Ian School

Ian is loving his new school. I'm so glad, I was a bit worried. It's actually not a new school, it's the same one as last year, but he calls it New School, I'm guessing because he has different teachers, whom we love. Here is the little booger on his first day:

Patiently waiting for the doors to open.

I know he doesn't look that excited, but he's VERY excited! Even on the way home, sans nap...

His after school snack.

We actually stopped and got him ice cream too. He requested to go to Grandma and Grandpa's and have Grandma come with me to pick him up too. She happily obliged to the boss's orders.

This last weeks, things did not go so smoothly. Well, they did for drop off, but he may, or may not, have had a breakdown when I picked him up because one of the little boys brought a train for naptime and Ian did not.

I was actually able to get him in his car seat. He was smooshing himself between the door and the seat.

He sat on the floor, refused to walk, screaming, screaming, people, at the top of his lungs. I laughed... I'm only human, and just kept walking. As he would stop, throw himself to the ground with his backpack, then continue to walk... all. the. way. to. the. car. Parents would stop and watch, some would make comments. I thought it hilarious that many parents thought he was screaming because he wanted to stay at school, they were so wrong, he wanted a train.

Please note, he did not nap.

I finally was able to reason with him. We went to the store and bought a snack and a train, I know, I know. But he was sobbing people... do you not see that face? And then, we went to visit grandpa at work to cheer him  up.

I moved my phone, so it's really blurry.

Ian hugged him for about 2 minutes, then proceeded to eat 2 popsicles (Mila had her first too). That made him happy, we then stopped by grandma's where he gave her a hug to feel better, she had a headache. And he then conned them into watching him by himself for a while. He's really good at getting what he wants out of them. It's pretty brilliant to watch.

Anyways, we're excited about school this semester. It's a lot of fun! Oh, and he goes in the potty at school. I think we are going to do underwear next week. I was a bit nervous on sending him in underwear, so he's been wearing pull-ups. But, I think that we may be ready.

Have a fabulous day!

Ian's First Sleepover!

I am painting, so I'm letting one coat dry, then I'm going to get back out there and finish.... hopefully. I'm already pretty tired. But, I'm tired of not having a bookshelf and I've put it off long enough!

Anyways, onto Ian's first sleepover. My friend Jackie and I have been wanting to have a Weeds-athon lately, where we stay up late (for mom's) and drink and watch/catch up on Weeds. So, we did just that. And, it worked out quite perfectly, if I must say so myself. Around 8, I put on Word World for them to watch. I conveniently put on the "Duck's First Sleepover" episode. Note: They jump on their beds in this show! But, the boys did not! :)

Aren't they so stinking cute?! Ian went to bed really quick for the first time in  his life. But, it was hilarious. Ian started fake snoring and then Julian joined in. I swear, it was taking everything in me (and I'm sure Jackie too) not to burst out into laughter. They were so funny! Then, I guess Ian got pretty tired because she actually told Julian to shhh and then was asleep quickly thereafter.

Julian had a case of the giggles, I'm sure from excitement, come on people, first sleepover! But, Jackie was a superwoman, er... mom, and got him down.

They changed positions a lot, but Julian slept in pretty late (730) and Ian only woke up once at night where he tried to crawl onto the couch with Jackie, then play with some toys, but she put him back to bed... haha!

Sleepover = success. Next time, I think I'll make some waffles with fruit or something. Or maybe pancakes that spell things, or make fruit faces on them. I don't know, but we have got to do it more often! It was a blast.

We also noticed that their play is getting to be really sweet, as in totally awesome. They actually solve some of their problems on their own now!!

Julian has a car Ian wants.
Ian - "Have it, car! Have it!"
Julian hands Ian the car.
Ian - "Thank you Julian" and he hands Julian another car.
**Long Pause**
Ian - "Julian, say 'you're welcome'"


Hahah! They're so funny!

Until next time... paint awaits me.

Memoirs of a Mom

Dear Ian,

You are not getting enough sleep when you try and come into mommy and daddy's bedroom, but cannot quite make it.

I'm aware that you love your cars. I love them too. Especially when they do awesome things like watch you eat or play on the playground.

