Score these for Daddy as well to close out the dual with a sweep 4-0. After some reflection on the past couple of evenings I've come to the conclusion that knowing I was going to write about it has led me to step my game up and make sure the foursome did not get the better of me. The kids deserve some credit too as they really were quite well behaved. The tantrums and arguements were kept to a minimum, and I only had to raise my voice a few times. Note to self: clapping my hands to get the girls attention still scares Lawson.
When either Kasey or I are out of town, it is customary to let Lily get her way and sleep in the Big Bed one night. She knows we always read before falling asleep so she brought several books with her so she could read before falling asleep. Lily asked, "Daddy, you know what side of the bed I'm sleeping on?" I responded, "Mommy's side." Lily quickly corrected, "No, I'm going to sleep on your side so we can cuddle." Though it does make for a long night, she won't always want to cuddle with me. Over breakfast she did apologize for kicking me in the boobalie.
On the way to school, Lily told me that she really loves her Lawson and she thinks he will make a good daddy some day. I asked her how many kids she thought Lawson would have when he becomes a daddy and she told me two. After asking how many she would like to have when she becomes a mommy, she once again responded two. When I further inquired why she would like two kids, she told me "two kids is much better than 4." My girl has a plan.......but first kindergarten.
Daddy vs Kids week has been fun, but everybody is ready for Mommy to come home.......and take over kid duty!
Crew Strait
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Daddy vs. Kids - Day 2
Daddy takes a commanding lead of 2-0. Granted it was pretty easy on me today seeing as how I didn't get home til close to 7:00 due to a customer golf tournament, and Lauren had already bathed and fed everybody. I don't hide the fact that raising 4 kids under the age of 5 can be difficult at times, but the positives far outweigh the negatives and today was one of those days when I really felt it. Arriving home to three girls running to you and excitedly yelling "Daddy, Daddy" makes it all worth while. The Boy rolled over and gave his charming little Chiclets filled smile as well.
Today was our parent / teacher conference to discuss Lily's progression and if she is ready for kindergarten. Mrs. Matiko was very complimentary of Lily and informed me that she has accomplished all the tasks that they like to see kids perform going into kindergarten. We were never worried about her, but it's nice to hear that she is on track if not ahead of schedule. One area that we have really emphasized in all our children is that they show respect and manners. Her teacher made not that Lily is very courteous and polite. Emphasizing these traits can at times be quite tedious and repetitive, but it's all worth while when another adult goes out of there way to tell you how well behaved your child is and what good manners they have. I remember well when Lily wasn't even 2 years old yet we were making certain that she did not say "yah", but rather used "yes" for the affirmative. Many a person made the mistake of saying "yah" around Lily, and were then quickly corrected by Lily, "we don't say yah, we say yes". The twins are going through this process as well right now. It's sunk in with Abby, but Chloe still occasionally has to be reminded. Both of them try to make sure they don't have to be reminded by over emphasizing the s sound in yes - yessssssssssssss. It's really quite cute.
As a follow up to my post on Easter, I did have my talk with Lily and she has a good understanding of what Easter truly is. Her answer, "Easter is when Jesus died on Friday, and on Sunday He woke up."
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and Lawson Boy
Today was our parent / teacher conference to discuss Lily's progression and if she is ready for kindergarten. Mrs. Matiko was very complimentary of Lily and informed me that she has accomplished all the tasks that they like to see kids perform going into kindergarten. We were never worried about her, but it's nice to hear that she is on track if not ahead of schedule. One area that we have really emphasized in all our children is that they show respect and manners. Her teacher made not that Lily is very courteous and polite. Emphasizing these traits can at times be quite tedious and repetitive, but it's all worth while when another adult goes out of there way to tell you how well behaved your child is and what good manners they have. I remember well when Lily wasn't even 2 years old yet we were making certain that she did not say "yah", but rather used "yes" for the affirmative. Many a person made the mistake of saying "yah" around Lily, and were then quickly corrected by Lily, "we don't say yah, we say yes". The twins are going through this process as well right now. It's sunk in with Abby, but Chloe still occasionally has to be reminded. Both of them try to make sure they don't have to be reminded by over emphasizing the s sound in yes - yessssssssssssss. It's really quite cute.
