Friday was my 39th birthday. It didn't start out very well. Seems the kids pulled out all the stops....shouldn't they wait til my 40th for that?! It began with Sean waking at 2:30 in the morning. He is teething and gets up now and then for now reason (well other than his mouth is probably in pain of course). I finally manged to put him back down around 3:45. He still cried. So Josh decided to go ahead and bring him into our bed. He was FULL of energy and ready to go. I WAS NOT!! Josh left for work and I put Sean in bed at 5:30. He cried again but eventually fell asleep. I got about an hour of sleep before Jack woke up.
Jack knocked on my door and woke me up around 7. He said he peed in his bed. I cannot remember the last time he ever had an accident. He picks my birthday of all days. The day I'm already sleep deprived. I absolutely HATE changing the sheets on the top bunk!
So finally the big boys and I head down for breakfast. Then it is already time to head up and get dressed and ready for school. Despite being told to remain quiet, Jack and Ewan are LOUD and wake up Sean. Mind you I would have had to wake him shortly anyway, but still.
Sean is crying and screaming. Not at all in a good mood. Everyone gets dressed. I try to give Sean breakfast. He wants nothing.
We pack up and head to school. Jack enjoys a morning of school and the rest of us head to the gym. I took out my frustrations on the elliptical and kicked butt! I hit my record of 184 WATTS and 1340 calories burned per hour. I maintained this for maybe five minutes and then did my usual of 150-160 WATTS and 1150-1200 calories per hour. I did my weight routine and finished up on the treadmill. So at least part of my morning was successful and "relaxing", or should I say QUIET.
We picked up Jack from school and headed home for lunch. It was a lunch like any other.....messy boys, lots of chit chat, bickering, pigging out.... Then it was time to pack up their bags so they could go to the mountains. This part went well too.
We played outside and then Oma and Opa came to get them just before 2 in the afternoon. That was when my real birthday began!!! Thanks for the best gift every, something money can't buy.....peace of mind and SILENCE!!!!!
I headed downtown to the permit office and it went smoothly. Hopefully we'll have a permit for the garage soon. Then I went home and enjoyed a piece of my birthday cake and watched one of my shows on the DVR. It was pure bliss.
Josh got home early. Even better! We headed out for drink before our dinner reservation. We went to Flying Saucer. Haven't been there in years! It was nice. Then we walked around the Vista. We still got to the restaurant early but they were able to seat us. Our food arrived almost instantly. I had some delish crispy duck breast with mashed sweet potatoes and a strawberry wine sauce. Josh had tempura lobster tail and risotto.
It was a perfect night. So nice to be just the adults again. We really do need to do that more often.
Saturday we headed up to Charlotte. Had breakfast on the way in Fort Mill. Great little restaurant. We looked at granite....4-5 different places. It was almost granite overload. We tried to narrow it down, but there was such great stuff! Colors you do not see here in Columbia.
We went to Cabo Fish Taco for lunch. One of our favorite places in Charlotte. I had some yummy tuna tacos with a pineapple kiwi wasabi sauce. And finally we went to Trader Joe's to stock up on all our favorite groceries.
The rest of the weekend was spent cleaning and getting stuff around the house down. It rained Sunday which ruined some of Josh's plans (like working in the garden and on the bar). I went to the gym and grocery store.
Shortly after 3pm on Sunday it was back to reality. The boys came home. The silence ended!
Thank you Oma and Opa for such a wonderful weekend. I know the boys had a ton of fun in the mountains with ya'll. There are not many grandparents who will take THREE ACTIVE BOYS under the age of five for a weekend. You are the best!!!!!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Flashback Friday - May 2011
Sean before his first short haircut. Amazing how much a different haircut can change a little man!!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Blue Balls or Pink Balls
I will warn you, while this story is extremely entertaining, it is about Jack's "manhood"!!
Yesterday we played outside after lunch, like any other day. My goal is always to wear them out. Their goal is to get as dirty as possible while having lots of fun and getting into trouble. Yesterday we were somewhat successful, as in they got dirty and had fun. Sean was the only one tired.
After this round of play and Sean's whiny for nap they stripped off all their clothes on the deck (no way do I let them in the house in those clothes). We headed upstairs to clean up and get Sean in bed. Jack went to the bathroom and announced he had another bug. I knew what this meant....a couple weeks ago he had a bug, as he called it, on his testicles. He removed it himself before telling me about it. Needless to say it was a tick, not just a regular bug. So we told him to always tell Mommy or Daddy if he found another one.
The time had come that he found another one. I put Sean to bed and went to inspect closer. It was indeed a tick attached to him. While I had him laying on the bed I also noticed another tick, even smaller, under what would have been his underwear waistband. Why do they always get into his underwear, and HOW???
I got the tweezers out and needless to say Jack freaked out. I explained several times that it would not hurt. I can't really blame him, what grown man would want tweezers down there?! So I gave in and told him we could paint the tick with nail polish and hope it would come off by itself (I didn't completely expect this to work, but at least it would relax Jack a little more).
So I got the blue nail polish and told him we would use it since he likes that color. His response, "my favorite color is pink. I want pink nail polish." You can imagine the sight, Jack with pink nail polish on his waist and his balls. What a sight!!! Obviously I did not take any pictures, though someday I will remind him of this and embarrass the heck out of him!!
