Bye Bye Spider

Posted May 29th, 2007 by Mom | Comments (0)

J is still potty training.  “Still” meaning that when he is completely naked, he might choose to use the potty.  Both boys have been caught “going” off the second story of the fort…  However, he is content to use a diaper - less effort, I guess.

On Saturday, B was responsible for putting the boys to bed for rest time.  Like a good Dad, he made each boy use the bathroom before putting them to rest.  J sat on the potty and then after a minute decided that he didn’t have to go.  Less than 5 minutes after B put a diaper on J, J called out that he was poopy.  Like I said, less effort, I guess.  We have got to get him potty trained before September, or he can’t go to 3 year old preschool.  By darn!  I WILL have him trained!!!!!  Mommy needs him to go to school.  I’m looking forward to going grocery shopping alone.

Just a few moments ago, J came inside saying, “I hafta go potty!”  Then he wanted the light on in the half bath.  When I came in there, J pointed to the bowl and said, “There’s a spider in the potty!”  I looked and sure enough, there was a spider trying to climb out.  Therefore, without any remorse, I flushed the toilet - spider and all.  J said, “Bye, Bye spider.”  I guess he doesn’t worry about the lifespan of spiders any more than I do.

A week of “lasts”

Posted May 28th, 2007 by Mom | Comments (0)

This past week culminated in a bunch of “Lasts” for C. On Sunday C had his last choir practice for the spring and his class had their Spring Sing. C did a really good job following the teachers and he stood still - a vast improvement over past singing events. C didn’t sing much, but he was good.

C also had his last t-ball game. J enjoyed me pushing him on the swings while we watched C. C received a bobble-head bulldog trophy with his name, team and year. He also received his team picture. C looks so mature in his red and white uniform.

Thursday was J and C’s last day of preschool for the spring semester. Preschool starts back in September for both boys. J will be in a 3 year old class and C will be repeating the 4 year old class. Both boys will be going 3 days a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

What am I going to do without all these activities for the boys?! I think we are going to spend a lot of time at the park and outside.

Camping Out - City Style

Posted May 16th, 2007 by Mom | Comments (0)

I was inside making cupcakes, to be decorated at baseballs, this morning. C is going to take them to pre-school tomorrow to celebrate his birthday with his friends. Every few minutes one of the boys would run inside from the backyard, retrieve something, and then run back out.

I looked out the window to see C and J in their fort with their favorite blankets (C had his purple blanket that I made and J had his blanket with the cars on it). C also had his new excavator pillow and J had his “Sally” pillow, from the movie “Cars.”

Of course I had to get the camera and record this. I tried to get pictures without them seeing me, but J saw me so I came outside to take their pictures. C said that they were going to sleep out there. (I guess they were tired, I did let them stay up late last night since Daddy wasn’t home.)

Daddy - I think it might be time for their first camp out. That’s a Daddy thing, not a Mommy thing. I will make cookies for a treat. That’s what Mommys do on tv.

After I took the pictures, J said, “Thanks for comin’ to see us, Mommy and for takin’ our pictures!”

Try to top this, C

Posted May 15th, 2007 by Mom | Comments (0)

Just when I think my boys are starting to get along, something like this happens:

The boys are sound asleep and I am completing rounding up the house including washing dishes and doing a load of laundry. I just took out the trash - I had intended on doing this earlier and got distracted. When I started to take the trash out, I removed the interior plastic can to our stainless steel garbage can in the kitchen. This left the stainless steel part empty (it has a fold down lid to keep it neat).

When I came back inside, I went to the pantry to get a garbage bag to put in the plastic can and assemble the kitchen garbage can. Like I always do, I looked in the stainless steel part to see if anyone by mistake had put garbage in it that would have to be retrieved and put in the garbage bag. There was no garbage in it, but I did find C’s favorite blue blanket.

