This morning I woke up with plans to quietly sneak into the bathroom without the kids hearing me and then head back to bed to nurse Emma, who was sitting quietly in her crib, talking to her dollies.
On the way to the bathroom in a groggy and blind state, I stepped in poop. I then stumbled into the bathroom to find the toilet clogged with toilet paper and no toilet paper left on the roll. On one foot, I managed to unclog the toilet and hop back into the hallway to clean my foot off with a baby wipe. I then headed downstairs to get the carpet cleaner to rub the poop out of the rug.
So much for sneaking back to bed. I turned around in the kitchen to see 3 pairs of eyes greeting me, all wanting breakfast. I managed to get back up to Emma about 20 minutes later. And she was still chatting away with her dollies. She's such an easy and happy baby :) Good thing in this household!
Monday, July 7, 2008
A few snip-its of conversation overheard today....
From Kylie:
I was getting out of the shower and heard Kylie yelling "Mother? Mother?" I was waiting for a "whereforth art thou, Mother?" to follow but I guess she's not quite there yet... When I called back that I was upstairs- she replied- "Not you. Katie's my Mother right now". If only I'd known that I had some time off from my mommy duties, I'd have taken a longer shower.
From Kaitlyn to Kylie in the tubby:
"I'm your doctor. Lie down and I'll cut your hair". I peeked in to see her pretending to cut Kylie's ponytail. I guess she figures drs need to provide more services to their patients. Oh you broke your arm? Sit down and I'll put a cast on it for you. While your here, let me trim your hair, too..... That would be service! She may be onto something.
I was getting out of the shower and heard Kylie yelling "Mother? Mother?" I was waiting for a "whereforth art thou, Mother?" to follow but I guess she's not quite there yet... When I called back that I was upstairs- she replied- "Not you. Katie's my Mother right now". If only I'd known that I had some time off from my mommy duties, I'd have taken a longer shower.
From Kaitlyn to Kylie in the tubby:
"I'm your doctor. Lie down and I'll cut your hair". I peeked in to see her pretending to cut Kylie's ponytail. I guess she figures drs need to provide more services to their patients. Oh you broke your arm? Sit down and I'll put a cast on it for you. While your here, let me trim your hair, too..... That would be service! She may be onto something.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
To-Now......
I love how everyday the kids are building up their vocabulary and working on their English grammar. Let's face it- the English language doesn't make the most sense sometimes and to listen to what the kids piece together is so funny.
Ethan likes to know when the next time is that he'll get to watch a movie. Today, tonight, tomorrow? He asks them all and then throws in his own option- "tonow"? As much as we correct him and say the word he's looking for is "now" not "tonow" he refuses to budge. Why should he? All the other descriptions of time that he knows begin with "to" why not add it to now? And don't all 3 year olds want things "tonow"?
On a sweet note. Here's a picture of Ethan & Emma that our photographer took during Emma's 9 month sitting this past Monday. He's such a great big brother!
Ethan likes to know when the next time is that he'll get to watch a movie. Today, tonight, tomorrow? He asks them all and then throws in his own option- "tonow"? As much as we correct him and say the word he's looking for is "now" not "tonow" he refuses to budge. Why should he? All the other descriptions of time that he knows begin with "to" why not add it to now? And don't all 3 year olds want things "tonow"?
On a sweet note. Here's a picture of Ethan & Emma that our photographer took during Emma's 9 month sitting this past Monday. He's such a great big brother!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Ethan's Last Day of School
For the last 5 months, every Monday Ethan has been going to a speech development playgroup (aka "school"). He LOVES it and every week races in to see his friends and his teachers (who he calls his "ladies" in his deep, husky voice- his teacher Mikey is in the left-hand photo). Today Ethan "graduated" from school. We exchanged phone numbers with his friend Alex whom he speaks of often. Hopefully, we'll get the two together for some playdates this summer.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
My Other LIfe.....