And it's good to know that you take care of them, you know, by driving them up to, then into the water because they are thirsty. It is good to lookout for others.

You are hilarious and exhausting. So, I'm going to bed now. See you in the morning.

I love you.

Love,

Mom

Mommy Goggles

I'm back! Here's a new edition of Mommy Goggles! I'm thinking I'm going to stick with it this time because it helps me fall asleep (what?! Yes, I usually post these the night before). And well, I've had some trouble sleeping lately.

The kiddos have been incredible lately. I have the normal amount of sibling rivalry, sort of. Mila loves Ian. Anytime he comes around, she lights up and starts giggling and getting super excited. She loves to play with her big brother. She loves to play with his toys. Ian isn't always in the sharing mood though, so he'll snatch it from her and get her a really lame toy to play with. It's almost comical, but I don't (intentionally) encourage it.

They love to play in the pool in the backyard. Mila just sits in her float and will play with a duckie (or whatever toy Ian allows her to have). I wish we had a nice real pool, that would be uber. Do you see how dead our grass is? This dryness is so lame.We are watering the foundation at 9 o'clock-ish at night. I hope it's helping. We need to redo our yard, dessert style.

Anyways, do you see how happy Mila is that Ian is pushing her on the swing? That's like my favorite picture, Stephen took it, you can sort of see Amy's foot in the background. Whom, Ian calls "Aunt Amy." :) He was also letting the swing hit him, then dramatically throwing himself to the ground. It was hilarious. Ian is really, really funny. He has a great, sophisticated sense of humor... kind of like our cousin Dylan. I love it!

We got to go to the pool with Franny and Mila tried out her new bathing suit (via namaw) and hat (via Franny). Um, I'm in love. Doesn't she look absolutely adorable? I almost can't handle it, but I am. And the girl was so worn out that she fell asleep poolside.

I mean, we've been spending, a lot of time at the pool. Even Aunt Amy's... where Mila is so excited, she puts her float on her head.

BTW, can you get over Ian on the slide? How ridiculous is that? And that picture of Mila in her skirt and flower? My dad's favorite! And that Daddy and Ian playing at Chuck-e Cheeses. So much fun! (I know, it's been a while since I've updated).

And completely un-child related, Franny and Feng came over and made us some (super spicy) kung po chicken.

It was really tasty though. :) Do you see the chair behind Feng? He tried to build a blockade to keep Ian out... nothing keeps Ian out from anywhere... lesson learned.

Hopefully you'll be seeing a lot more updates from now on. Have a great week everyone!

Tall

Does that say 33 inches? Crazy!

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Happy 4th!

From our family to yours... Happy 4th of July!!

 

Mommyhood

I just realized today is Ten on Tuesday. Maybe I'll do that from my grandma's laptop here in a bit that I'll be working on if these childrens ever go back to sleep. I did the smart thing and put them both on the couch for a nap. I heard some noise and looked over. Mila and Ian are both sitting up and Ian is holding her hands and talking to her. So much for that plan.

I am playing a lot more cars lately than I thought I ever would. That's exciting! :)

Mommy Goggles

Last night, I was putting Ian to bed. So, we all laid down in bed and watched Love Actually. This is what happened.

Isn't that a-freaking-dorable?! Ian is always holding her hand and cuddling with her. I figure that I should enjoy it as much as possible before all the love runs out. So, I'm doing my best.

Both kiddos are doing awesome. Ian wears underwear all the time, but Stephen still puts him in a diaper for bed time. I'm thinking we will be able to cross that off the list soon. Mila is a little sick at the moment with a upper respiratory infection. But, she's handling it like a trooper. The doctor told me "You're kids are so active! I don't know how you do it, you must drink lots of coffee in the morning." It was nice to see that someone else (besides the people who see these two on a daily basis) understand that these kids are so hyper active... both of them! It's insane. I actually had to hold Mila's arms down during the examination because she was so excited (smiling, waving her arms, trying to grab the stethoscope, etc), so the doctor could examine her. She is hilarious and is already showing a million different faces.

