I hear what sounds like a plastic cup fall accompanied by the sound of a few coins tinkling on the ground. I can't think what it must be...I know it was Liam because Violet is only learning to stand and isn't tall enough to reach the counters. Sure enough Liam had found our Bigepak of eclipse spearmint gum. It was almost empty, only about 3 pieces of gum lay on the floor.
I just threw them out. I wasn't worried Liam had eaten any because he doesn't like the taste of minty things...he won't even eat grasshopper cookies. Then I see little miss Violet on the floor, I see pieces of the gum, bitten in parts and spit back on the floor. To be sure I smell her breath.
It was the most minty fresh baby breath there ever was.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Adventures with Liam
I was putting on make-up in the 'kids' bathroom when Liam makes a mad dash for the toilet. He is holding some little foam letter stickers...I don't see which ones...he lifts up the lid as I scream;
"NO LIAM NOOOO! DON'T THROW ANYTHING IN THE POTTY! ONLY PEE-PEE AND POO-POO!" after a thought I added more calmly "and a little bit of toilet paper."
Liam looks up at me a little scared. Holds up the letters close to his face so I can see, but tentatively because I scared him. Both of which are P's. He says "Pee Pee in the Potty, bye bye Pee Pee"...and he waves to the toilet. This was him showing me what he intended to do, that I indeed, had taught him.
I kept myself from laughing, but I did apologize for screaming so loud and did my best to explain the difference.
"NO LIAM NOOOO! DON'T THROW ANYTHING IN THE POTTY! ONLY PEE-PEE AND POO-POO!" after a thought I added more calmly "and a little bit of toilet paper."
Liam looks up at me a little scared. Holds up the letters close to his face so I can see, but tentatively because I scared him. Both of which are P's. He says "Pee Pee in the Potty, bye bye Pee Pee"...and he waves to the toilet. This was him showing me what he intended to do, that I indeed, had taught him.
I kept myself from laughing, but I did apologize for screaming so loud and did my best to explain the difference.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Pun-Off With David
This is completely cheesy...forgive me...his family must really be wearing off on me.
Diana: So what's a sink hole? (we were watching Quantum of Solace).
David: (he said something like this) There is a pocket of earth that was filed down from water or sediment and the top of the earth eventually caves in around it...well I think so anyway.
Diana: oh you SINK SO?
David: Haha, so that was your HOLE plan all along?
Diana: Yeah, I guess it BOTTOMED OUT
David: You could say it FELL THROUGH
Diana: It was a real SINKER.
Diana: So what's a sink hole? (we were watching Quantum of Solace).
David: (he said something like this) There is a pocket of earth that was filed down from water or sediment and the top of the earth eventually caves in around it...well I think so anyway.
Diana: oh you SINK SO?
David: Haha, so that was your HOLE plan all along?
Diana: Yeah, I guess it BOTTOMED OUT
David: You could say it FELL THROUGH
Diana: It was a real SINKER.
Got These Links From Ines's Tio Mongui
Nadya Suleman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?Loosing weight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?Maxine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?National Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday Storm
Yesterday it was flooding rain. We couldn't really leave the house to run all the errands I had planned for that day. These included:
- Hair cut for Liam and David (I have given up cutting Liam's hair until he is a bit older and will sit still for me)
- Grocery Shopping
- Renting a Rug Doctor and cleaning these filthy carpets of ours
- Get our oil changed in the cars
- I was gonna make a special dinner for David and I...but no Groceries...so we had left overs
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Liam Update: 2 Years, 6 Months
Today, while I was distracted with buying a website domain, Liam found a butcher knife and started banging on a toy with it. I didn't know this is what he was doing of course. I get up to go check on him and as I do I hear him say "Ow, mommy!" I walk in the room and see him with the knife. I immediately think 'okay, he's hurt but he has both hands and feet, his stomach, neck and head look fine too' I gently approach him and take the knife. I ask him "where are you hurt?"...as I scan each finger to make sure they are still attached. He lifts up his leg. There is a streak of blood by his foot. He had somehow, while wielding this butcher knife, created a small cut by his ankle. Small, but it looks kinda deep. I stop the bleeding and clean it well with rubbing alcohol. I notice blood is still on the sink. I search him further. He has another cut on the back of the other leg. Oi. I clean that one, neosporin and bandage it as well. So tomorrow, I'll check it again to make sure it doesn't look infected, check for fevers and all that.
