this was a sick day for me, so Mark took the picture…I did fix the hair, but she had lots of flyaways!
And, because this is my blog and I can write about what I want…just gotta brag for a sec…Zoe is reading now!!! She’s got her short vowel sounds down and read Hop on Pop to me on Friday (minus the long vowel words). Liam is now counting to 10 with a little help and he knows most of his letter sounds (thanks to LeapFrog’s Letter Factory DVD).
Mark as a preschooler.
Ace
Liam
I have a cold right now…my children love to share germs.
Anyway, I needed to cut the boys’ hair and decided to jump in and do the all over cut with the clippers instead of the bowl cut they’ve had since I first cut their hair.
Gone is the bowl cut, here is the new super slim cut. It looks really cute but they look a lot older. I used my #7 guard on my clippers. Lots of hair and about an hour later, they’re done.
I can now cut two different styles of boys hair…actually three if you count getting gel and spiking it up (which I don’t think Mark would like too much). Yea me!
Wish I had a camera to show you all…but I don’t 😉
You’ll all have to wait until you see them in person or when the camera comes in (by the way for anyone interested, Mark chose a Panasonic Lumix something or other.).
First of all, I’m sorry for not posting sooner…everyone is well…it’s just hard trying to get back into our routine and get grain, etc.
But, I just had to post on a Liam funny that I remember last night during our Truth Project home group…
On the way home from Tampa last week, I heard Liam grunting. I looked back to see his face beet red and his eyes watering. He was straining to say the least.
“Are you okay, buddy?” I asked.
His normal color returned to his face and he looked at me as serious as can be.
“Diaper time, mommy, daddy,” he said.
I know that potty training should be in full force. I believe I’ll put that on hold in the midst of finishing up MOPS, fundraising, homeschooling, chauffering, etc.
Seriously, I’m planning on really working on it with him during spring break…at the latest, June.
We’re having a conference starting today at our church from Answers in Genesis! Can you tell I’m excited? Mark stayed home this morning so I could take Zoe to the school conference in the am and then we’ll be going tonight and tomorrow.
Now, for a potty update. Liam has no clue when he goes so I’m just letting him sit on it when he wants to and he goes, etc.
Everyone is sleeping better. Josiah is still waking up at 4 am on the dot and won’t go back to sleep until he snacks (not even ten minutes today) but he sleeps until 6:30 or 7.
I think that’s all the updates. I’ll post more later. Gotta go start some bread.
I might as well start this off as a series and add to it when I’ve done something completely silly.
So, our night went like this…Mark got up with Liam somewhere around 2:30 because he was screaming and crying, inconsolably. When he walked out of the room with him so that Liam wouldn’t wake up Josiah, Josiah woke up. I traded off with Mark and got Liam while he tried to get Josiah to sleep and then he met me in the hallway because Ace was running a fever. So we got drugs for Ace. I got Liam to lay down with me and Mark settled in with Josiah who was now screaming his head off (but not literally, it’s still attached). Liam tossed and turned and fussed and every time I almost drifted off to sleep, he would fuss or say something. This continued until we gave up on Josiah and I tried to nurse him around 5. I got him down and went to lay down while Ace started coughing. Again, trying to keep Josiah from waking up (I mean screaming) anymore, Mark took Ace (Mark decided to go in late to work…4 hours of sleep makes it hard to concentrate) into the living room and I tried to get some sleep with Liam. And I listened to Josiah play for about thirty minutes and then when he fussed, I gave him drugs (he is teething okay) and went back to lay down and finally got about an hour’s sleep after that!
With all that in mind, I decided we’d try our hand at potty training Liam. We’ve been through three training pants and one pair of underwear. The one pair of undies doesn’t count because he was sitting on the potty watching “It’s Potty Time (can you say funny)” and he didn’t realize he was spraying the floor where his undies were. He’s kept his second pair of undies dry but I had to put him in a diaper for nap time…ain’t no way I’m cleaning up my bed because he went while he was sleeping. Zoe and Ace are really encouraging but the main motivator is the candy! He sat on the potty before nap time eyeing the candy jar. We’ll see if we continue with this. I’m wondering if he wets his pants one time he’ll realize what he’s doing. If not, then I probably won’t continue for another month or so. I’m not sure he really has bladder control yet. And I don’t want to spend who knows how many months waiting for him to get it and running around with extra pants, clothes, and towels! “My hands are full” enough right now.
On myself. Since I post about the silly absentmindedness of our family…I thought I would share what I just did!
We were herding them all into the house after church tonight and Liam was tagging along. I was so certain that he made it in front of me as I carried bags and Mark carried Josiah. I kept hearing a noise but thought the neighbors were doing something so I came on in and closed the door.
Then I thought Liam was in the room with Mark while I got some stuff ready for bedtime, so I didn’t think anything of it…except that it was unusually quiet.
I guess Mark heard him, however, because when I went into get Josiah ready for bed (and Liam, although he wasn’t in the room) he got up and went to the door. There was Liam banging on it with a toy and yelling at us to let him in.
In my defense, it was dark out and I’m pretty tired! In my defense, he should have done what I told him and walked up to the house! This has been a first in our household!
And, while I’m tattling, I’ll tell that Mark almost left Josiah one day when he was taking the troupe to a store.
Funny things that happened when we went out to eat tonight at Stevi B’s (I know it’s not fancy food but it’s decent and cheap!).
Liam dropped a piece of pizza on the floor.
“Uh oh,” he says, “‘unny, come ‘ere.” Translation: Liam was calling for Sunny to come and eat her food…ahhh, family secrets revealed. We use our dog for a vacuum cleaner!
Ace thought that cherry dessert pizza would taste good in ranch dressing. He liked it, I gagged.
After we ate, they each got a $1 to play games in the very little arcade. Zoe played the race car game all by herself for the first time and got last place. Mark played and Zoe was watching him. He placed 3rd. Zoe’s comment: “Wow! Daddy you only got 3. I beat you. I got more than you!”
Ahhh, my life. Not a lot of comments on my hands being full but one mom stopped and asked me what I would recommend baby equipment wise. She was expecting her second and her first one was 9 years old. “Well, ma’am, if you would just read my blog…” I actually gave her some musts and then she made a comment about how well I was doing with them. They didn’t see me snap at them when we got to the restaurant.
See, you all thought I was pregnant again…hehehe…get your math straight. My kids are 17 to 19 months apart, so it’s when they’re 8 to 10 months old that I get pregnant. I still got another month.
This week we are studying fish. We took a trip to a local fish store to learn about the different kind of fish and being the insane woman I am, got a Beta fish. We figured if we could keep this one alive, then we’ll look at getting some “real” fish in a “real” aquarium. Looks like Liam’s lovin’ it to death! Poor fishy.
Anyway, he seems really bored but when I went to check on him tonight he seemed to perk up when I looked at him. Can’t believe I was talking to a fish. I’ve lost my mind!
And another thing, why do they keep poisonous fish in an OPEN tank toddler level! Eeek! Luckily, Liam had already stuck his hand in an open tank on the other side so I had a firm grip on it and I also yelled at Zoe and Ace to stay away.
This is supposed to be a heart, but the camera got started a second late and our kids ran out of sparklers…no fair!
When we talked about planets a couple of weeks ago, we (mainly I) inflated all the planets we had received as gifts and we (mainly Mark) hung them up in our playroom/schoolroom/office area). Before we hung them up, though, we had to have a little fun with them.
It’s late, I’m extremely tired (Josiah no sleep this morning or late this afternoon), I’m goofy, and we’ve got MOPS tomorrow. More later.
