On this Friday morning after a week of sick kids, I am feeling sick now. I have been trying to entertain the boys with the basics: wooden blocks, play-doh, cartoons, and snacks. They just want to go outside, but I just want to go to bed. Needless to say, none of us are getting what we want. HAHA But I would consider us all troopers. :)
Well, John was running around the basement when all the sudden he stopped stiff. He looked at me and said, "MOM!! A SCARY GHOST!!! LOOK, IN STEVIE'S ROOM!" I responded, "John, there are NO ghosts here, I promise." Then, he said, "Yeeaaaa! Mom, look! Pink, with sparkles! There she is! Her name is Sunshine!! AND she is eating your carrots!"
I couldn't help but chuckle.
A scary ghost : pink with sparkles, named Sunshine and eating carrots..... HA
But, the fear was very real. I checked the closet for any signs of ghosts, We put a carrot in the closet in case Sunshine came back, then we shut the door. John is now wearing a blanket as a cape in case he has to make a "quick escape"
How can you not LOVE these imagination games.... :)
Friday, January 27, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Our little CATERPILLAR
I just got a phone call from St. Ambrose's preschool- John has been accepted and will be in their Tuesday/Thursday class starting September 2012!!!! I am so excited for him, I really am.... but that call was a bit stomach turning. Oh, the thought of a child in school.... where has time gone?
His schedule will look like this:
9-9:25: Arrival, Welcome, Choice Time/Clean-up
9:25-9:40: Attendance, Calendar, Weather, Prayer
9:40-10:00: Bathroom, Hand Washing, Snack Time
10-10:25: Show & Share and Letter of the Week
10:25-11:00: Bathroom Breaks, Hand Washing (getting ready to go outside- dressing 20 kids!)
11-11:20: Outside Time or Large Muscle Room
11:20-11:40: VIP (very important preschooler) and Prayer Bear
11:40-12:40: Lunch
12:40-1:00: Outside Time or Large Muscle Room
1-1:20: Large Group and Teacher Directed Activities
1:20-1:50: Project Time and Learning Centers
1:50-2:00: Group Time and Mystery Reader- dismissal!
It will be a long day for us both, but it will be so much fun for John! I can't wait for all of his stories and the big running hugs when I come to pick him up at 2! :) I'm excited for you John- you school career awaits!!
His schedule will look like this:
9-9:25: Arrival, Welcome, Choice Time/Clean-up
9:25-9:40: Attendance, Calendar, Weather, Prayer
9:40-10:00: Bathroom, Hand Washing, Snack Time
10-10:25: Show & Share and Letter of the Week
10:25-11:00: Bathroom Breaks, Hand Washing (getting ready to go outside- dressing 20 kids!)
11-11:20: Outside Time or Large Muscle Room
11:20-11:40: VIP (very important preschooler) and Prayer Bear
11:40-12:40: Lunch
12:40-1:00: Outside Time or Large Muscle Room
1-1:20: Large Group and Teacher Directed Activities
1:20-1:50: Project Time and Learning Centers
1:50-2:00: Group Time and Mystery Reader- dismissal!
It will be a long day for us both, but it will be so much fun for John! I can't wait for all of his stories and the big running hugs when I come to pick him up at 2! :) I'm excited for you John- you school career awaits!!
Stephen Loves to PLAY PLAY PLAY!
Stephen has so many toys he just loves! There are four toys we could not get through the day with out. :)
1. Books, specifically books with dogs or animals in them. He likes to kiss and hug the animals on the pages.
2. Legos- (duplos) He will build and "broke" the towers he makes for hours! When he makes a tower he is proud of (all of them!) :) he will carry it over to me and say, "HA HA!"
3. Wooden train tracks- He likes to line up all of the little train cars on the tracks and say, "choo choo" and "ready, GO!" and then he will try to push them around the track he built. Nine times out of ten they all tip over off the track and he will start all over again lining them up with a smile.
4. Bup! We could not make it through the day with out Bup, his puppy. Well, it isn't one specific puppy he needs but he just needs A puppy! Big, small... just a puppy. :)
You are so sweet Stephen, Daddy and I love to watch you play and be so content while you are learning and discovering. XO
1. Books, specifically books with dogs or animals in them. He likes to kiss and hug the animals on the pages.
2. Legos- (duplos) He will build and "broke" the towers he makes for hours! When he makes a tower he is proud of (all of them!) :) he will carry it over to me and say, "HA HA!"
