Exhausted

Another day late.....I've been pretty worn out lately.  I feel like I'm finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel though.....

1.  It's been one big whine fest around here lately.  I seriously don't know what's been in the water, but both of the kids have been super delightful.  Ha, ha.  They say 3 is the new 2.  Sucks because I have a 3 and a 2 year old.  I guess I'm just lucky to get those terrible 2's and 3's all at once.  In about 2 years I should be sittin' pretty though.

It got so bad, that it was a revolving door of timeouts the other day.  There were several points where BOTH of them were in timeout at the same time

I'm kind of running out of corners around here.  And of course, that was all before 9 a.m.  What a fun day.

2.  I've started a group personal training class.  It's Tuesday and Thursday night and this is week #2.  It's kicking my butt.  I'm working muscles that I didn't even know I had.  The drill sergeant, I mean trainer, is pretty adamant about not drinking any caffeine.  If you think I'm giving up my morning coffee, you're crazy.  But I thought I would at least try to give up diet coke.  I only drink one a day (sometimes two if I'm extra tired).  I thought I would start today.  I made it to 9:08 a.m. before I wanted one.  I managed to hold out until lunch, but then I caved.  Maybe tomorrow.

3.  I came across THIS site and thought it was pretty informative.  It even breaks it down by age category.  Miss C has always been a big reader and we have books everywhere.  Little J is finally starting to really enjoy looking and reading books.  Of course, they usually have to be about tractors, trains, or cars.  Those are his favorites.  He even started to try to "read" the story.  Of course we really can't understand what he is saying, but he thinks he's reading.

4.  One of Miss C's favorite things is snow globes, or snow gloves as she calls them.  We've kind of started a collection.  She keeps them in her room on her dresser for safe keeping.  Right now she has three, one from NY, one with a bunny rabbit, and one with an airplane.  I think we'll try to keep the collection going.  Here she is admiring one of them.  Of course she had to be extra gentle.  She's kind of obsessed with taking care of them.  She knows they are fragile.  Believe me, she knows.  We've broken our fair share of snow gloves.

5.  We've been practicing naming the months of the year.  I think Miss C has pretty much got them.  She flubs a couple every now and then, but otherwise she's pretty good at it.  I've been repeating it so much that I was surprised that Little J picked up on it.  He knows February, March, April, May (although sometimes he skips it) and June.  Oh, and he knows October.  He'll shout it out after you say September.  He gets so excited.  We're also learning our colors.  He's been doing pretty well with that too.  I guess I also need to move onto shapes.  He has his 2 year appointment in a couple of weeks and I at least need to prove I'm not a total slouch.  Little J better be on that day if the doctor starts to quiz him!

6.  The weather has been so nice that we've dragged out the pool.  The kids are having a ball.  Miss C also enjoys the sprinkler.  Little J, not so much.  I've got to say that I'm kind of surprised.  I thought he would go at it full steam ahead.  

7.  I'm gonna end it here.  Sad that I only got to 7.  Even sadder that I don't have a 52 week pic this week.  Oh well.  It's been a whiney week :)