Of course the ticks stayed in. By this time, however, Jack was playing with the tweezers and was more comfortable with them. I removed the nail polish and the ticks. I cleaned him up with alcohol and hope for the best!!!
Yesterday we played outside after lunch, like any other day. My goal is always to wear them out. Their goal is to get as dirty as possible while having lots of fun and getting into trouble. Yesterday we were somewhat successful, as in they got dirty and had fun. Sean was the only one tired.
After this round of play and Sean's whiny for nap they stripped off all their clothes on the deck (no way do I let them in the house in those clothes). We headed upstairs to clean up and get Sean in bed. Jack went to the bathroom and announced he had another bug. I knew what this meant....a couple weeks ago he had a bug, as he called it, on his testicles. He removed it himself before telling me about it. Needless to say it was a tick, not just a regular bug. So we told him to always tell Mommy or Daddy if he found another one.
The time had come that he found another one. I put Sean to bed and went to inspect closer. It was indeed a tick attached to him. While I had him laying on the bed I also noticed another tick, even smaller, under what would have been his underwear waistband. Why do they always get into his underwear, and HOW???
I got the tweezers out and needless to say Jack freaked out. I explained several times that it would not hurt. I can't really blame him, what grown man would want tweezers down there?! So I gave in and told him we could paint the tick with nail polish and hope it would come off by itself (I didn't completely expect this to work, but at least it would relax Jack a little more).
So I got the blue nail polish and told him we would use it since he likes that color. His response, "my favorite color is pink. I want pink nail polish." You can imagine the sight, Jack with pink nail polish on his waist and his balls. What a sight!!! Obviously I did not take any pictures, though someday I will remind him of this and embarrass the heck out of him!!
Of course the ticks stayed in. By this time, however, Jack was playing with the tweezers and was more comfortable with them. I removed the nail polish and the ticks. I cleaned him up with alcohol and hope for the best!!!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Flashback Friday - October 2008
With my birthday and Emmie M's birthday coming up the boys are very much looking forward to eating cake!!! So here is Jack with his first cake (lemon with raspberry filling and lemon cream cheese frosting).
An airplane cake of course!!
How long does this song go on?? Let me eat my cake already!!!
So worth the wait!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Back On Track
I am a little late posting, but Sean had his 18 month pediatrician visit a couple weeks ago. He is back on track to being on the upper end of the height chart! I still think his previous visit had an inaccurate measure anyway.
He is 34.25 inches tall (90-95%) and weighs 26.5 pounds (50%).
Sean is more and more a little guy. He really tries hard to keep up with everything his brothers do! If only he would talk more....though once he starts I know I will wish he would stop!
He is 34.25 inches tall (90-95%) and weighs 26.5 pounds (50%).
Sean is more and more a little guy. He really tries hard to keep up with everything his brothers do! If only he would talk more....though once he starts I know I will wish he would stop!
Strawberry Picking
This morning the boys and I went to pick strawberries. The weather could not have been better. It was probably in the upper 60s and sunny. So with some sunblock on we were good to go.
Anyone who knows Jack well certainly knows that he LOVES strawberries. So this was a piece of heave to him. He put maybe three berries in the bucket. He ate the rest of everything he picked!! Sean and Ewan enjoyed eating some too, but at least they helped put a few more in the bucket.
It was fun to see Sean enjoy his first year of actually helping pick berries. Last year he was in the carrier and more work than anything else. This year he was able to pick and eat too. He did pretty well picking only ripe red berries. Good lesson in learning his colors!!
Anyone who knows Jack well certainly knows that he LOVES strawberries. So this was a piece of heave to him. He put maybe three berries in the bucket. He ate the rest of everything he picked!! Sean and Ewan enjoyed eating some too, but at least they helped put a few more in the bucket.
It was fun to see Sean enjoy his first year of actually helping pick berries. Last year he was in the carrier and more work than anything else. This year he was able to pick and eat too. He did pretty well picking only ripe red berries. Good lesson in learning his colors!!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Water Table Season Begins
It's been a busy weekend....there are several posts! Whoever thought weekends are for relaxing certainly didn't have much to do! It's been crazy busy, yet fun too.
Today after lunch we brought out the water table. Last year it was also Easter Sunday we brought it out for the beginning of the season. Seems I should have brought it out earlier....Oma was asking what Sean needed/wanted for Easter. Well it should have been a new water table. We are missing a few pieces (though not critical) and can't get it completely clean. It's been well loved and I guess we'll love it some more!
Sean loves to splash water so this was great fun for him. Of course they eventually put dirt in there and had themselves some very dirty/muddy water. Boys will be boys!
Today after lunch we brought out the water table. Last year it was also Easter Sunday we brought it out for the beginning of the season. Seems I should have brought it out earlier....Oma was asking what Sean needed/wanted for Easter. Well it should have been a new water table. We are missing a few pieces (though not critical) and can't get it completely clean. It's been well loved and I guess we'll love it some more!
Sean loves to splash water so this was great fun for him. Of course they eventually put dirt in there and had themselves some very dirty/muddy water. Boys will be boys!
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