As a follow up to my post on Easter, I did have my talk with Lily and she has a good understanding of what Easter truly is. Her answer, "Easter is when Jesus died on Friday, and on Sunday He woke up."
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and Lawson Boy
Monday, April 25, 2011
Daddy vs Kids - Day 1
As was mentioned yesterday Kasey will be out of town through Thursday evening, thus the title of the posting. Lily has decided today is the day she will completely rebel against me. Last night she was told that her room needed to be cleaned today and she was then told again this morning. By the middle of the morning, I asked her if she had cleaned it, and the response was negative. She was then asked if she planned on cleaning it, and once again the response was negative, but with a look as if to say what are you going to do about it. I will spare you the details of the rest of that conversation suffice to say Lily should count her blessings that Lauren was around as a witness to keep me in check. It should be noted that this incident followed the morning breakfast debacle in which Lily convinced herself she hated oatmeal so much that she literally barfed it up.
While Lauren was going through her regular routine of bathing everybody for us, I went to the store to make sure we had food enough for the week. There is no real point to this paragraph other than to share one of my biggest pet peeves. Now I know some people are really set in their ways and need to make sure that every item is scanned with the correct price, but for the love of all that is good and holy, could you please not wait til the checker gives you a total to then decide to pull out your check book? Or could you at least have filled out part of the check before you got to the store? Some of our calendars have more than item per day and don't afford us the luxury of learning the cashier's baby daddy is a loser. I feel a little better now, thank you.
Upon return from my trip to the store the twins were still napping so I was able to put all the groceries away, check on a few emails and then get dinner started. Lily was quite helpful and kept Lawson entertained. The Boy has a radar built in and knows exactly when you are making his food for him and no matter how quickly you can prepare it, it just ain't fast enough for him. I was able to get Lawson fed about the time the twins were waking from their nap so dinner was ready for them when they got down stairs. Both Abby and Chloe ate all their dinner and were very pleasant at dinner. Not once did they complain about anything on their plate including asparagus. The eldest child, not so pleasant. The child has a way of prolonging a meal that I really don't even know how to describe. We are not going to punish the twins and make them sit there waiting on Lily to finish so they had already been excused. The twins went outside and I thought maybe if Lily finished her dinner outside I could get the dishes started. After specifically telling her she is not excused until her dinner is finished, I look out the back window and she is running around doing everything but eating. So I came up with perfect punishment........she has to go to bed when the twins go to bed. This may not seem like that big of deal, but the hour or 2 of silence in the evening when all the kids are in bed is like gold.
Lawson added a good touch of humor to the evening. While Lily was trying to finish her dinner, Abby was "encouraging her" to eat her asparagus. I asked Abby to leave Lily alone and let her finish, to which Abby responded with ptththththththth (that's the stick out your tongue noise). Just as I was about to scold the child and let her know that is not how you respond to Daddy, Lawson looks at Abby and let's out an even louder PTHTHTHTTHTHTH. Now each and every child is laughing and I have lost my chance to make my point, but it was worth it.
All in all it was a good evening and the scoreboard reads Daddy - 1, Kids - 0. All kids were fed, dishes were done, we spent some time rough housing with no tears, the girls all went to bed without incident, and the boy and I finished our standard night time ritual with him passing out to his last bottle.
Goodnight now!
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and Lawson
While Lauren was going through her regular routine of bathing everybody for us, I went to the store to make sure we had food enough for the week. There is no real point to this paragraph other than to share one of my biggest pet peeves. Now I know some people are really set in their ways and need to make sure that every item is scanned with the correct price, but for the love of all that is good and holy, could you please not wait til the checker gives you a total to then decide to pull out your check book? Or could you at least have filled out part of the check before you got to the store? Some of our calendars have more than item per day and don't afford us the luxury of learning the cashier's baby daddy is a loser. I feel a little better now, thank you.
