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.