I had been cutting lettuce with it and thought it was high enough out of his reach. But that boy continues to grow and so does his reach. I know now, though I should have thought of this before... put all knives away.
Our typical day lately consists of us waking up at 6 a.m. I change diapers, put Violet in the playpen with her morning bottle. I get Liam some milk and either a bowl of cereal (Life, Cherrios, Kix or Honey Bunches with Almonds) or a cereal bar. I turn on the t.v. to PBS Kids. Then I either get the trash gathered for the garbage pickup (twice a week), do the dishes and get the kitchen cleaned (I hate doing dishes at the end of the day), or lay back on the couch and fall in and out of sleep. around 7 or so, Violet is ready to get out of the playpen and Liam is busy showing me things or asking me to play this or that. This or that consisting of "Here mommy, a rope" while he shows me a soft tape measure that he is attaching to a toy, or chair, and he says in a strained voice "Pull!". Or he wants to play with "dominoes" or "cards mommy" which is the new memory game I got to play with him. The dominoes we just set up and knock down...Violet usually ruins that one for us...but it's funny and we all laugh. Or Liam is asking me to "color MAP mommy! M, A, P..mmmmAP!"...we have been drawing/creating maps together.
I recently bought him a "responisiblity chart" from Target...it's really cute. Has magnets. I created a "Potty Chair" section with one of the blank pieces included, I also added to the chart, "sharing", "no hitting", "brushing teeth", "saying I'm Sorry", "helping out", and "no whining" (cuz he has been lately...imitating Violet's cry). OF course he's gonna whine, but it just depends on how much of it he did, whether or not he gets a magnet star or happy face or whatever next to it. If he can get the whole thing filled up, I will give him a present. On a side note, If I have a present to give Liam (like markers or paper, or something he was gonna get anyway like a book or puzzle) I say "Liam I have a present for you" and Liam always says "FOR ME?! Oh dank do".
I probably should have started the chart off with just three things. My main goal is to get him to use the potty chair. He has the concept of using the potty chair. It's a matter of convience at this point. Going potty takes away from whatever else he needs to do. And then changing his diaper, especially a poopy diaper, takes FOREVER. I try to tell him the quicker he comes to get his diaper changed, the quicker he can get back to playing. This reasoning isn't getting through. Much like when we have to go out somewhere, anywhere...even to the backyard. Liam likes to walk around the house in a t-shirt and diaper. I did not teach him this, I always put pants on him. But one day he had started taking them off. Now ANYWHERE he is comfortable, he just takes his pants off. I try to tell him 'only at home'. So if we need to get somewhere, I need to clothe him, this exhausts me just thinking about it. He always runs away, laughing. Like it's a game. I do not laugh. I wish I did. I wish I thought it was cute and funny and not get so impatient about it. Because I want him to have patience. How do you teach a virtue that you don't possess yourself? So it takes a lot of energy and effort and counting to ten to get him dressed. So even though he can hardly wait to go outside, he makes it take much longer then it should by not letting me dress him or change him.
Grocery shopping with him has been impossible lately. He acts out the most in public. He'll hit me, in the face (though I say again, I don't hit him) over and over and over and over. I get so frustrated because I don't know what to do. I will give him a time out. He laughs at me and hits me again. At home I would just put him in his room and close the door for a few minutes if he refused to go for a time out. But what do you do in the store? I really need advice on this one. Any out there?