Upon return from my trip to the store the twins were still napping so I was able to put all the groceries away, check on a few emails and then get dinner started. Lily was quite helpful and kept Lawson entertained. The Boy has a radar built in and knows exactly when you are making his food for him and no matter how quickly you can prepare it, it just ain't fast enough for him. I was able to get Lawson fed about the time the twins were waking from their nap so dinner was ready for them when they got down stairs. Both Abby and Chloe ate all their dinner and were very pleasant at dinner. Not once did they complain about anything on their plate including asparagus. The eldest child, not so pleasant. The child has a way of prolonging a meal that I really don't even know how to describe. We are not going to punish the twins and make them sit there waiting on Lily to finish so they had already been excused. The twins went outside and I thought maybe if Lily finished her dinner outside I could get the dishes started. After specifically telling her she is not excused until her dinner is finished, I look out the back window and she is running around doing everything but eating. So I came up with perfect punishment........she has to go to bed when the twins go to bed. This may not seem like that big of deal, but the hour or 2 of silence in the evening when all the kids are in bed is like gold.
Lawson added a good touch of humor to the evening. While Lily was trying to finish her dinner, Abby was "encouraging her" to eat her asparagus. I asked Abby to leave Lily alone and let her finish, to which Abby responded with ptththththththth (that's the stick out your tongue noise). Just as I was about to scold the child and let her know that is not how you respond to Daddy, Lawson looks at Abby and let's out an even louder PTHTHTHTTHTHTH. Now each and every child is laughing and I have lost my chance to make my point, but it was worth it.
All in all it was a good evening and the scoreboard reads Daddy - 1, Kids - 0. All kids were fed, dishes were done, we spent some time rough housing with no tears, the girls all went to bed without incident, and the boy and I finished our standard night time ritual with him passing out to his last bottle.
Goodnight now!
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and Lawson
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter
"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor. 15:14-20).
Lily is old enough now to at least begin to grasp the concept of death, especially when it comes to spiders in the backyard. She has no reservation about wishing those spiders dead on the sole of my shoe. Seeing as how it is Easter, I pictured in my mind having a lovely conversation over breakfast and making sure she understands the true meaning of Easter. She's heard the story, we pray daily and she can probably tell you Jesus died for you, but I wanted to see what she knew about the resurrection of Jesus.
Despite my good intentions and the Norman Rockwell scene I had pictured in my mind, many frustrations can pop up on a Sunday morning when you are trying to feed, bathe, dress yourselves and four kids, and try to make it to church on time. Kids don't want to finish their breakfast, they don't want to get out of the bath, you ask them to come her and they run the other way, they are fighting over toys, they go upstairs to get something you asked for and come back with something entirely different because they forgot on that long journey up the stairs, and this was a relatively easy morning. If you have ever wondered if children have a concept of time, let me save you the trouble - nope.
We did manage to get everybody out the door, to their Sunday School rooms and we were into church by the second or third song being sung in a fairly good mood. They all looked very cute in their Easter outfits.........
Thus far I have not had my talk with Lily because they were all ushered to their cribs and beds for nap time as soon as we got home.....but I will.
The Easter weekend has been nice. Kasey's parents and her sister's family are in town. Lily got to spend the night with Aunt LaLa, cousin Karly and Uncle Sheldon Friday night, which we were happy to oblige since Aunt Lala brought all the kids their own 2 foot tall chocolate bunnies. Lily was eating hers and stopped only long enough to look up and say, "oh I'm going to be sick tonight", and then proceeded to keep eating. Last night we all ate in Allen at Waters Creek where they have concert in the park and the kids were able to run around, dance, play and go crazy without the parents going crazy.
