Again, a day late for 10 on Tuesday. But hopefully this post will be jammed packed and it will make up for it.
1. We decided to ditch the toddler bed for Little J. It's really not working out well. I think he really wants a big bed. Scratch that. I know he wants a big bed because he told us so. We were on vacay last week and he slept great in a big bed with the bed rails. The day we got home, sleeping fell apart when he went back to the toddler bed. Safe to say, yesterday was probably the worst day I had with him. He pretty much cried the entire morning because he skipped his nap the day before and fought us at bed time the previous evening. I got so frustrated that I moved the bed from the spare bedroom into his room. all. by. myself. And no, that last tid bit is not being passive aggressive. at. all.
2. Little J's favorite color is definitely orange. Whenever given a chance, he choses it over any other color. It's kind of funny to see him have such a favorite.
3. I took these snaps just a few days after I got my camera back. J was working late and I decided to take the kids out for a "photo shoot" after their naps. They did ok for a few minutes and then it basically turned into them running around chasing each other and laughing because I wasn't able to take their picture. Even at 2 and 3 they team up to conspire against me :). My mom made these outfits for them and I like the way they turned out.
This little series is how these two typically interact with each other. It's just so them. At first they are all sweet with each other
Then it quickly turns to a shoving match. On this particular occasion they were having fun with it. But ordinarily it turns ugly. real ugly.
4. Miss C started school at the end of August. She's having a blast. Here she is on her first day. No tears what-so-ever. Usually I walk her up the ramp to the front door and give her a hug and a kiss good bye. This week she decided that she was old enough to do that herself. So my big girl gave me my hug and kiss at the car and walked up to the door by herself. She didn't even want me waiting and watching her do this. I guess being too cool for your parents starts at 3, huh? But of course like every parent in the world, I hid behind the bushes and waited and watched until she was safely inside. At least I'm still getting the hug and kiss good bye. I know it won't be long until I'm too embarrassing for that too.
5. So we're in the swing of trying to decide halloween costumes this year. For the past couple of weeks, Miss C has consistently wanted to be a bunny rabbit. Little J then says he either wants to be Elmo (which is what he was last year) or a baby bunny. We're trying to convince him to either be spider man or Yo Gabba Gabba. Last night I was at Wally World looking at costumes and Miss C has now changed her mind on what she wants to be. Now she wants to be Hello Kitty. I guess I'll give it another week and ask her again. Whatever she says is what I'm going to order!
6. You know what I'm tired of? Cleaning poop up after my 2 year old smears it all over his room. For crying out loud. It's bad enough that I have to clean him up after each dirty diaper. But it's insult to injury when he decides to fish it out of his own diaper and then touch just about everything in his room. Today was the 3rd time this happened. Believe me, it doesn't get any funnier the second and third time around. This time it was especially disgusting. I ended up throwing him in the shower because it was everywhere. After I hosed him off, I had him in a towel while I finished disinfecting every inch of his room. A grown woman should not have to clean poop off of the blinds. I think you can guess what happened next. Yep, he peed on the floor. I just steam cleaned all of the carpets two weeks ago too. It's a good thing I'm lazy and hadn't put away the steam cleaner yet. So as I'm steaming the carpet, I say to him, "way to go buddy. thank you very much" to which he replies, "you're welcome." Oy vey.
7. Just because I'm all about my little buddy right now, you wanna know what his latest favorite phrase is? Oh, it's a good one. He's often letting us know, "It's not fair!". Isn't that a gem? He even crosses his arms and slams them down on his chest. You know, just to complete the effect. Most of the time I have to turn my head when I'm laughing. It's just so wrong, but it's just so funny.
8. My nephew is due in 6 days and I can't wait!! Let's all send some good (and easy) labor vibes to Aunt J!
9. We had our annual trip to the beach last week. The weather wasn't so great, but we still had a good time. We took the kids to the aquarium and we even had a family bowling afternoon. That was a hoot to say the least. I'm still editing the pictures, but here are a few on the beach that I managed to get.
10. I've been kind of slacking on my 52 weeks project. While we were at the beach, we had the opportunity to be photographed by 11 (yes 11!) amazing photographers while we were there. We looked like total movie stars on the beach :). Anyway, here are a few that were posted on their blogs. Feel free to check them out! PS--I made the dress I was wearing....don't look too closely! I decided to do this the week before we left :)
Some of you have already seen the first four, so be sure to check out the last one. It's a little slide show. Enjoy!!