On another note, he has his sweet moments. He'll point to himself and say "Liam" to me "Mommy" to Violet "Violet" or "baby". Then I say "Violet is your sister, but she's also your friend" and he'll say "yeah, friend" and give her a hug and kiss. (of course later on he'll be trying to close the door to her room on her). He'll kiss attack me, which I love. SOMETIMES in the store he'll say "awww Mommy HUG" then "Now Kiss!" He loves helping me cook in the kitchen, and thank Heavens, has listened to me and not touched anything hot. a few days ago he came up to me and said "Mommy! Make CUPCAKES" like it was a great idea... we had made some for Easter.
Speaking of Easter. This was the first year Liam dyed Easter eggs. And wouldn't you know I forgot the flip video :*( and the camera. My mom set it all up and he had so much fun. Easter Sunday we had Church...which he was a little wound up for (he didn't have candy, but did the day before so he didn't sleep well). I stayed with him in Nursery again, but was able to leave for about 5 minutes. My mom suggested I leave longer and longer each week.
Later, we had an Easter Egg hunt at my parents house in their backyard. My son, ran right for the fishes pond and threw his basket in the water. Which made my mom laugh at least...not my dad so much, no my dad is very good natured about my son throwing things in the pond all the time. I finally got him to 'find' an egg, then only because it was right next to it, he found another one. That was it. He was done. He pried the eggs open and started eating the candy. While his other cousins made out like bandits. He didn't even notice. Then he threw the eggs in the pond. Some candy too, which my dad scooped out immediately.
My goal now is to get that boy a proper hair cut. And I tried. Oh yes I tried. He will not sit still when one drop of hair hits his neck. Starts itching like a mad man. So hopefully soon we can go get that mop cut. Maybe go with Daddy at his next appointment. Yeah Daddy son day. I like it.
I love you Liam, you keep me on my toes.
I had been cutting lettuce with it and thought it was high enough out of his reach. But that boy continues to grow and so does his reach. I know now, though I should have thought of this before... put all knives away.
Our typical day lately consists of us waking up at 6 a.m. I change diapers, put Violet in the playpen with her morning bottle. I get Liam some milk and either a bowl of cereal (Life, Cherrios, Kix or Honey Bunches with Almonds) or a cereal bar. I turn on the t.v. to PBS Kids. Then I either get the trash gathered for the garbage pickup (twice a week), do the dishes and get the kitchen cleaned (I hate doing dishes at the end of the day), or lay back on the couch and fall in and out of sleep. around 7 or so, Violet is ready to get out of the playpen and Liam is busy showing me things or asking me to play this or that. This or that consisting of "Here mommy, a rope" while he shows me a soft tape measure that he is attaching to a toy, or chair, and he says in a strained voice "Pull!". Or he wants to play with "dominoes" or "cards mommy" which is the new memory game I got to play with him. The dominoes we just set up and knock down...Violet usually ruins that one for us...but it's funny and we all laugh. Or Liam is asking me to "color MAP mommy! M, A, P..mmmmAP!"...we have been drawing/creating maps together.
I recently bought him a "responisiblity chart" from Target...it's really cute. Has magnets. I created a "Potty Chair" section with one of the blank pieces included, I also added to the chart, "sharing", "no hitting", "brushing teeth", "saying I'm Sorry", "helping out", and "no whining" (cuz he has been lately...imitating Violet's cry). OF course he's gonna whine, but it just depends on how much of it he did, whether or not he gets a magnet star or happy face or whatever next to it. If he can get the whole thing filled up, I will give him a present. On a side note, If I have a present to give Liam (like markers or paper, or something he was gonna get anyway like a book or puzzle) I say "Liam I have a present for you" and Liam always says "FOR ME?! Oh dank do".
I probably should have started the chart off with just three things. My main goal is to get him to use the potty chair. He has the concept of using the potty chair. It's a matter of convience at this point. Going potty takes away from whatever else he needs to do. And then changing his diaper, especially a poopy diaper, takes FOREVER. I try to tell him the quicker he comes to get his diaper changed, the quicker he can get back to playing. This reasoning isn't getting through. Much like when we have to go out somewhere, anywhere...even to the backyard. Liam likes to walk around the house in a t-shirt and diaper. I did not teach him this, I always put pants on him. But one day he had started taking them off. Now ANYWHERE he is comfortable, he just takes his pants off. I try to tell him 'only at home'. So if we need to get somewhere, I need to clothe him, this exhausts me just thinking about it. He always runs away, laughing. Like it's a game. I do not laugh. I wish I did. I wish I thought it was cute and funny and not get so impatient about it. Because I want him to have patience. How do you teach a virtue that you don't possess yourself? So it takes a lot of energy and effort and counting to ten to get him dressed. So even though he can hardly wait to go outside, he makes it take much longer then it should by not letting me dress him or change him.