Thinking back on the evening, I do remember J closing the lid to the garbage can. It was then that I put in my mind to make absolutely sure that I looked in the garbage can after taking out the trash. I didn’t want gum or something else icky stuck to the bottom of the plastic part.

Now I understand why C went to bed with Nana’s little scrap of his blanket. (Nana has had to cut part of his blanket off as it has needed patches.) I kept asking C to find his blanket if he wanted to take it to bed, because I wasn’t going to look for it. Sweet, poor, C! He didn’t want to tell me that he couldn’t find it. I’m going to go and tuck it in bed with him.

Bad J! But I can’t help laughing at it! I’m just glad the blanket didn’t get put in the real trash! (Do you think J knew that it was just being “hidden” from C? I don’t always know what is going through that head of his.)

Is the end near?!

Posted May 15th, 2007 by Mom | Comments (0)

I was watching our local weather channel, knowing the bad weather was near. When I saw the line of heavy thunderstorms, I was concerned. Knowing that the boys don’t like thunder and lightening, I knew that I was in for quite a bit of time holding them while watching their favorite shows and creating a lot of distraction from the weather.

As I continued to watch the weather channel, the screens changed from local radar, to regional, to the satellite view and finally to the forecast for the next several days. It was blank. Okay - exactly how bad are the thunderstorms that are on the way?!

Funny C and J

Posted May 15th, 2007 by Mom | Comments (0)

Here are a few comments from C and J:

1. Yesterday, C had a t-ball game to attend. About an hour before game time, I was in the shower. I had already cleaned up J while C watched a little tv. Right before I got out of the shower, J started playing in my bathroom. He tossed a few hair brushes, nothing too serious, but soon I smelled my new perfume and panicked thinking that J had broken my new bottle of perfume. As it turned out, C had gotten a hold of one of the samples of perfume and doused himself in Juicy Couture. Granted he smelled nice - you could smell him in the next town over! I threw him in the shower with me and soaped him up as much as I could. It helped, but not completely. One of the other Moms at the t-ball game suggested we change his name to the feminine form of his name. I’m sure he just wanted to smell good like Mommy.

2. At C’s t-ball game, in one inning, C played catcher. He was quite a ham! He loved turning around to face the fans and talk about the catcher’s mask that he was wearing. When he first put it on, he said, “I’ve never wore this before in my whole life!” At another point in the inning, he was watching the fans instead of the ball. The pitcher tossed the ball to the batter just as C was turning back around and the ball hit him lightly in the abdomen. C said, “Wow! That hit me!” (Duh!) Then after a stunned moment, he picked up the ball and threw it back to the pitcher. C laughed along with the fans.

3. After the game, we went to a fast food restaurant with a play area. B went to tell the manager about a piece of the equipment that needed to be repaired. After they talked for a moment, bold little J went up to the manager and grabbed his hand, shook it and said, “Nice to meet ya.” B and I aren’t sure where J learned to do that. We don’t really want to encourage a 3 year old to shake hands with strangers, either! J is such a shy, reserved little guy. NOT!

4. This evening, B is working late - seems to be the norm lately to have at least 1 late night a week - so the boys and I went out to get some dinner. C and J wanted tacos and I wanted Chinese food. I fed the boys and then went to fold some clothes in my room while they watched a fireman documentary. I came out of my room to see J putting rice in our spare printer with the remainder of the rice on the carpet in the living room. After disciplining J, I cleaned the printer (hope it wasn’t too important to you, B!) and the carpet. Oh, how I want hardwood flooring! This carpet is barely surviving C - no hope of surviving J!

5. Today I mowed grass. J found a marble size gold colored metal ball. He was playing with it until he lost it in the grass. As I was looking for it this evening, a couple and their small child walked by. To get C and J away from bothering them, I asked J to “please be useful and help me find the ball.” J replied, “I don’t want to be useful.” (3 going on 13.) BTW - I did finally find the ball. I didn’t want to risk the mower throwing it next time I mowed.