Speaking of music, all our kids love music. Lily walks around the house constantly singing (maybe I'm biased, but she sings pretty good for a 4 year old), and the twins constantly request Chicken Fried, their favorite song. The funny thing is, any song that Zac Brown sings is called Chicken Fried. They know his songs as soon as the first note is played, and they are quick to tell you, "Chicken Fried is on". You are not allowed to play anything but country music around them as well, and at the end of every song they let out a big, "ahhhh, hah".
My allergies have gotten the better of me this weekend so hopefully I get a nap in before the monsters wake up. Kasey has gone to run some errands since she leaves for San Francisco tomorrow through Thursday. Yes, I'll have the 4 terrorists to myself every night this week, so expect them to wear things that don't match, fast food, and probably a good story or 2.
I didn't mention much about Lawson, he was busy shoveling food in his mouth.
Happy Easter!
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and Lawson
Lily is old enough now to at least begin to grasp the concept of death, especially when it comes to spiders in the backyard. She has no reservation about wishing those spiders dead on the sole of my shoe. Seeing as how it is Easter, I pictured in my mind having a lovely conversation over breakfast and making sure she understands the true meaning of Easter. She's heard the story, we pray daily and she can probably tell you Jesus died for you, but I wanted to see what she knew about the resurrection of Jesus.
Despite my good intentions and the Norman Rockwell scene I had pictured in my mind, many frustrations can pop up on a Sunday morning when you are trying to feed, bathe, dress yourselves and four kids, and try to make it to church on time. Kids don't want to finish their breakfast, they don't want to get out of the bath, you ask them to come her and they run the other way, they are fighting over toys, they go upstairs to get something you asked for and come back with something entirely different because they forgot on that long journey up the stairs, and this was a relatively easy morning. If you have ever wondered if children have a concept of time, let me save you the trouble - nope.
We did manage to get everybody out the door, to their Sunday School rooms and we were into church by the second or third song being sung in a fairly good mood. They all looked very cute in their Easter outfits.........
Thus far I have not had my talk with Lily because they were all ushered to their cribs and beds for nap time as soon as we got home.....but I will.
The Easter weekend has been nice. Kasey's parents and her sister's family are in town. Lily got to spend the night with Aunt LaLa, cousin Karly and Uncle Sheldon Friday night, which we were happy to oblige since Aunt Lala brought all the kids their own 2 foot tall chocolate bunnies. Lily was eating hers and stopped only long enough to look up and say, "oh I'm going to be sick tonight", and then proceeded to keep eating. Last night we all ate in Allen at Waters Creek where they have concert in the park and the kids were able to run around, dance, play and go crazy without the parents going crazy.
Speaking of music, all our kids love music. Lily walks around the house constantly singing (maybe I'm biased, but she sings pretty good for a 4 year old), and the twins constantly request Chicken Fried, their favorite song. The funny thing is, any song that Zac Brown sings is called Chicken Fried. They know his songs as soon as the first note is played, and they are quick to tell you, "Chicken Fried is on". You are not allowed to play anything but country music around them as well, and at the end of every song they let out a big, "ahhhh, hah".
My allergies have gotten the better of me this weekend so hopefully I get a nap in before the monsters wake up. Kasey has gone to run some errands since she leaves for San Francisco tomorrow through Thursday. Yes, I'll have the 4 terrorists to myself every night this week, so expect them to wear things that don't match, fast food, and probably a good story or 2.
I didn't mention much about Lawson, he was busy shoveling food in his mouth.
Happy Easter!
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and Lawson
Thursday, April 21, 2011
No Shortage of Anecdotes
The good thing about having a bunch of munchkins running around is they create a vast amount of stories and ideas to write about it. After a few posts, my fear was that I would eventually run of topics to write about.......silly fear. Also by sharing via this format, I'm already seeing a positive therapeutic side to it. Instead of an immediate annoyance to some of their behaviour and schemes, I find myself laughing a little more knowing I have material to talk about.
