Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Teaming up on mommy
Disclaimer: VERY long post....I just don't want to forget some of the bad days too!!
I know technically Owen and Kennedy are past the terrible twos because they are in their third year of life at the the age of two but I think they missed the memo. On Monday I had to go to the Social Security office because we e-filed our taxes and it was rejected because my birth date was incorrect. After confirming with Jeremiah that I indeed knew my birth date. We re-submitted when it was once again rejected, I had to go into the Social Security office. After trying twice before without kids and being turned away because I didn't have the correct paperwork(different people telling me different things),I NEEDED to get it taken care of and had no choice but to bring the kids with me. Soo with my purse stocked with fruit snacks and suckers we tried to leave the house so we would arrive exactly when they opened. Unfortunately, as you may have guessed nothing goes as planned with two two year olds so we were five minutes late and had a waiting room full of people before us. The kids did great!! Yup, they played a game on my phone, talked with each other played peek-a-boo with various strangers and collected business cards. They were getting a bit loud and starting to run so it was time to break out fruit snacks. After those were gone and there were a few people still ahead of us. The kids started fighting over my phone and running in and out of the automatic door I was forced to bust out my last piece of bribery...suckers. All in all the kids did very well and after a 7 minute "interview" they spotted a drinking fountain and insisted on a drink. Of course the bathroom was right there and Kennedy needed to use the big potty (she still wears diapers). Soo while I was very proud of her for wanting to use the potty....it was not great timing...but such is life right. As I was getting Kennedy undressed for the potty Owen decided to play in the toilet water and unroll the toilet paper....how does that happen in less than 2 seconds?? After everyone was cleaned up we headed out!
On our drive home we passed Aldi....one of the kids favorite stores:) So they insisted we go to the store. Soo we headed to Target...BIG mistake. We picked up a few items in the dollar section to play with while I picked up the necessary purchases..ha! Well, somewhere along the way one of them must have put down their echoing microphone so they were fighting over the other one. They were both screaming at the TOP of their lungs. I was so embarrassed and it took them awhile to calm down. Since I used all "snacks" at the SoS I now had to move on to deal making. I told them if they were very good and didn't scream anymore we could play play dough when we got home! After a very taxing 5 minutes we made it to the check out. The kids were doing very good and even put back their distraction toys with no fuss. When we checked out a coupon for $1 off a kids meal printed off. It was nearing lunch time and who can resist a $3 lunch:). I put the kids in the seats and the table while I picked up the food from the counter. I brought the food to the table and gave them each their hot dog and a little popcorn while I went to get our drinks. When I returned they decided they didn't want the popcorn on their plates but the popcorn that was in the bag....so it was ALL over the floor and table. Owen discovered that the bar holding the chairs was fun to stand on and so he started playing on that when he fell. While I was comforting him Kennedy decided to take drinks of the icee herself..since I only have two hands and counting with time out was not working it spilled...of course! Owen got back to his chair and jumped again and I put him in a timeout in the corner of cafe area. When I turned around Kennedy was LICKING UP THE ICEE OFF THE FLOOR!!!!!!!! After I rinsed her mouth out 1000 times and bathed her in hand sanitizer I see Owen CRAWLING out of his time out! I then put her in timeout for picking the food up off the floor (She knows this is VERY bad). While she is in time out Owen starts picking up the spilled popcorn and eating....so he goes back to time out. Sooo I finally get smart or so I think. Sooo I put him in the back of the cart while putting Kennedy's coat on! He thinks it is fun to jump in the cart so that it makes a loud noise! I tell him to sit down. I put Kennedy in the 2 seat-er front of the cart while I attempt to clean up a bit of the disaster! BAD IDEA they are now jumping opposite each other so the front of the cart is off the ground then the back...you get the idea...all the while spilling my pop and popcorn all over our coats that were in the back with Owen. I was physically shaking I was so ANGRY and embarrassed because the cafe is right in front of all the checkout lanes so everyone is watching the "show". When we get to the car it would just be to easy for Owen to get in his car seat without trouble. Soo after physically having to get tough with him to get him buckled up we were off!
Once we got home they were ANGELS the rest of the day!