I love being a Landscape Architect because every Client and every job is truly unique. This Spring I had the pleasure of working on the planting design for some ornamental planters for a garden wedding which is something I've never had the opportunity to do before. The mother of the bride was a lot of fun to work with. I've always thought that if I could do anything else for a living,it would be a wedding planner. This was a fun mix of the two.
On a "small world" note, a few days before the wedding I was waiting to get my hair done and starting talking with someone else who was waiting. It turns out she was the bride..... It's a small world indeed.
On a "small world" note, a few days before the wedding I was waiting to get my hair done and starting talking with someone else who was waiting. It turns out she was the bride..... It's a small world indeed.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, Happy (& Hungry?)
Today I was only a few dwarfs away from being Snow White. I think we had moments of all but Bashful and Doc.
The kids woke up GRUMPY and were arguing over "Scene It" DVD's that they got with their kid meals last night at Wendy's. Mind you they all had a disc of their own but couldn't seem to handle each not having all 3 at one time..... After the third loud outbreak (JP handled the first 2), I rolled out of bed and took all the DVD's away.
Then the mad dash began. It was 7:30 by the time we got downstairs and we had to leave for swimming lessons by 8:45. The kids were dressed in bathing suits only (and poor Kaitlyn's was too small) because I usually put a swim diaper on them and get them dressed before we get in the car. So, at 8:15 I was running around getting towels and packing the diaper bag with clothes for after swimming (because we were going Strawberry picking with the MOMs club right after swimming). When I got back downstairs I saw that my sweet and thoughtful husband had put all the kids in the car already (without swim diapers or clothes- just in their bathing suits- and with Kaitlyn's butt hanging out). I honestly didn't know what to do because my usual system was messed up- so yes I was the DOPEY today.... I think I was walking in circles trying to figure out if we should get the kids out of the car and dress them or leave them as is.....while still trying to pull everything else together.....I was a mess. JP finally had to get away from me, and went out to the car and put on everyone's swim diapers for me but still didn't change Kaitlyn's suit or get anyone dressed. Oh well. We went as is, and survived just fine. Fortunately, Kaitlyn has a cute butt 'cause it was hangin' out all class...
Swim class itself was a challenge today. The kids were hyper and just chatted non-stop and kept creeping down the pool walls when their instructor was telling them to stay in one place. At one point, I took Kaitlyn out for a time-out because she wouldn't stop goofing off. Otherwise, they did a great job and swam on their own for a while although their instructor kept threateningto take their bubbles off and let them sink because they were being way too cawky about swimming on their own and again not listening when he told them to stay at the wall....
After class we raced to the locker room to get changed and dressed and then we were off to strawberry picking.
Ethan, Kaitlyn & Kylie had a great time picking berries- regardless of the berry's size, color or chipmunk tooth marks, everything went in their baskets. I thought I did a good job sorting through them at the field but apparently not because I threw half of the strawberries away when I went through them at home. Oh well. I just wish it took us longer to pick because after 20 minutes their baskets were full already and they were still HAPPY. Emma was getting a bit antzy in the Baby Bjorn because she was SLEEPY so we headed out.
We then drove over to one of my Client's houses so I could photograph some planters we had put together for her daughter's wedding tomorrow. I took pictures but their landscaper's were still cleaning up the yard so the backdrop wasn't too nice looking. I may try to sneak back tomorrow morning before the wedding and take a few more.
We then raced back home in anticipation of having to get Emma ready for her 9 month photo shoot after lunch but that ended up being postponed until Monday so I got a bit of a breather.
Kaitlyn spent part of the day sniffling and being SNEEZY - not too sure what was up with that but by the end of the day and after a nice long nap, she seemed just fine. While the kids were napping (or in Ethan & Kylie's case- were playing quietly in their rooms), I managed to get outside and do some much needed weeding in preparation of spreading mulch this weekend.
All in all - a crazy and exhausting day. That should explain why this post is so rambling- I'm just plain tired..... At least there wasn't any need for a DOC today. And letr's face it, the kids are anything but BASHFUL. I just consider the fact that we have 4 beautiful kids safe and sound sleeping upstairs a success.
