Some mornings are rough, especially the mornings when I have a deadline to be somewhere. This morning Violet had a dentist appointment so we needed to be at daycare by 7:30ish to get to the dentist on time. Lately the kids have been sleeping in until 6:30 or later. Violet has been sleeping in until…
Hayden has been rather rude as of late. I’m sure it has mostly to do with his learning to assert himself, but his repeated “NO!” has earned him a fair number of time-outs. Most times, he is given the option of a time-out or saying he’s sorry. Occasionally we just ask him, “do you need a time…
Yesterday was yet another early daycare day for the kids. I picked them up right after lunch and came back home for nap. I made a decision that we were not going to watch any TV, so I tried my best to keep them occupied with quality activities. I did a great job! We played…
Feb 15, 2012 (age 1 year, 10 mo) I got a picture of Hayden a few weeks ago after he had climbed into the cat bed. He climbs up and calls for Mike and I. He knows very well that he’s not supposed to climb up there, but he’s there nonetheless. He loves to climb…
Hayden’s obsession with vacuum cleaners has hit another level. My house has never been quite so well cleaned (at least the carpeted sections of the floor). He asks me to vacuum at least a couple hundred times a day – and if you think I’m exaggerating, check out the video below. This is just 20…
For anyone who knows our older cat, Skittles, you will know that she hasn’t been the friendliest of cats – especially from the meds she was on for quite a while. She has always been a great cat, just not the kind of cat that would want to be held or sit in your lap….
This past Friday was a ‘no daycare’ day for the kids. Therefore, I stayed home with them. Most days like this, I don’t feel as though I can get much accomplished. Not this time! Not only did we get every room picked up, but we (and I do mean we) managed to get every bit…
Since we got several inches of snow yesterday and the plow went by the drive, I got on my winter clothes to go clear the drive. Since Libby was putting Hayden down and then going to work out, I decided to bundle Violet up so she could “help” shovel the drive as well. I grabbed…
These kids are really awesome. Tonight, however, they hovered between the two extremes of being super cute and behaved and crazy, loud, or screaming. At one point, Violet is crying her little eyes out in time-out (for hitting one of the cats!) and Hayden will not leave her alone, yelling “s’ok, Bobby! s’ok!” and trying…
With two kids that are pretty big for thier age, I’m wondering to myself how much longer we can manage to have them fit into the same bath. It seems as though we need four towels for every bath night: three for the floor and one for the kids. They love baths, which is wonderful,…