Grocery shopping with him has been impossible lately. He acts out the most in public. He'll hit me, in the face (though I say again, I don't hit him) over and over and over and over. I get so frustrated because I don't know what to do. I will give him a time out. He laughs at me and hits me again. At home I would just put him in his room and close the door for a few minutes if he refused to go for a time out. But what do you do in the store? I really need advice on this one. Any out there?
On another note, he has his sweet moments. He'll point to himself and say "Liam" to me "Mommy" to Violet "Violet" or "baby". Then I say "Violet is your sister, but she's also your friend" and he'll say "yeah, friend" and give her a hug and kiss. (of course later on he'll be trying to close the door to her room on her). He'll kiss attack me, which I love. SOMETIMES in the store he'll say "awww Mommy HUG" then "Now Kiss!" He loves helping me cook in the kitchen, and thank Heavens, has listened to me and not touched anything hot. a few days ago he came up to me and said "Mommy! Make CUPCAKES" like it was a great idea... we had made some for Easter.
Speaking of Easter. This was the first year Liam dyed Easter eggs. And wouldn't you know I forgot the flip video :*( and the camera. My mom set it all up and he had so much fun. Easter Sunday we had Church...which he was a little wound up for (he didn't have candy, but did the day before so he didn't sleep well). I stayed with him in Nursery again, but was able to leave for about 5 minutes. My mom suggested I leave longer and longer each week.
Later, we had an Easter Egg hunt at my parents house in their backyard. My son, ran right for the fishes pond and threw his basket in the water. Which made my mom laugh at least...not my dad so much, no my dad is very good natured about my son throwing things in the pond all the time. I finally got him to 'find' an egg, then only because it was right next to it, he found another one. That was it. He was done. He pried the eggs open and started eating the candy. While his other cousins made out like bandits. He didn't even notice. Then he threw the eggs in the pond. Some candy too, which my dad scooped out immediately.
My goal now is to get that boy a proper hair cut. And I tried. Oh yes I tried. He will not sit still when one drop of hair hits his neck. Starts itching like a mad man. So hopefully soon we can go get that mop cut. Maybe go with Daddy at his next appointment. Yeah Daddy son day. I like it.
I love you Liam, you keep me on my toes.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Conversations in the Car
David: "What are people thinking with their bumper stickers? I mean what does 'Shark Attack' mean anyway?"
Me: "It probably means something, you should look it up on the Urban Dictionary" (btw, please don't bother looking it up....it's not nice).
David: "no thank you"
Me: "Well what's with the other faded stickers...what's that one? Looks like either Superman or maybe a Transfomers symbol"
David: "well it's not Superman"
Me: "why not?"
David: "because Superman isn't an upside down triangle, it's a diamond"
Me: "A diamond? It's definitely not a diamond"
David: "Yeah it is"
Me: "Okay, wanna bet?"
David: "sure"
we shake on it
David, drawing it out with his finger in the air: "see Superman's symbol does this" draws it out "like a diamond, with five points"
Me: "uh a diamond doesn't have 5 points, it's got four and looks more like a kite"
David: "I mean literally a diamond! Like the diamond shape you see on a Jewelery store window"
Me: "OH, yeah, that is the Superman shape, but when you said diamond, I was thinking the actual shape called a diamond...because seconds before you compared it to an upside down triangle...you mean pentagon"
David: "well that kind of diamond shape is still closer then triangle because it has 4 sides instead of 3, so I was still more right"
Me: "No, no, because that shape on the car, looks closer to a triangle, and look it has like 6 sides...look it looks like a pair of mens briefs"
David: "Gosh our conversations are so strange, why are we still talking about this"
Me: Laughing "I know"
Me: "It probably means something, you should look it up on the Urban Dictionary" (btw, please don't bother looking it up....it's not nice).
