a story about bad guys getting caught by the police and said ‘and then they put the hand traps on them’…’Oh, you mean handcuffs?’. ‘Yeah mom, hand traps.’
Bailey said she was going to ‘brush daddy’s no-hair’
During lunch Brett exclaimed, ‘Arugula is so yummy!’ The kid loves salad.
In the same meal, he told me ‘When I grow up I’m going to live right beside you so when you come visit, it’s a short cartrip!’ I will remind him of this when he wants to move away for college…maybe I should have him put it in writing.
Bailey asked Colin to hold hands with her and told me they were married. Then they posed for pictures…oh boy.
Brett procrastinated taking a nap yesterday and of course by the time he was really sleeping, it was time to get up. I tried to wake him, talked to him for a while and resorted to tickling, which always works. Picked him up and told him we were going to get in the car. His head on my shoulder, eyes closed, he said ‘My mom….’ Turned his head. ‘My mother….’ Eyes still closed. I said, ‘yes, your mother?’. Turned his head again, grinned and said ‘My mother is crazy’
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