Adventures in Parenting

Today we were outside cleaning off crates and I saw a moth that blended in perfectly with the wooden crate.  I brought Logan over and he had to touch it of course and it flew away.  A couple of seconds later, we saw it get eaten by a bird.  We also saw a stink bug and I told Logan not to step on it because it would be very stinky.  He says, "It's an ucky diaper bug!"  Yes, anything that is stinky is an 'ucky diaper'  If he ever hears anyone fart he says, 'ucky diaper'.  Or if something is stinky, it's an 'ucky diaper'  which is how it becomes an ucky diaper bug.  I wish I could get some of things he does on video and send it in to America's Funniest Videos.

We are still working on the potty training with Logan.  Today he had a couple of accidents, one being a poopy accident.  Or according to Logan, a butt.  For some reason, he calls poop, butt.  It's kinda cute.  Yesterday, he went outside and had taken his off shorts and pullup and was walking around with these around his ankles.  I found him like this and told him he needed to get inside now and he says, "I have a big butt in my pants!"  This means he has a big poopy, which he did.  I think that's why he took them off.  I don't know why he did it outside though.

Sometimes Logan will go to the potty by himself.  Not very often though.  I found him like this a couple of days ago.  I have told Vince so many times to put the lid down!!  Poor Logan was trying to hover.  No, he does not know how to pee standing up yet.






Last night, Logan decided he wanted to wear his bear feet slippers to bed and this is him showing off.  Notice the blue bear in the right corner.  That is a baby toy that I brought up for the girls which used to be his.  He has reclaimed it.  Along with lots of other toys that are way too young for him.

At three years old, Logan is afraid of the dark, ghosts and monsters.  I never wanted my kids to be scared of these because I used to have these kinds of fears when I was a kid.  We never let Logan watch anything scary or violent.  Unfortunately, an older child put these thoughts into his little mind and now he won't sleep with the lights off.  He has a night light and I leave the light on the hallway.  So when he has the lights on, he doesn't go to sleep.  He just plays.  This is greatly messing with his sleep and I don't know what to do.

This is him playing with his Etch a Sketch when he should be sleeping.










The girls are loving their toys now.  It's so fun to watch them.  This is one of their favorites at the moment.  Busy Gears.  You press the button and it lights up, plays music and the gears spin.  They are always pulling it back and forth between them.  Like a tug of war.

They're doing their superman pose.  Kind of.  Oh, and I guess I was wrong about what muscle they're strengthening.  It's more the scapular retractors.  I really need to start studying this summer.  School will be back in session before I know it.

I love this picture.  The Winnie the Pooh is a toy that Vince had when he was a baby.  Logan was playing with Anna and she is loving it. 

  

Even though I never planned for having kids this close together, I'm kind of glad it happened.  Logan loves his little sisters and I don't know if he'll remember his life when they weren't around.




And last, but not least, Anna is either kicking Aimee in the face or Aimee is sucking on Anna's foot.  I'm pretty sure it's the latter.

Oh and we did decide to girl ear splints for the girls as well, which is what you see attached to Aimee's ear.

Mover and the Shaker

Since the girls started moving in my belly, I thought that Aimee was going to be the mover and the shaker.  She flipped and flopped every week.  Sideways, head down, then breach and did it all over again.  I was sure that she would be the one who did most of the moving or at the least the first one.  Anna is moving all over the place.  She isn't crawling and she isn't scooting, but somehow she makes it to other side of the room to play with Logan's toys.  I saw her today going for the package of baby wipes under the ottoman and became very frustrated when she couldn't reach it.  Aimee just rolls back and forth, but that's about it.

When Logan was little it was easy to keep the floor clean because it was just me, Vince and Logan.  I didn't worry too much about him getting little objects into his mouth.  Except for the pieces of carpet he used to pull out and choke on after he tried to eat it.  With the girls though, they have a lot more options of fun things to put in their mouths.  Logan's hotwheels for example.  He probably has 100 hotwheel cars and they always manage to get into the living room where the girls are.  Logan also likes to walk around the living room while he's snacking and drops crumbs everywhere.  It's like a treasure trove to the girls.  Well, Anna anyway.  Unless it's within arms reach, Aimee could care less at this point.  But Anna lifts her little butt in the air and tries to move forward and then lifts her legs and arms off the floor, like superman.  She's strengthening those erector spinae muscles(that's the PTA talking)  I don't quite see how the superman is going to get her across the room, but she always does it.  Aimee sometimes does this too.  I'll have to get a picture and show you, especially when they're doing it at the same time.  It's super cute.  Super cute because it's superman.  I think being awake this late is messing with my mind.

I finished my Eat to Live book and as soon as I can go grocery shopping, I'll be starting.  Vince may have to put up with a long shopping trip because I'm not used to shopping in the healthy area of the grocery store so it could take awhile to find everything.  I really should be getting to sleep.  The girls have been getting up at 5:30 lately which isn't very fun.  Makes for an exhausting day.  Until next time.

Sweet Words

What are the sweetest words your child has said to you?  My favorite is, "I love you."  I've waited three years for Logan to say this to me.  I don't know why it took him so long because I tell him everyday that I love him.  Last night he woke up crying, I went in to check on him and he said,
"I need a drink."  I got him a drink from the kitchen, brought it back to his room and he says, "I love you ,mommy."  I have heard this before, but usually when I say it first.  It was so beautiful and wonderful all at the same time.  This is kind of a sappy post, but this means a lot to me.  Especially since he has not been the easiest child lately.  He constantly wants attention and sometimes I'm not able to give it to him.  I might be dealing with the twins are trying to clean that house, that has been put off for weeks because of life.  When he doesn't get the attention he craves, he acts out.

This summer, Vince and I are hoping to take Logan on a small vacation, no twins allowed.  My parents have agreed to watch the girls a couple nights so we can take Logan, just Logan.  He deserves the time with us and I can't wait to go.  Vince's work is shutting down for two weeks in July.  This happens every year, so we are just going to take the vacation during that shut down.  I've been scouring the internet trying to find a place that a three year old and two parents would enjoy, which doesn't involve St. Louis or Chicago.  We've been to those two places so much, I wanted to see something different.  I think we've settled on Kansas City, MO.  This city recently opened a large aquarium and a Legoland.  It is has amusement parks and a zoo.  This sounds perfect!!  Now, I just need to find a cheap, nice hotel.

The girls are doing wonderful.  They're eating baby food now and it getting it everywhere.  I'd forgotten how messing feeding a baby can be, let alone two babies.  They're constantly sticking their hands in their mouths right after I fed them a spoonful of food.  They blow bubbles and food goes all over.  The bibs don't seem to protect their clothes very well and I'm changing them after almost every feeding.  I'm so thankful we have a washer and dryer in our house.

Anna

Aimee

I myself have already attempted two diets this summer and have failed.  I'm on my third and I'm hoping this is the one.  I haven't actually started, I just got the book, "Eat to Live" by Dr. Fuhrman.  Once I finish reading it, I hope to start soon after.  This is about cutting out lots of animal protein.  Your diet should consist of 90% fruits and vegetables and 10% animal protein.  I'm a little nervous to start, but not only is good for weight loss, it's wonderful for you health in general.  If you have a chance, read this book.  It really makes you look at all the crap you're putting into your body.  What makes it worse is, I'm giving Logan this crap too.  So if this works for me, I'll be trying to change Logan's diet as well.  Little by little of course.