Da Nuh nunuh nunuh nunuh, da nuh nunuh nunuh BATMAN!!!!!

So near the beginning of summer I made the boys capes. Batman capes to be exact. I basically made them because I wanted to make Missy a tutu and didn't want the boys to feel shafted.

Well, boy have they gotten some mileage out of those capes! They just keep going and going and going! These pictures were taken today... I'm surprised by how not just one of them enjoys the capes, but both of them. :) And not just for a short time either.

And now I have to make Missy one, cause she now feels shafted! She wants to be Batwoman.... so I got the pink fabric today :)

Back to School Schedule

Last week I decided I should start to get the kids geared for the school schedule. And I guess me too.... since I don't much like getting up early.

Sunday I boldly stated: "I will get them up at the time they will need to get up for school tomorrow!"

And Monday came and my alarm went off at six freaking fifteen in the morning and I looked at it in wonder and thought "what in the name of Hades was I THINKING???!" and I turned it off and went back to bed.

Goober got up at 8:21 (his bus is supposed to pick him up at 8:09am).

That night I decided that maybe a different tactic was needed. I decided to "ease" everyone into it... so the kids went to bed at eight thirty instead of nine.

This morning my alarm went off at 6:45 (trying to eeeeeease... mind you). I hopped out of bed, stood there for a moment, thought "I should probably go exercise", and promptly lay back down again.

The alarm again went off at 7:15 and I got in the shower.... Goober was up by 7:45 courtesy of our loverly randomly opening garage door having to be closed because sometime during the night it opened. Missy and EB were up soon after... though not soon enough the Missy didn't protest loudly about getting dressed for the day instead of staying in PJ's all day long.

Tonight we restarted the whole school night routine. We cleaned up, got on PJ's, (Missy decided that licking her knee was "fun") read scriptures (while the kids sat criss cross apple sauce or"criss crass assol sass" according to Missy), said family prayer (with EB jumping all over), read each kid a book of their choice (which they sat quietly for... imagine!), and told them to go jump into bed at 8:00.

It is now 9:04 and I can hear both EB and Goober messing around upstairs... I'm hoping that getting up early will solve this issue... if not I guess the bedtime goes back to 8:30 or 9:00 again. :P Which then pushes my "me time" back too.....

THEN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET UP AT 6:15AM?!?! But moooooooooom I don't want to get up early!!!!!!!!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game....

Monday Gpa S took the whole family to see a baseball game! The older kids really seamed to enjoy it... or the food.... I can't tell which they liked better! lol


Goober has recently aquired a hallow leg. The kid can down just about anything. I thought that was supposed to happen when he became a teenager?!?! And if this isn't anything like the kind of food consumption I'm going to witness when he gets that old I'm a little worried about the size of his mouth being too small. The kid can pack it! he had a sandwich before we went (to tide him over) a corn dog all to himself when we got there, some nachos, drinksdrinksdrinks, and about 5 packs of fruit snacks from Gma S and the kid was STILL HUNGRY!!

And little EB of course spent the whole time we were there doing this:

And other fun on the steps next to us. The kids were pretty good so we managed to stay till the 7th inning before we decided to bail. It was fun!

If you think potty training is bad....

you should try having my children.

Seriously.

I love em, but holy crap, I have never met ANYONE who has had as many potty issues as my children. I DREAD the day that I have to potty train EB. If I could, I would hire it out in less time than you can say "potty". In fact I might even consider hiring a nanny to come stay at our house to do it.... if only we had a room to have her stay in. I would probably be willing to go into debt for one just for this period of time.

Most of you know that Goober had major issues potty training. He peed his pants during the day until last year. The kid is 6 mind you. He still can't get through the night without wetting his pants, and after many a day spent putting sheets in the washer and dryer and having his sheets stained slightly yellow I finally resorted to "Good nights" which are for older kids who have accidents. I know that the pediatricians and what not advise you not to use pull ups and good nights, but when your sanity is on the line after doing load after load of unneeded laundry when it is already one of the most repetitive tasks that a mom does... good nights can be a godsend.