3. Wooden train tracks- He likes to line up all of the little train cars on the tracks and say, "choo choo" and "ready, GO!" and then he will try to push them around the track he built. Nine times out of ten they all tip over off the track and he will start all over again lining them up with a smile.
4. Bup! We could not make it through the day with out Bup, his puppy. Well, it isn't one specific puppy he needs but he just needs A puppy! Big, small... just a puppy. :)
You are so sweet Stephen, Daddy and I love to watch you play and be so content while you are learning and discovering. XO
John and Counting
John is really good with his numbers! He can count to 10 easily and with a little hiccup around 16, he can get to 20! :) It has been fun for us to watch him explore counting and numbers while applying it to daily life. ...
Everything he counts is "2" ....
John, what time is it? 2 in the noon.
John, this is your 5minute warning until we are leaving. 2 more minutes mom?! PLEASE! 2 minutes! (Umm, sure John, we can stay 2 minutes instead of 5.) :)
John, How old am I (mommy)? 2!
John, how tall is daddy? 2!
Last night while we were driving in the car, Ryan and I were talking, Stephen was singing Elmo songs and John was counting. That's when he piped up and said, Dad! Me have 9 finges!!!
Ryan and I tried to hold back our laughter, as the fear was high that he was missing a finger! Ryan said, John, did you remember to count the finger you were counting with?? John: OH! That silly fingy!! haha!! I DO have 10! 10 fingys!
This morning while I was feeding the boys breakfast, John was not impressed with the almond slivers in his yogurt/granola mixture. He kept saying, I see nuts in my yo-guy. I would try to skirt the "issue" and I said, boy John, you have a sharp eye!! He looked at me and said, Mom, I have 2 sharp eyes, to see these 2 NUTS!! You have sharp eyes?? SEE! NUTS MOM!!! Yes, John, there are nuts in your yogurt... you don't need to eat them... :/ LOL
Everything he counts is "2" ....
John, what time is it? 2 in the noon.
John, this is your 5minute warning until we are leaving. 2 more minutes mom?! PLEASE! 2 minutes! (Umm, sure John, we can stay 2 minutes instead of 5.) :)
John, How old am I (mommy)? 2!
John, how tall is daddy? 2!
Last night while we were driving in the car, Ryan and I were talking, Stephen was singing Elmo songs and John was counting. That's when he piped up and said, Dad! Me have 9 finges!!!
Ryan and I tried to hold back our laughter, as the fear was high that he was missing a finger! Ryan said, John, did you remember to count the finger you were counting with?? John: OH! That silly fingy!! haha!! I DO have 10! 10 fingys!
This morning while I was feeding the boys breakfast, John was not impressed with the almond slivers in his yogurt/granola mixture. He kept saying, I see nuts in my yo-guy. I would try to skirt the "issue" and I said, boy John, you have a sharp eye!! He looked at me and said, Mom, I have 2 sharp eyes, to see these 2 NUTS!! You have sharp eyes?? SEE! NUTS MOM!!! Yes, John, there are nuts in your yogurt... you don't need to eat them... :/ LOL
Stephen, the escapee!
It's official! Stephen is officially climbing out of his pack'n'play. I was hoping this day wasn't going to come until we were in our own house, but it did.
We bought Stephen some new shoes last week, and he loves them- so much he wanted to even wear them to bed! I let him wear them over his footie pj's, fully intending to take them off once he had fallen asleep. Well, every time I took them off, he would wake up crying until I put them back on. Since we live in close quarters here, I quickly put them back on for fear his crying would wake John and Ryan (well, Ryan was already up... but my point is that I needed to diffuse the situation immediately!) :)
The next morning, I was up doing some dishes, and Stephen was awake in his p'n'p just singing and talking to himself. I was going to let him wake up a little and finish the dishes before I went in to get him ... that's when I realized his voice seemed to get quieter and then it was gone. I thought, maybe he went back to sleep?? So I kept cleaning... then I could hear someone running around upstairs (keep in mind it was about 5:15am at this point) I though, that's weird, Steve is upstairs running around?? Hmm? DUH! It hit me like a ton of bricks- It was Stephen!!! I ran upstairs, he was running around looking for Ryan. AHH! I couldn't believe he has crawled out of his crib, climbed up the steps and was upstairs. Now, every time he wakes up in the night he climbs out of his bed. I have been sleeping with one eye open (and Ryan just hasn't been sleeping) because we have found him playing in the shower (with no water of course!) at 2am, cleaning up his train tracks at 4:15am, looking for juice (green machine) at 3am etc.