For example, this morning I jotted a couple of notes down before heading to work as possible ideas. One note was Cheerios, Cheerios. The story behind that is that Chloe gets very excited when it is time for her to eat. She literally shakes with excitement and starts chanting "yummy, yummy". This morning when I asked if she would like Cheerios for breakfast, she broke into a little dance singing, "Cheerios, Cheerios". A second note says Lawson pees his bed. I think we can count on one hand the number of times we had to change the 3 girls sheets after waking up. There is a definite difference between boys and girls. The Boy wakes up every morning in his own filth and a big smile on his face.
Lily wins the prize of the day though. After we attended Kindergarten Roundup to sign Lily for next year (hard to believe she is going into Kindergarten, but I'll save that for another day) we grabbed dinner to take home for ease of clean up as I would be leaving to go to Aggie Muster. As I was opening the garage, our next door neighbor's little boy, Jake, drove up in his automated Jeep asking where Lily is. I told him she is finishing dinner but he was welcome to come in or she would be out shortly to play. According to Kasey they played in the back yard and I guess Lily was tearing some of the padding off the trampoline which had already started to come loose. Once Jake got home, he informed his mother they had made a mess of the trampoline, but that Lily was the main culprit. Jake's mom felt bad and brought him over to apologize for tearing up the trampoline. Meanwhile, Kasey is fighting the twins trying to get them to go to bed and suddenly realizes that Jake and Sarah are in the house. She calls out from upstairs and tells Sarah don't worry about it, it was already torn up and Jake is not to blame. A question pops into Kasey's mind.......how did Sarah and Jake get into the house? The more important question came next.......why is Lily answering the door completely and totally stark naked?
Needless to say, Kasey had to have a talk with Lily about not answering the door by herself, and secondly about when it is appropriate and not appropriate to walk around without a stitch of clothing on.
Wonder what tomorrow will bring? Wonder what conversation Jake and his parents had tonight??????
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and The Boy
For example, this morning I jotted a couple of notes down before heading to work as possible ideas. One note was Cheerios, Cheerios. The story behind that is that Chloe gets very excited when it is time for her to eat. She literally shakes with excitement and starts chanting "yummy, yummy". This morning when I asked if she would like Cheerios for breakfast, she broke into a little dance singing, "Cheerios, Cheerios". A second note says Lawson pees his bed. I think we can count on one hand the number of times we had to change the 3 girls sheets after waking up. There is a definite difference between boys and girls. The Boy wakes up every morning in his own filth and a big smile on his face.
Lily wins the prize of the day though. After we attended Kindergarten Roundup to sign Lily for next year (hard to believe she is going into Kindergarten, but I'll save that for another day) we grabbed dinner to take home for ease of clean up as I would be leaving to go to Aggie Muster. As I was opening the garage, our next door neighbor's little boy, Jake, drove up in his automated Jeep asking where Lily is. I told him she is finishing dinner but he was welcome to come in or she would be out shortly to play. According to Kasey they played in the back yard and I guess Lily was tearing some of the padding off the trampoline which had already started to come loose. Once Jake got home, he informed his mother they had made a mess of the trampoline, but that Lily was the main culprit. Jake's mom felt bad and brought him over to apologize for tearing up the trampoline. Meanwhile, Kasey is fighting the twins trying to get them to go to bed and suddenly realizes that Jake and Sarah are in the house. She calls out from upstairs and tells Sarah don't worry about it, it was already torn up and Jake is not to blame. A question pops into Kasey's mind.......how did Sarah and Jake get into the house? The more important question came next.......why is Lily answering the door completely and totally stark naked?
Needless to say, Kasey had to have a talk with Lily about not answering the door by herself, and secondly about when it is appropriate and not appropriate to walk around without a stitch of clothing on.