David: "no thank you"
Me: "Well what's with the other faded stickers...what's that one? Looks like either Superman or maybe a Transfomers symbol"
David: "well it's not Superman"
Me: "why not?"
David: "because Superman isn't an upside down triangle, it's a diamond"
Me: "A diamond? It's definitely not a diamond"
David: "Yeah it is"
Me: "Okay, wanna bet?"
David: "sure"
we shake on it
David, drawing it out with his finger in the air: "see Superman's symbol does this" draws it out "like a diamond, with five points"
Me: "uh a diamond doesn't have 5 points, it's got four and looks more like a kite"
David: "I mean literally a diamond! Like the diamond shape you see on a Jewelery store window"
Me: "OH, yeah, that is the Superman shape, but when you said diamond, I was thinking the actual shape called a diamond...because seconds before you compared it to an upside down triangle...you mean pentagon"
David: "well that kind of diamond shape is still closer then triangle because it has 4 sides instead of 3, so I was still more right"
Me: "No, no, because that shape on the car, looks closer to a triangle, and look it has like 6 sides...look it looks like a pair of mens briefs"
David: "Gosh our conversations are so strange, why are we still talking about this"
Me: Laughing "I know"
Monday, April 6, 2009
Violet Update: 10 Months
"She is such a good and sweet baby! I had good babies but NEVER this good" is a phrase I often here when people meet Violet. I was a good baby too...I was a good kid. Then as I got older I got a shorter and shorter temper. I hope Violet is better able to retain her sweet temperament.
A few Sunday's ago I was asked to teach one of the Adult Sunday School classes. The plan WAS; David would sit with Liam in Nursery... Liam just started going and isn't used to being apart from me. He would also keep Violet with him. Things didn't go as planned naturally. Liam started freaking out that I wasn't staying. He kept running out of class to find me, this meant I had to watch Violet as David was busy with Liam. Eventually David decided to just take Liam home. I couldn't exactly hold Violet and focus on teaching the class, so I asked a friend of the family, who was in the class, to hold her please. He gave her some pens and she gently drummed with them the whole time. I was not distracted at all, she was so quiet and well behaved. Everyone raved about her after the class.
She is a very quick crawler/scooter and has just begun pulling herself up on furniture. Last month she perfected getting up to sit on her own. She has also started standing up in her crib so we had to lower it, in the hopes of delaying her climbing out of it. She has also started drinking from a sippy cup!
She just adores Liam! She loves to watch him and when he gets down and rolls around on the ground next to her, she laughs. They often play together, it's awesome.
She finds more and more things humorous. Is there a better sound to the ears then a baby laughing? Not to me.
I love you Violet!
A few Sunday's ago I was asked to teach one of the Adult Sunday School classes. The plan WAS; David would sit with Liam in Nursery... Liam just started going and isn't used to being apart from me. He would also keep Violet with him. Things didn't go as planned naturally. Liam started freaking out that I wasn't staying. He kept running out of class to find me, this meant I had to watch Violet as David was busy with Liam. Eventually David decided to just take Liam home. I couldn't exactly hold Violet and focus on teaching the class, so I asked a friend of the family, who was in the class, to hold her please. He gave her some pens and she gently drummed with them the whole time. I was not distracted at all, she was so quiet and well behaved. Everyone raved about her after the class.
She is a very quick crawler/scooter and has just begun pulling herself up on furniture. Last month she perfected getting up to sit on her own. She has also started standing up in her crib so we had to lower it, in the hopes of delaying her climbing out of it. She has also started drinking from a sippy cup!
She just adores Liam! She loves to watch him and when he gets down and rolls around on the ground next to her, she laughs. They often play together, it's awesome.
She finds more and more things humorous. Is there a better sound to the ears then a baby laughing? Not to me.
I love you Violet!
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