There is another picture that I forgot to post, but both of the kids were laying on their bellies and Ian was trying to show Mila how to scoot. He scooted ahead of Mila and she gave him a total "go to hell" look. Poor thing, though hilarious. :)

Blog out!

The Luckiest

Every morning I wake up and I come out to the living room. I (usually) await for my kids to wake up too.

Every morning, Ian walks out of the room and comes and cuddles with me for a little bit. Usually asking for chocolate milk (his coffee) and a show of sorts. This morning, it's Frog. I always ask him if he slept well, I ask him every morning.

Lately, he's started asking Mila too. "Lila, sleep well?" Yes, he calls her Lila (leeela), not Mila. And he cuddles with her too.

I am, in fact, the luckiest.

Curse Words

Yesterday, I wrote up this long post for this topic and my phone didn't save it or publish it. So after crying for an entire day about it, I am mustering up the patience to write it out all over again.

Please note, on a completely different topic, that Mila is extremely temperamental with a short fuse. She is currently fussing every time Ian walks into her line of sight.

Back to the post, yesterday Ian used a curse word, in pretty good context. My post yesterday explained how bummed I was because oi always use said word and therefore, it had to be my fault. But then, the hubs came ome and we got to talk (and laugh) about it. He then reminded me of something very important, Ian first used this word when we were in the car with Jackie. So despite the fact that it is my favorite adjective and noun when talking to Amy about boys, Jackie was the first over to put it into Ian's head.

What is this descriptive, yet inappropriate word? Well, let me tell you how it went down. We were watching Psych and I said something like "Ew! He kissed her!" (I know, I'm super mature and adult). And Ian responds with "Jackass!"

Um, yes, perhaps he is. I do the only thing any patent would do on this situation and text Stephen, followed by a phone call to my mom, you're supposed to call the grandparents when your child has a first, right?

Luckily, he has only used it a couple of times and it could be a way worse word. But I must go now, Ian is standing in front of Mila and she isn't liking it, probably because he is eating a waffle...

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Lovelies!

Hey there! It's been a while. :) Oops.... again. Aren't you getting tired of hearing that? My babies are more adorable than ever, seriously.

Is that a good enough fix for now? I've been watching Dexter lately. It's so good! Loves it.

Yuck!

Look what we saw on our wall this morning. Apparently it is a gigantic rat of some sort. Gross. Ian liked it though... Of course.

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Swimming Pool

Today, the kids and I went over to our friend Jackie and Julian's house. Mila got to have her first time in the pool. It was awesome. **Warning! Picture heavy!!**

Before I tell you how it went, let me show you the first time her tiny toes hit the water.

I know that I'm laughing, and it's because it was a little funny. Mila screamed. Ian thought it was pretty funny too. Here's a picture of his look during this whole fiasco...

It's his whole "I'm trying really hard not to smile face." Priceless. Thank you Jackie for photo-documenting the whole thing!! Though, after some time, I'll say this, Mila is a lot more comfortable in the water than Ian is. I think she only cried because the water was very cold and it shocked her. Ian is actually scared of the water. Neh, terrified. He cried when I carried him in it too. The life jacket never got wet I don't think... unless he splashed himself.

Eventually, Mila got super comfortable in her environment.. maybe a little bit too comfortable...

Julian had never experienced this phenomena, and was naturally very interested. **Please note, I'm right next to Mila, she's not free floating in the pool, we just thought it'd be funny to scare Stephen a little bit.**

This conversation must be extremely interested. I know what you're all asking yourselves, where's Ian? Oh, I didn't tell you?

He's that spec in the far left distance. He's over at the kiddie pool that he refused to get into... watching.

Him and Julian did have a lot of fun though. They're turning out to be pretty good friends. Ian is a year older and Julian will be beating up lots of people for Ian. We've decided that Julian has already taken some Krav Maga classes and that Ian needs to take some lessons. Ha!

Julian was brave. And if I look a little frightened, it's because I am. He almost face planted in the water 2 seconds before. He suddenly can't distribute his weight when he's in the water, it was hilarious to watch. So Amanda, it's cool that you were at the pool and all, but what do a 2.5 and 1.5 year old do in their regular free time? I thought that you'd never ask.

