Vacation Countdown

Ely’s off for the next eight days (god help me…jk). Today we took the kids to the zoo, had a great time. I can’t believe it’s still hot in October.

I sold some of the boys toys on craigslist today. Then we took the kids to Toys R Us and bought them a HUGE bucket of legos with their toy money. It’s like Christmas Eve in our house…they can’t wait for morning to play with their blocks!

Wednesday we finally leave for our vacation! Zander is so excited to go fishing for the first time. I told Gavin we were going to a cabin in the woods and he said, “Wolves!?”

Balloons

my little pinocchio

For those of you that don’t know my sister, Jacque, is allergic to latex…no balloons around her.
Yesterday it was raining so I blew up two balloons for the boys to play with. After a few hours of playing Zander finally popped his. Well this morning Zander had Gavin’s balloon and wouldn’t share it with his brother. So I blew Gavin a new balloon up to play with. Zander decided Gavin’s balloon was better and wanted it…I told him no…Zander then said he was “lergic” and that no one should play with balloons around him…they make him itch…LOL! What a little fibber!

Attitude!

Both of the twins already have MAJOR attitude! It’s funny how different they are from the boys. Camille was sitting in her highchair “talking” to Zander, he got bored and wandered off. Camille “scolded” him…Ely, Zander, & I could not stop laughing…Zander walked back over to her, she smiled and giggled…Zander strolled away again, and Camille would start the fake crying again…they played this game for at least half an hour! I wish I got it on film…but I’m sure it will happen again.

Daddy's Girls

Just wanted it on the record that both the girls are TOTAL daddy’s girls. Nearly every night they cry uncontrollably for at LEAST 30 minutes. Ely rocks them, telling them to let it out and to tell Daddy all about it….they cry and then just give in…they start sucking their thumb and let out only little whimpers until they fall asleep listening to their daddy tell them every thing is going to be alright.


Secretly Ely is eating it up. I seriously can’t compete and he loves being so ”needed.” Once they’ve nursed they really have no more use of me (unless, of course, I’m willing to stand up with them pacing the house!)

Daddy's Girls

Just wanted it on the record that both the girls are TOTAL daddy’s girls. Nearly every night they cry uncontrollably for at LEAST 30 minutes. Ely rocks them, telling them to let it out and to tell Daddy all about it….they cry and then just give in…they start sucking their thumb and let out only little whimpers until they fall asleep listening to their daddy tell them every thing is going to be alright.

Secretly Ely is eating it up. I seriously can’t compete and he loves being so ”needed.” Once they’ve nursed they really have no more use of me (unless, of course, I’m willing to stand up with them pacing the house!)

Reading like "A Dult"

Today Zander told Ely he knew how to read grown up books. He grabbed one of Ely’s books off the book shelf, opened it up, and stared quietly at the pages. “See Dad. I can read like an a dult.”

“How’s that?” Ely asked.

“No talking. I just look at the page,” explained Zander.
Gotta love it!!

Living in the moment

Camille was so tiny she was dressed in a build a bear outfit!

This post isn’t about funny things the kids did…instead it’s inspired by an episode of Oprah I watched today. In short, it was about a busy working mother of two who accidentally left her two year old daughter in the car for eight hours. My first reaction was how could anyone EVER do that! That could never happen to me!

But as I listened to the grieving mother’s horrible story I realized how how “easy” something like this could occur. The toddlers father usually took the girls to preschool but he had a dentist appointment one morning…so the mother was suppose to. She dropped off her older daughter…but it was still to early to drop off her two year old…so stopped to buy doughnuts for her coworkers. Instinctively, she drove to work and proceeded with her day. Eight hours later her daughter was found by a fellow teacher. The baby’s skin was peeling off and foam coming out of her mouth. The mother just held her daughter’s limp body running through the parking lot screaming. I thought how could a “good mother” do this? How could she live with herself? My heart goes out to her…

How many times have I driven home, pulled in my driveway and couldn’t remember the drive home? The other day I accidentally left one of the twins on the front porch after coming in from picking Zander up from school. (only for about 3 minutes!) A few months ago I left all my groceries at reasors!

As a mother of four young children my life is BUSY 24/7…it’s so easy to forget things…especaily if you get off your routine! As mothers we need to STOP and take control of our lives. I know all day I am multitasking…while I’m giving the boys a bath I’m cleaning the toilet. I’m unloading the dishwasher, breastfeeding and helping Zander with his homework all at the same time.
We need to SLOW DOWN!!! This show was a major wake up call…