Drop that Pop Tart!

I posted this on my family blog but since that is private I thought you would all get a kick out of this as well!

Yesterday morning M had a pop tart for breakfast (I know my mother-in-law is cringing as she reads this) and she had this pop tart in a bowl so she can break off the "crust" she only likes the gooey inside. When her ride for school came to pick her up she hadn't finished eating it, so she just left it in the bowl on my living room floor. Now N, who is now 6 months old, was no where even close to this bowl so I wasn't too worried about her getting to it, (do you see where this story is going). I talked to my friend who takes M to school for a little bit and then off they went. I checked on N and she was still nowhere near this bowl and as I was headed over to pick up the bowl my phone rang. I answered my phone and it was my primary president who is a chatter. We got to chatting and I didn't think twice about that bowl until I looked over and didn't see N. I then walked around a little bit and there she was, right next to the bowl and sucking the life out of that pop tart! I told my president I had to go because N was eating a pop tart and she just laughed and said she would call me back. So then came the task of retrieving the delicious chocolatey pop tart from a little girl who has just discovered for the first time of her life the joy of chocolate! Let's just say N was not going to let go of that pop tart, fortunately for me I am bigger and stronger so I was able to retrieve it from her determined little hands. She of course had chocolate all over herself and if I was thinking I would have snapped a photo of it because it was pretty awesome. But I was more concerned with cleaning her up than anything else! Crazy girl is on the move now and she is quick! I can't believe how quickly time flies!

Naked Party

My house has been suffering a lot lately because I have just been ridiculously busy and this week I finally didn't have anything that had to be done or anywhere I needed to be at so I decided this week would be a fabulous week to clean my house, and when I say clean I mean scrub, declutter, dust, the works! I actually threw away toys and gave some to D.I. . . . shocker, I know . . . but seriously the toys were getting outta control. Anyways tonight my plan was to scrub the bathrooms and while I am cleaning mine (which is the size of my kids room) I realized it was getting close to bedtime so I told the kids to clean up their toys and get their pj's on and then I went back to cleaning my bathroom. After a few minutes I came out to get the broom and heard quite the mischief going on in the kids bathroom so I decide to investigate and this is what I walked in on:

M naked and sitting on the big potty

J naked and sitting on the potty training potty - you know the one that DOES NOT flush and you have to scrub out every time someone goes potty in it

O standing naked in the middle of the bathroom holding his you know what (luckily he was not peeing)

Me: J what are you doing on that potty?

J: Well O made me do it

Me: O is 2, you are 5, how did he make you do it?

J: Well he told me to!

Me: So you chose to listen?

J: But he made me do it!

Me: It's o.k. I'm not mad, (in fact I was trying not to laugh) just get up

I was really hoping he had not gone potty . . . but he did . . . oh well I needed to clean their bathroom next anyways

Me: J next time you need to go potty, please go in one that flushes.

J: O.K.

Me: now will someone please explain to me where all of your clothes are?

M: We are having a Naked Party!

Me: ok well umm how about we have a pajama party now instead!

Just thought I would share this with you in case you needed a laugh!

Amazing Blog to keep things in perspective

I stumbled across this blog the other day and I am in love with it because it really helps me appreciate my children and life even more. This is a blog written by a mom of five kids and moving forward with her life after the death of her child last December. I couldn't stop reading this blog the other night and literally bawled my eyes out as I read her posts. After I read several of her blog posts I realized that I really need to focus more on my kids and not so much on the mundane things of life. Here is the blog, I highly encourage you to check it out to really help you appreciate your children more and make sure you have a box of tissues handy!

We survived the past two weeks!

Well we survived my husband's surgery and our life has returned back to normal. My husband is back to work and I am back to blogging and taking care of my amazing kids. One thing I really noticed as my husband was healing was how amazing my kids were at understanding that their needs were not my number one concern but that didn't mean I didn't love them, it just meant I needed to take care of daddy and then them. It also helped to have a great support system of family and friends who could watch my kids for a few hours so I could take care of him and myself. I know my brother in law doesn't realize it, but he did me the greatest service by ditching basketball to help me out, and I was able to take a shower and not have to worry about anything but getting clean. That was huge for me.

Speaking of my kids understanding I have to share a story about my priorities as my husband was healing. On the first day after my husband's surgery my 4 yr old J came in my room and wanted me to turn on a video game for him and get him a drink of milk at the same time my husband needed me to go get him his pain pills and something to eat. As I was walking out of my room with J I was explaining to him that he would have to wait because daddy's needs were my number one priority and his needs were my number two priority. My five year old heard me say that and immediately said, "Well then where am I?" I didn't realize she heard what I said to J so I told her that she obviously was in the living room, and she goes, "No mom, I mean if J is number 2 and D is number 1 what am I?" I then had to explain to her that all my kids were included in my number 2 priority and none of them were more important than the other two. After that they were so good at being patient and waiting until I finished helping T before I helped them.

This week I am going to be focusing on why kids misbehave and for me I have found that if you can truly understand this concept then life as a parent becomes a TON easier, so ask questions and share examples so you can all help each other understand the concept better!