I know technically Owen and Kennedy are past the terrible twos because they are in their third year of life at the the age of two but I think they missed the memo. On Monday I had to go to the Social Security office because we e-filed our taxes and it was rejected because my birth date was incorrect. After confirming with Jeremiah that I indeed knew my birth date. We re-submitted when it was once again rejected, I had to go into the Social Security office. After trying twice before without kids and being turned away because I didn't have the correct paperwork(different people telling me different things),I NEEDED to get it taken care of and had no choice but to bring the kids with me. Soo with my purse stocked with fruit snacks and suckers we tried to leave the house so we would arrive exactly when they opened. Unfortunately, as you may have guessed nothing goes as planned with two two year olds so we were five minutes late and had a waiting room full of people before us. The kids did great!! Yup, they played a game on my phone, talked with each other played peek-a-boo with various strangers and collected business cards. They were getting a bit loud and starting to run so it was time to break out fruit snacks. After those were gone and there were a few people still ahead of us. The kids started fighting over my phone and running in and out of the automatic door I was forced to bust out my last piece of bribery...suckers. All in all the kids did very well and after a 7 minute "interview" they spotted a drinking fountain and insisted on a drink. Of course the bathroom was right there and Kennedy needed to use the big potty (she still wears diapers). Soo while I was very proud of her for wanting to use the potty....it was not great timing...but such is life right. As I was getting Kennedy undressed for the potty Owen decided to play in the toilet water and unroll the toilet paper....how does that happen in less than 2 seconds?? After everyone was cleaned up we headed out!
On our drive home we passed Aldi....one of the kids favorite stores:) So they insisted we go to the store. Soo we headed to Target...BIG mistake. We picked up a few items in the dollar section to play with while I picked up the necessary purchases..ha! Well, somewhere along the way one of them must have put down their echoing microphone so they were fighting over the other one. They were both screaming at the TOP of their lungs. I was so embarrassed and it took them awhile to calm down. Since I used all "snacks" at the SoS I now had to move on to deal making. I told them if they were very good and didn't scream anymore we could play play dough when we got home! After a very taxing 5 minutes we made it to the check out. The kids were doing very good and even put back their distraction toys with no fuss. When we checked out a coupon for $1 off a kids meal printed off. It was nearing lunch time and who can resist a $3 lunch:). I put the kids in the seats and the table while I picked up the food from the counter. I brought the food to the table and gave them each their hot dog and a little popcorn while I went to get our drinks. When I returned they decided they didn't want the popcorn on their plates but the popcorn that was in the bag....so it was ALL over the floor and table. Owen discovered that the bar holding the chairs was fun to stand on and so he started playing on that when he fell. While I was comforting him Kennedy decided to take drinks of the icee herself..since I only have two hands and counting with time out was not working it spilled...of course! Owen got back to his chair and jumped again and I put him in a timeout in the corner of cafe area. When I turned around Kennedy was LICKING UP THE ICEE OFF THE FLOOR!!!!!!!! After I rinsed her mouth out 1000 times and bathed her in hand sanitizer I see Owen CRAWLING out of his time out! I then put her in timeout for picking the food up off the floor (She knows this is VERY bad). While she is in time out Owen starts picking up the spilled popcorn and eating....so he goes back to time out. Sooo I finally get smart or so I think. Sooo I put him in the back of the cart while putting Kennedy's coat on! He thinks it is fun to jump in the cart so that it makes a loud noise! I tell him to sit down. I put Kennedy in the 2 seat-er front of the cart while I attempt to clean up a bit of the disaster! BAD IDEA they are now jumping opposite each other so the front of the cart is off the ground then the back...you get the idea...all the while spilling my pop and popcorn all over our coats that were in the back with Owen. I was physically shaking I was so ANGRY and embarrassed because the cafe is right in front of all the checkout lanes so everyone is watching the "show". When we get to the car it would just be to easy for Owen to get in his car seat without trouble. Soo after physically having to get tough with him to get him buckled up we were off!
Once we got home they were ANGELS the rest of the day!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Mmmm....cookies
Today we had a very fun day! We met some friends at an indoor playground nearby. We had a great time. The slide is so fast We all had a great time. AfterThis afternoon after naps we made some cookies:) The kids enjoy watching the mixer so I move it to the island and let them sit on the stools. Owen loves to help crack the eggs and Kennedy just enjoys sneaking looks and licks. As you can see we spilled a little flour. They thought it tasted good.y...ha! good thing we didn't spill the sugar:)
Monday, March 1, 2010
New Outfits
Thank you Aunt Sharon for making our beautiful outfits. We Love wearing them and we received so many compliments at church. They are a little big right now which is perfect because they should fit us perfectly next winter along with the pants and turtleneck for Owen. We wanted to give mom and dad a really hard time about getting our picture taken until we got candy. We are getting really smart!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Fun with family
Wowzers!! We have been really busy but we have been having fun! My brother Mike has been in town for awhile and tomorrow he is moving to Florida! We know it will be a GREAT move for him but it doesn't mean we won't miss him!! We have been so blessed to be hanging out with him for about a month!!
