Preschool Countdown

I am getting excited.  My oldest is going to be starting preschool next week.  I can't believe that he is going to start school.

It seems like just yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital.  Now he will be in preschool two days a week for two hours.  I hate it when he is away from mommy.  I want to protect him.  I know that I need to let him experience this on his own.

I am so excited because this is opening up a whole new chapter in his life.  He is going to make some new friends.  He is going to start going to birthday parties.  He is going to have play dates.  It is going to be so much fun for him.

I am such a proud mother.  We went shopping for school clothes today.  It make everything so much more real.  I look forward to taking pictures on the front step with his back pack on the first day.  that is going to be so exciting.

My tattoo

I just love my tattoo.  I took alot of time to decide on one.  I have had this one for 10 years now, and it is so perfect.

Lets Go Browns

It is football season again!!!  Lets Go Brownies!!  You can do it!
Yes we love the Browns!

Here is My little browns fan.  I love how cute he looks in his Jersey.

 

I am looking forward to a great season!

Preschool

I am realising that in 12 days my oldest will be starting preschool.  I can't beleive it.  I was excited thinking about it but now it is a reality.  Here comes school shopping.  Play dates with friends.  Birthday Parties.  Becoming more independant. 

I don't know if I am ready for this change.  I know that there is so much to think about.  We got a letter in the mail from his teacher.  I know that he will love going to school, once he realises that he will be ok and mommy will be there to pick him up. 

I am excited about the art work he will bring home.  All of the new things he will learn.  This is going to open up an amazing chapter in my life, and his.

Boys and using the potty

Today was the first day I wished I had girls!  Cleaning up after boys is gross
I am so sick and tired of my bathroom smelling so bad.  Yes I know it is not going to smell pretty, but it has a strong smell of urine. 
I have been cleaning and cleaning it and nothing seems to get rid of the odor.  I finally convinced my husband to help me take off the toilet seat. 
He swore to me that it was not the problem.  That it did not smell bad in there.  That it was all in my head. 
Well he took off the screws, and I was right, there was pee there.  It was not only dried on but it dripped out.  I know gross... and let me tell you it was.  So I scrubbed, and scrubbed.  I "flossed" a wipe under the bowl and the seat of the toilet.  I scrubbed everything so and made sure that I got everything.
It is amazing how much better it smells in there.  It is not perfect, but better.  I just can not figure out where else he hit.  I have scrubbed the entire bathroom.  The only thing I have not done is drained the toilet and taken it apart to clean it.  But that just might be next.

Zoo

We met a friend a the zoo today.  It was so cute watching Tyler play with a little girl that is his age.  They were running up the hill.  They listened so well while running and stopped when we asked them to.  Nate loved watching as we walked.  He also enjoyed eating his puffs. 

Watching kids interact is so much fun.  They were telling each other about the animals, and found them so interesting and funny. 

Tyler did not want to leave because he was having so much fun that he refused to say good bye

Stop the whining!!!

I can not handle the whining any more!!!  It seems that by early afternoon all the kids do is whine.  I am going to start pulling out my hair.  It is driving me absolutely nuts.  

I think I was going to lose my mind today.  Tomorrow I am going to re-evaluate how I do this.  I am going to see if I change our day up if that will help.  I hope so.  I am going to go crazy if it doesn't.

Potty Training - Blessing or curse

Potty training boys is so difficult.  It takes forever before they are willing to be potty trained.

Once you have finished potty training them then you have the problem with aim.

I swear that Tyler loves to see how far he can hit.  I have to clean my bathroom 3 or 4 times a day and it still just does not seem to get the smell out.

I have cleaned on the floor, in cracks, the toilet, the bolts.  It is just amazing.

How do you get that terrible smell out?

I just don't know.  This really sucks.  I wanted to take a warm bath the other day and it smelled so bad I couldn't.

I will find a way to make my bathroom smell better.

I am happy that we don't use diapers but come on I can't stand having this odor every time I go into the bathroom.

Nice walk in the metro parks

Kristen, and I took the kids for a walk in the metro parks today.  It was a beautiful day for a walk because it was not too hot.  Just beautiful.  I did however learn my lesson because I wore my brand new crocks for the walk, and I ended up with 2 blisters on each foot.  So next time - Tennis Shoes is the way to go!!!

Tyler did so well he walked most of the way, then he got tired:

 

Then we had to put him to work doing some push ups. 

But after all of that work we decided that he could go swing on the swings.

 

This was a great day for all of us.  I had so much fun walking and talking with my sister and playing with the boys.

Mr attitude

Here is my little sassy guy. He has started giving me attitude.  I forgot that attitude can start so early in children.  It has started early for him.

Nathan being sassy

He took the home phone then he walked away from me and sat down and
gave me this look. 

Potty Training

I feel blessed because potty training Tyler was much easier than I ever imagined.  He is doing so well. 

He started off having to sit on the potty.  Now all of a sudden he has to stand.  He is so proud of himself when he stands to pee. 

I am proud to, but I have to laugh.  He has terrible aim, he hits everything in my bathroom.  So when he is done I have to go in there and clean it up. 

At least we don't have diapers anymore, LOL

Beautiful Pictures

Here are so me of the pictures I took of my boys while on vacation...

Here is my Tyler.  He looks so cute in this picture

 

Here is my Nathan.  Again I am very impressed with these pictures.  

I love taking pictures, and I am impressed how well I did with taking these.  I hope to continue looking for new places to take pictures of my boys. 

Happy to be Home

I am so glad to be home.  I love my family, I love going on vacation.  But it is so nice to come home.  I slept so well back in my bed.  I feel wonderful being home.

Yes I loved being on vacation.  It was nice to see the lake when I woke up.  It was wonderful that Tyler had someone to go play with every morning. 

I never got to see Tyler.  He was always running and playing with everyone else.  I know that he had fun and it is nice to see him bond with his grandparents.  I started to miss him because he did not want mommy at all.

I know that it is just a matter of time before Nathan will be running like that with his grandparents and I will not see him too. 

But now I am home,  I have to start cleaning, putting things away and feeling back into the grove of things.

Oh yea and go grocery shopping, stop at the post office and I am sure that there is more to do.  Wish me luck.

Respect

Being a mother is hard work.  Trying to get children to listen and respect you is hard.  But it is ten times harder when people feel that they have to help you out.

I understand that everyone feels they know best, but as a parent you need to set the tone of what you expect from your children.  It is so important for others in there lives to work with you and not against you. 

With that being said how do you do that? 

We have been on vacation for the past week.  Tyler has been with everyone by mommy for the most part all week.  When he has been with mommy and the need for disapline has arose everyone feels that they need to step in. 

I know that the next week is going to be terrible for mommy.  He is not going to listen and he is going to push because people have stepped in everytime he is being disaplined. 

I am not looking forward to next week.  Having respect from children is hard, but it is ten time harder when people have to step in.