Wonder what tomorrow will bring? Wonder what conversation Jake and his parents had tonight??????
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and The Boy
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Chloe Calls my Bluff
As was mentioned in my introduction of Chloe, the child can be quite calculating and can apparently read me like a book. Let me set the stage before I jump right into what felt like being duked by a 2 year old. We try our best to provide a variety of foods and introduce them to new flavors instead of letting them eat chicken nuggets for every meal. In the kids defense (or our defense) they do love vegetables and typically eat them first thing at dinner time. Sweet and sour shrimp and veggies over noodles was on the menu this evening. The shrimp was going to be a hard sell so I only served one shrimp on their plate so they could at least try it, and as suspected it did not go over very well. Kasey and Lawson found the entree quite delicious. Yes, Lawson pounded the puree dish (minus shrimp) with excitement and legs kicking. Lily went through her typical dramatic routine of showing disgust at the meal and washing every bite down with her milk. Abby complained, "I don't like it", but ate it anyway. Chloe began the meal similiar to Abby, but then after a bite or 2 decided she was done. And when I say decided, the decision has some finality to it. We coaxed her to eat , but she insisted on asking to be excused. Finally I told her if she would not listen to us and she wanted to be excused, she would need to go straight to bed. To emphasize the point, I asked her if she wanted to go to bed. The conversation went something like this (Chloe obviously speaking 2 year old speak)
Me: Chloe, do you want to go to bed right now
Chloe: Yes
Me: Then go to your room and get in bed
Chloe: I can't climb into my crib
Me: Good point, go get in Lily's bed
Chloe: Bye, bye
Me: (dumb look on my face cause 2 year old just bested me)
In other news, Lawson has had enough of everybody walking out of the room on him and instead of crying to get our attention he just army crawls his chunky little butt on in to where we are.
Thank you Ashee for being the first to follow the blog.
Straits Out
Me: Chloe, do you want to go to bed right now
Chloe: Yes
Me: Then go to your room and get in bed
Chloe: I can't climb into my crib
Me: Good point, go get in Lily's bed
Chloe: Bye, bye
Me: (dumb look on my face cause 2 year old just bested me)
In other news, Lawson has had enough of everybody walking out of the room on him and instead of crying to get our attention he just army crawls his chunky little butt on in to where we are.
Thank you Ashee for being the first to follow the blog.
Straits Out
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Darn Roofers
Strange title, I know, but due to a hail storm last week we have been bombarded with roofing companies knocking on the door, interupting dinners and trying to sell themselves over the next roofer. As a salesman I respect what it take to knock on doors to gain business, but the harder these guys sell the faster I shut the door on them. They have the chutzpah to sell the fact that they can put extra money in my pocket from the insurance company..........uhhhh, ever heard of fraud sir.
Aside from the roofers, today was a pretty good day. Work was slow as my key call for the day cancelled, but it did afford me the opportunity to pick up Lily from school. Picking up Lily is always a treat because she will fill you in on details of the day as they are fresh on her mind. Today I was informed that Old Wesley (there are 2 Wesleys in her class, and New Wesley is the big crush right now) kept trying to kiss her. My first instinct is find the kid and drop kick him, but I maintained my composure. After a few more details from Lily, it sounded pretty harmless. She understands that people are not supposed to kiss until they are married. We're really not that prude, but who am I to tell her differently.
The twins seemed to have a good day too seeing as how they are right in the middle of the terrible 2's. We are so tired of repeating ourselves and listening to the constant whining. I find myself having to just take deep breaths often. I also find myself yelling at times, though we are making a conscious effort to rid the house hold of it. Patience is a virtue.
The boy popped a couple more teeth and it didn't seem to bother him a bit. Lauren (our nanny) noticed them yesterday and I just thought it was food stuck to his gums. He is finding his voice as well and it the girls get to quiet then he chimes in and breaks the silence for us.
If we get a new roof, I may have them build a secret trap door to the roof for Kasey and me to hide out once in a while.