Missy was really great to potty train. In fact she was done and doing better at getting to the potty than Goober was a year ago. I thanked my lucky stars.

Then this last month Missy has started to decided to NOT pee in the potty. And to play in the potty sometimes when she has to poop. I took her to the pediatrician to make sure she didn't have a bladder infection. Nope. Not that. Yet she still continues to pee all over everything. She is 4.

Does anyone know of a way to convince God to make these things go away? It's not for lack of trying, I know that. I have tried everything under the sun. With both kids.

Since she has been having issues with this, apparently Goober has decided it's OK if he has them to. He has been having more "accidents" in the past couple of weeks too.

Today, Missy has gone through two pairs of pants already... I've told her she can't have anymore because I'm so tired of doing laundry and the last "accident" was on a big blanket of ours that is really hard to clean. After trying to talk to her about it (she is not very good at listening, even when it's just one sentence) I look over and Goobers pants are wet too.

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!?!

Working for a living is looking really good right about now...

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and just now... not more than 5 min after writing that EB exploded his diaper all over my pants. lovely.

Getting Poked.

I don't like getting poked.

Now, don't get me wrong I don't mind someone poking me to get my attention etc (as long as it's not a hard poke... those hurt!), but getting poked with a needle is not my idea of a good time.

Then again, I don't know anyone who thinks that getting poked is a fun thing that you would want to do on a daily basis. When I talk about me not liking to get poked, I don't mean mild dislike. I mean freak out dislike. I have to make sure I don't see the needle going in or there is a possibility I could hyperventilate. And that is just joy of all joys I tell you. funfun.

To avoid that, I avoid needles whenever possible :) But when all else fails I count ceiling tiles. Cause I have never been in a place that pokes you that doesn't have ceiling tiles.

Today, my doctor decided I needed to get poked.... so into the lab I went.

As I'm waiting for them to stab me, the tech is looking at my arm... prodding it and whatnot.. and asks "where are they usually able to get them to work?". Not a question most people get asked. On top of the fact that I abhor needles is the fact that I have deep veins... and not just deep, but rolly too. Maybe that is where I get my fear? The fact that many techs in training have attempted to move the needles while they were STILL IN MY ARM? Very likely.

I ended up getting stabbed, not once (like it was supposed to be) but FOUR TIMES. By three different techs. Elbow, elbow, wrist, elbow.... no kidding.

UGH.

So what are your nutso fears?

Fun at Gma S's

So recently Gma S decided that she needed some "bigger kid" toys at her house. Most of the toys there were baby toys, except of course the swing set in the backyard :)

So after going out and getting some toys we found one set of toys in particular that were a huge hit. They are called Magforms and boy did they keep the kids busy. We even had a couple of Goobers friends over that were playing with them and, I kid you not, all four kids played with them nonstop for over an hour. If you have any idea how long attention spans usually last for this age of kids you will know that is simply AMAZING. In fact Goober saw the picture of them just now and said he wanted to go over to Gma S's and play with them. lol

Gma S also got a couple of cool building toys for a little older age (7-12) and I put them together for them. The kids also really seemed to enjoy them. :)




The faris wheel didn't have any people so I made some out of twist ties. The kids loved making it go!

The Energizer Bunny Turns Two!

Today the little man turned two! I can't believe it's already been two years since he was born. Crazy I tell you!

This morning the kids played in the water at Gma S's house. They had a load of fun and the birthday boy managed to get a bit sunburned int eh process. Poor kid, guess it has to happen sometimes though.

This evening we had a family birthday party for EB. He was scared of the candles though....

So Jer persuaded EB to blow them out "with" him.

He loved the cake and ice cream (of course, what kid doesn't???) and then got right into the presents. He got some great ones! Lots of toys tools which fit his personality perfectly, and a train and some tracks too. He was really excited!

What a cute kiddo, I'm so happy he is in our family!