I'll post pictures tomorrow from this crazy day including some cute ones of Emma enjoying her first spaghetti & meatball dinner. The way she inhaled her food, she could have easily filled the role of an 8th dwarf named HUNGRY.
Good night.....
The kids woke up GRUMPY and were arguing over "Scene It" DVD's that they got with their kid meals last night at Wendy's. Mind you they all had a disc of their own but couldn't seem to handle each not having all 3 at one time..... After the third loud outbreak (JP handled the first 2), I rolled out of bed and took all the DVD's away.
Then the mad dash began. It was 7:30 by the time we got downstairs and we had to leave for swimming lessons by 8:45. The kids were dressed in bathing suits only (and poor Kaitlyn's was too small) because I usually put a swim diaper on them and get them dressed before we get in the car. So, at 8:15 I was running around getting towels and packing the diaper bag with clothes for after swimming (because we were going Strawberry picking with the MOMs club right after swimming). When I got back downstairs I saw that my sweet and thoughtful husband had put all the kids in the car already (without swim diapers or clothes- just in their bathing suits- and with Kaitlyn's butt hanging out). I honestly didn't know what to do because my usual system was messed up- so yes I was the DOPEY today.... I think I was walking in circles trying to figure out if we should get the kids out of the car and dress them or leave them as is.....while still trying to pull everything else together.....I was a mess. JP finally had to get away from me, and went out to the car and put on everyone's swim diapers for me but still didn't change Kaitlyn's suit or get anyone dressed. Oh well. We went as is, and survived just fine. Fortunately, Kaitlyn has a cute butt 'cause it was hangin' out all class...
Swim class itself was a challenge today. The kids were hyper and just chatted non-stop and kept creeping down the pool walls when their instructor was telling them to stay in one place. At one point, I took Kaitlyn out for a time-out because she wouldn't stop goofing off. Otherwise, they did a great job and swam on their own for a while although their instructor kept threateningto take their bubbles off and let them sink because they were being way too cawky about swimming on their own and again not listening when he told them to stay at the wall....
After class we raced to the locker room to get changed and dressed and then we were off to strawberry picking.
Ethan, Kaitlyn & Kylie had a great time picking berries- regardless of the berry's size, color or chipmunk tooth marks, everything went in their baskets. I thought I did a good job sorting through them at the field but apparently not because I threw half of the strawberries away when I went through them at home. Oh well. I just wish it took us longer to pick because after 20 minutes their baskets were full already and they were still HAPPY. Emma was getting a bit antzy in the Baby Bjorn because she was SLEEPY so we headed out.
We then drove over to one of my Client's houses so I could photograph some planters we had put together for her daughter's wedding tomorrow. I took pictures but their landscaper's were still cleaning up the yard so the backdrop wasn't too nice looking. I may try to sneak back tomorrow morning before the wedding and take a few more.
We then raced back home in anticipation of having to get Emma ready for her 9 month photo shoot after lunch but that ended up being postponed until Monday so I got a bit of a breather.
Kaitlyn spent part of the day sniffling and being SNEEZY - not too sure what was up with that but by the end of the day and after a nice long nap, she seemed just fine. While the kids were napping (or in Ethan & Kylie's case- were playing quietly in their rooms), I managed to get outside and do some much needed weeding in preparation of spreading mulch this weekend.
All in all - a crazy and exhausting day. That should explain why this post is so rambling- I'm just plain tired..... At least there wasn't any need for a DOC today. And letr's face it, the kids are anything but BASHFUL. I just consider the fact that we have 4 beautiful kids safe and sound sleeping upstairs a success.
I'll post pictures tomorrow from this crazy day including some cute ones of Emma enjoying her first spaghetti & meatball dinner. The way she inhaled her food, she could have easily filled the role of an 8th dwarf named HUNGRY.
Good night.....
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