They play together. They bite each other. Hit. Throw things. Laugh. Cry. Etc. It's a lot of fun. :) Mila finds it amusing...

Now, to continue resting until Mother's Day. The hubs comes home in the afternoon. I'm super excited!! He had me extremely nervous for 2 hours... calling the hotel, the airlines, etc. But, he made it back to the US of A. Can't wait to see his beautiful face.

3 Kids, 1 Day

Today, I had a pretty fun day. Ian got to play with another kid. He's usually around adults, so it was a good experience. And let me tell you, the kids were awesome! All 3 of them took a nap (including me... oops).

Well, that's all 3 of them! I carried Mila for most of the day so I could have both of my hands free. Somehow, I seem to have misplaced my Ergo, so I was going old school, the Bjorn. We made it though! They had lots of fun sliding into the sandbox from the slide. Stephen just finished it up yesterday. It was intense!

Jackie's kiddo was hilarious. Ian is all done posing for my camera, but Julian is not. Here's a series of looks I got from him.

Hilarious, right? I thought so. He didn't take very long to get comfortable. :)

And lastly, but certainly not the least, here they are in their rides.

I know, I know, what a bunch of bad asses. I couldn't agree more. Julian cried when he first pushed the button and the car moved... it was awesome. Ian thought it was super fun to have someone to crash into. It was hilarious. Kids are so funny!
I have to go now. Ian keeps bringing me Easter tattoos to cover his body with... yeah, yeah.

Blog out.

Zoo

My mom and I took the kids to the zoo last week and it was a lot of fun! Both of them really enjoyed it and then passed out when we got home. I kept trying to get really close to a peacock and kept asking my mom "do you think they'll attack me?" And then one of them charged another animal, but not me. So, I guess my distance was just right, but I did get pretty close to a few of them.

The pictures from the top left are:
1. This is how close I got to the peacock. Impressive huh? I think so. I basically risked my life for this picture. I'm sure the peacock could take me down.
2. Ian feeding the animals. He was so scared so my mom put her hand under his. He giggled, but wouldn't do it again and made us feed the animals. Fun fact: when we were feeding the goats, one of them (she was gigantic, we think pregnant) and she jumped on the fence and was eating over the fence. Ian pointed his finger at her and yelled "GET DOWN!" It was hilarious.
3. Ian's face at the beginning of the train ride. He loves trains. But there were hens and roosters around that kept coming after me and I would get scared. He's learning all of my bad habits by association. But, I was totally playing it cool at this point and was telling him that they wouldn't bother him.
4. Mila on the train! She had a great time. My mom wore her for most of the zoo adventure.
5. My mom and I trying to get Ian to pose with a Longhorn for a picture for my dad. "SMILE!!" He was so tired and delirious, this is all we got. HA! Is this what you want mom? I love it! So cute. :)

In other news, I think I'm going to take Mila to the doctor AGAIN tomorrow. This girl cannot stay away. I think we've been every week since she was born. It gets expensive. But, I think she has RSV again. Is it weird that I think my babies are healthy even though we can't stay out of the doctor? I still think she is. Just struggling with her little immune system at the moment.

Got to go! Today is organize day and I'm going to go through Ian's toys and what not. AH! Wish me luck!

Car Accident

Yesterday, Stephen picked up the kids from my parents' house and headed home. On the way there he go rear ended. It was pretty low end, but the truck does need a new bumper. I'm so grateful that our car seats did their job! Especially because the Chicco was seat bealted in without the base. When I got to the scene, the car seat was still there, hadn't budged. So, if you have a Chicco and you were wondering, yes, it's super safe. Ian's car seat did awesome as well, it's a Recaro Signo. I was hoping I'd never have to review their car seats' safety based on being in an accident, but I'm so thankful they performed so well!

I guess now, we're going to have to replace the car seats because they were in an accident. I'm going to look it up, but I'm pretty sure that's the protocol.

Does this go on their 'firsts'?

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update and say the kiddos are fine! (from the accident). For my kids, when it rains, it pours. They've both had ear infections, immunizations, and now an accident in one week. It's been rough! I am hoping it'll be a better week from here on out.

Good Thursday!

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