Aside from the roofers, today was a pretty good day. Work was slow as my key call for the day cancelled, but it did afford me the opportunity to pick up Lily from school. Picking up Lily is always a treat because she will fill you in on details of the day as they are fresh on her mind. Today I was informed that Old Wesley (there are 2 Wesleys in her class, and New Wesley is the big crush right now) kept trying to kiss her. My first instinct is find the kid and drop kick him, but I maintained my composure. After a few more details from Lily, it sounded pretty harmless. She understands that people are not supposed to kiss until they are married. We're really not that prude, but who am I to tell her differently.
The twins seemed to have a good day too seeing as how they are right in the middle of the terrible 2's. We are so tired of repeating ourselves and listening to the constant whining. I find myself having to just take deep breaths often. I also find myself yelling at times, though we are making a conscious effort to rid the house hold of it. Patience is a virtue.
The boy popped a couple more teeth and it didn't seem to bother him a bit. Lauren (our nanny) noticed them yesterday and I just thought it was food stuck to his gums. He is finding his voice as well and it the girls get to quiet then he chimes in and breaks the silence for us.
If we get a new roof, I may have them build a secret trap door to the roof for Kasey and me to hide out once in a while.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Good Weekend
We actually accomplished a few things around the house on Sunday. It was enough to at least bring down my level of OCD a notch or 2. Kasey got a much needed girls night out and I was able to spend some time with just the twins on Friday night as Lily had a sleep over at her friend Chanlyr's house.
Saturday morning was very lazy for the kids and me; Kasey had to attend an open house for work. I pretty much kicked the kids out side and began creating the blog. Saturday afternoon Lily had a soccer game and I've come to the conclusion that 4 and 5 years old girls only need about a 6 game season. Lily is done with soccer. She only attempted to act interested when I threatened her, and that lasted all of 5 minutes. Abby kept trying to throw the soccer ball she was playing with out on the field and Chloe ate every snack she could find even some that did not belong to us.
Lily and I had date night after her soccer game and went and saw Rio together, which I would highly recommend. Lily has the same sense of humor as I do, and I find us laughing at the exact same things in the movie. She even sat down and watched a Marx Brothers movie with me one day and she found it hilarious.......I was very proud.
Chloe can be found these days carrying a bucket full of Mickey Mouse characters everywhere she goes. For good or bad, both she and Abby are really beginning verbalize and increase their vocabulary. Just need to get through the 2 year old fits now.
Lawson Boy is close to a full on crawl. He has the army crawl down pat and if needs to get across the room can certainly do so. Now it's just about becoming efficient. Speaking of efficient, the boy can throw down the groceries.
Until next time,
The Strait
Saturday morning was very lazy for the kids and me; Kasey had to attend an open house for work. I pretty much kicked the kids out side and began creating the blog. Saturday afternoon Lily had a soccer game and I've come to the conclusion that 4 and 5 years old girls only need about a 6 game season. Lily is done with soccer. She only attempted to act interested when I threatened her, and that lasted all of 5 minutes. Abby kept trying to throw the soccer ball she was playing with out on the field and Chloe ate every snack she could find even some that did not belong to us.
Lily and I had date night after her soccer game and went and saw Rio together, which I would highly recommend. Lily has the same sense of humor as I do, and I find us laughing at the exact same things in the movie. She even sat down and watched a Marx Brothers movie with me one day and she found it hilarious.......I was very proud.
Chloe can be found these days carrying a bucket full of Mickey Mouse characters everywhere she goes. For good or bad, both she and Abby are really beginning verbalize and increase their vocabulary. Just need to get through the 2 year old fits now.
Lawson Boy is close to a full on crawl. He has the army crawl down pat and if needs to get across the room can certainly do so. Now it's just about becoming efficient. Speaking of efficient, the boy can throw down the groceries.
Until next time,
The Strait
Saturday, April 16, 2011
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