I am stuck in a rock and a hard place- he is sleeping under the stairs in the "storage" closet (AKA, Alana and Lauren's fort/dress up closet) :) It is big, I can stand in it and walk around, so it was a perfect little room for SJ while we are staying here! :) But, now that he is climbing out, it is a bit dangerous- there is piping, studs, electrical boxes etc. We have put big blankets around his bed so it will break his fall, IF he does fall...which he hasn't! (the pack'n'plays are so close to the ground, he can actually very easily get out, now that he figured out he CAN get out) We tried to have the boys sleep together, but Stephen is just to young to understand that John is SLEEPING - don't wake him! Ha, SJ pokes his eyes, lays on him etc... it simply does not work to have a 36 month old and a 20 month old sleep together! LOL
Anyways, it is on to a big bed for him once we move into our new house! :) When John (14months!) outgrew his crib because he was climbing out we traded my parents our full size bed for Ryan and Jinette to use when they stayed at my parents for 2 of their twin beds. I think it will be time to pick up that other mattress soon! :)
I can't believe we are on the homestretch of no more cribs!!! I never thought this day would come. And, I will miss it, but Stephen needs a big boy bed. :)
We bought Stephen some new shoes last week, and he loves them- so much he wanted to even wear them to bed! I let him wear them over his footie pj's, fully intending to take them off once he had fallen asleep. Well, every time I took them off, he would wake up crying until I put them back on. Since we live in close quarters here, I quickly put them back on for fear his crying would wake John and Ryan (well, Ryan was already up... but my point is that I needed to diffuse the situation immediately!) :)
The next morning, I was up doing some dishes, and Stephen was awake in his p'n'p just singing and talking to himself. I was going to let him wake up a little and finish the dishes before I went in to get him ... that's when I realized his voice seemed to get quieter and then it was gone. I thought, maybe he went back to sleep?? So I kept cleaning... then I could hear someone running around upstairs (keep in mind it was about 5:15am at this point) I though, that's weird, Steve is upstairs running around?? Hmm? DUH! It hit me like a ton of bricks- It was Stephen!!! I ran upstairs, he was running around looking for Ryan. AHH! I couldn't believe he has crawled out of his crib, climbed up the steps and was upstairs. Now, every time he wakes up in the night he climbs out of his bed. I have been sleeping with one eye open (and Ryan just hasn't been sleeping) because we have found him playing in the shower (with no water of course!) at 2am, cleaning up his train tracks at 4:15am, looking for juice (green machine) at 3am etc.
I am stuck in a rock and a hard place- he is sleeping under the stairs in the "storage" closet (AKA, Alana and Lauren's fort/dress up closet) :) It is big, I can stand in it and walk around, so it was a perfect little room for SJ while we are staying here! :) But, now that he is climbing out, it is a bit dangerous- there is piping, studs, electrical boxes etc. We have put big blankets around his bed so it will break his fall, IF he does fall...which he hasn't! (the pack'n'plays are so close to the ground, he can actually very easily get out, now that he figured out he CAN get out) We tried to have the boys sleep together, but Stephen is just to young to understand that John is SLEEPING - don't wake him! Ha, SJ pokes his eyes, lays on him etc... it simply does not work to have a 36 month old and a 20 month old sleep together! LOL
Anyways, it is on to a big bed for him once we move into our new house! :) When John (14months!) outgrew his crib because he was climbing out we traded my parents our full size bed for Ryan and Jinette to use when they stayed at my parents for 2 of their twin beds. I think it will be time to pick up that other mattress soon! :)
I can't believe we are on the homestretch of no more cribs!!! I never thought this day would come. And, I will miss it, but Stephen needs a big boy bed. :)
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