Owen was being goofy...they love to look out the sides of their eyes like this ALL the time!
cuddle time reading a book
Kennedy's Valentine's Day balloon got caught in the fan this afternoon :( When daddy got home from work he got the ladder out to get it down. The kids were so intrigued. I don't dress them in baby legs very often but today I asked Kennedy to go get a pair of socks out of her drawer. She came back with her baby legs. She insisted she wear them over here jeans:) Owen of course wanted them as well....so there ya have it! I must admit they were very easy to work around big girl and big boy underwear! We are trying to potty train again after taking about a month off. However, I am thinking they are still not quite into it enough. They still have accidents often even if I make them go every hour( and most of the time that is a struggle).
Owen wants to do anything that daddy does. He was pretty proud of himself for climbing the ladder!
This picture is just because I think he looks to cute with his hands in his pockets! ha!
Tonight we went to Craig's Cruisers with Uncle Mike and my parents. We kept telling the kids they would get to go on race cars (go carts) with mommy and daddy. Unfortunately, they were not able to go because they were not 3. My parents played other games with them while Jeremiah, Mike and I went on the go carts! What FUN!!! Seriously, I forgot how fun go carts are:) I even kicked their butts!! Well, Kennedy saw that we were on the go carts after we told her she couldn't ride and threw a fit!! I could hear her screaming over all the noise of the race. When we got done she said to me "mommy, I so sad, no go on race car" I felt so terrible!! Soo we felt bad and let them try and ride this frog jumping ride. She was so excited to go on it. Once it started moving she was SCREAMING she was so scared. Owen on the other hand was in all his glory....until he saw that Kennedy got off (yes, the guy had to stop the ride for her).
We had a great time with the family (we missed you Brandon!!!). We wish the best for Mike and his new life in Florida!!!
Owen was being goofy...they love to look out the sides of their eyes like this ALL the time!
cuddle time reading a book
Kennedy's Valentine's Day balloon got caught in the fan this afternoon :( When daddy got home from work he got the ladder out to get it down. The kids were so intrigued. I don't dress them in baby legs very often but today I asked Kennedy to go get a pair of socks out of her drawer. She came back with her baby legs. She insisted she wear them over here jeans:) Owen of course wanted them as well....so there ya have it! I must admit they were very easy to work around big girl and big boy underwear! We are trying to potty train again after taking about a month off. However, I am thinking they are still not quite into it enough. They still have accidents often even if I make them go every hour( and most of the time that is a struggle).
Owen wants to do anything that daddy does. He was pretty proud of himself for climbing the ladder!
This picture is just because I think he looks to cute with his hands in his pockets! ha!
Tonight we went to Craig's Cruisers with Uncle Mike and my parents. We kept telling the kids they would get to go on race cars (go carts) with mommy and daddy. Unfortunately, they were not able to go because they were not 3. My parents played other games with them while Jeremiah, Mike and I went on the go carts! What FUN!!! Seriously, I forgot how fun go carts are:) I even kicked their butts!! Well, Kennedy saw that we were on the go carts after we told her she couldn't ride and threw a fit!! I could hear her screaming over all the noise of the race. When we got done she said to me "mommy, I so sad, no go on race car" I felt so terrible!! Soo we felt bad and let them try and ride this frog jumping ride. She was so excited to go on it. Once it started moving she was SCREAMING she was so scared. Owen on the other hand was in all his glory....until he saw that Kennedy got off (yes, the guy had to stop the ride for her).
We had a great time with the family (we missed you Brandon!!!). We wish the best for Mike and his new life in Florida!!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
February
We started out the month by going to Chuck E Cheese for the first time with the kids. They had a great time!
My GREAT friend Beth watched the kids for me last week since my mom was out of town helping my brother move from Denver. Thank you BETH!! Here is a pic she took of the kids playing together:)
Happy Valentines from my sweethearts:)
Also, for whatever reason I can't get this video to post to the blog but you can check out the kids singing Away in a manger (Owen's favorite song...or the only one he will let us sing without yelling no). They were singing during dinner time of course once I get out the video camera they stop so it took a little bribbing as you can see. I think Owen is a bit too smart....what a stinker!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
They are not babies anymore!!!
Last night when I got home from work I had the itch to start rearranging Kennedy's room. After I moved her bed I thought maybe we should just make it a big girl bed so we did. Although we didn't talk with her about it before hand she seemed very excited. Owen and Kennedy loved jumping on the bed that they could get in and out of on their own. Since she had a convertible bed it just looks like a day bed now. I know the picture is not the greatest but I really didn't want to wake her up!!!
Today after nap time I had both kids go potty on the potty. After Owen had his diaper back on and I was putting Kennedy's pants on Owen said he wanted to go potty again. He was very persistent so I thought I would just take off his diaper and make him happy. I left the bathroom and when I came back in to get him off the potty there was poopie in the potty!!!
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