excitement continues!

I don't think Kade knows what to do with himself - he seems to be confused that he is doing something progressive! LOL

Last night he peed on the toilet twice and actually told me when the timer went off. ( It didn't even go off each time, but I would have rather be caught dead than say: " No wait Kade, Don't get on the toilet yet! " )

He climbs up there by himself and waits about 1 minute. If he doesn't go, he says: "I'm not ready mom, set the timer again and I'll do it later." He even let me take a picture of him, WILLINGLY...... ?????????????

WHO IS THIS KID AND WHAT DID HE DO WITH KADE?

Oh ya - after he does go pee he says this: " Ok, mom I peed, but THAT was the last time." Ahhhh, he's back.

We've had 1 accident at my house and 1 accident at meme's house so far. Hopefully in 2 weeks there will be no pull-ups other than for nighttime sleeping! I seriously was going to give it a rest until January!

Why?

One of my friends just asked on her blog why we are the only species that just doesn't go to sleep - but rather requires process after process and coercing and delaying.... She wants to know why - as do I.
I would like to add to that though..... I want to know why kids have to make so much noise. We are going on 5 days of hell. Yes, it's been about that bad. I'm strangely not drowning in my own misery like I feel I normally do, but still feel the need to vent. I seriously wish I could just have a tape recorder on me running at all times - like I feel the need to prove that I'm not exaggerating.... it can really get ridiculous. It feels like some days it just doesn't stop. Nothing makes them happy even if they asked for it. Those days SUCK. ( do I sound childish, hehehe )

Yesterday Kade took on Kyla's roll of saying: "I don't like my house, I want to stay at meme's house. " All I could think was: OH NO HE DIDN'T. I didn't even answer, I would have lost it.

On a good note - He peed in the toilet again today. No more yesterday, but after 3 attempts at his thrashing around and begging not to, he finally sat there and peed. My mom had to leave the room again and he didn't like the praise again - but he did it. He also said, " Ok Meme, I peed, but that was the last time. " I have some kids with some issues don't I?

2 posts for the day -

Kade peeing made me have to do 2 posts, but I'll GLADLY do 100 posts if it is because my son peed in the toilet.

Last night my dad didn't end up walking the kids home because Robert and I went over there to look at my moms computer which got another virus... urrghhhh! We brought the kids home and there were NO tears. * sighs deeply *

The night was pretty fun with the kids - Kyla set up her own "store" with all of her letter stuff that Grandma Honey had given her. ( If anyone has old stationery that they will never use please don't throw it away, pass it to me )

Look at her concentration while setting it all up! (o:

This is the actual "inventory"

She's so proud!

Her first customer!

And of course, this is what Kade was doing.


I hope these video's aren't as dark as my old work computer monitor is making them seem.... when I played them back on my camera they didn't seem dark. I had to take 3 video's because well, they all wanted to see themselves, and I kept trying to get all 3 to cooperate in one and it wasn't happening.

Sorry for the extreme close up.... he wouldn't back up!!!

Ok, this is my wonderfully, sweet, handsome, precious, softest skin, greatest baseball player, loving his mommy son ever. ( I have to tell myself that sometimes... the other day he came up to me and held my hand and said: "Mommy, you are SO beautiful." )See why I'm addicted to him. He's just like his father, charming, intelligent, sneaky, and high maintanence. But I say that with complete love of course. )

KADE PEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT - KADE PEED !
IN THE TOILET ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Incase you didn't catch that - my son, who FREAKS out at the thought of peeing in the toilet has peed in the toilet.

I wanted to post so bad about what he has done the last couple of times he's taken a bath, but I didn't want to jinx it, so now I totally believe that I helped not jinx it!! He has taken off of his clothes and ran to the toilet saying: "I gotta pee mom!" before he gets in the bath. He stands there aiming, but nothing happens after about 20 seconds - so he gives up and says: "I can't." Instead of making him continue to stand there because I know he has to go - I just say - "well maybe next time." And move on. He did have to go because after his bath he peed on my carpet again ( and he AGAIN happily cleaned it up )

Well my mom had had enough - she took off his pull ups and put him in underwear.... he did his typical I'M DYING type of tantrum but after the 3rd timer of 30 minute intervals, he finally peed when she wasn't in there. Lets see if he does it again after his nap................ She made a new potty chart for Jack and Kade. I have nothing planned this weekend except for a trip to the pumpkin patch I think, so hopefully we'll be almost diaperless for 2 days. Cross your fingers for me!

trying something new -

Robert picked up the kids yesterday - I could hear Kyla screaming from inside the house while she was still inside Robert's truck. You should have seen the look on Robert's face when he came in the house carrying her...... I wouldn't have wanted to be her I'll tell you that much. She was kicking his seat, kicking the center consol - saying "Don't do it!" at the top of her lungs. I'm sure he said he was going to give her a spanking.
Well he did, but what I was really proud of him for was even after the spanking, she didn't stop so he put a diaper on her. This might be too much information, but I think it was handled very well and it was a great idea. She really didn't like that, but it hit home let me tell you.

The poor girl gives herself anxiety. Literally, she kept saying "now I've cried so much my tummy hurts." I totally believe her too. She is my daughter you know! (o:

My mom just called me because now she can't go through the tears anymore, it's killing her too - she is going to have my dad just walk the kids home. I bet it will work.

I'm also starting my Santa chart early - when I told her that - her eyes got really wide like they do and she sat up really straight. What am I going to do when she doesn't believe in Santa anymore!!!! just kidding!

" I can't believe we have such BAD kids "

This is what Robert kept repeating this weekend. Our kids were really really really horrible for much of the weekend. I am so thank ful for this blog so I can joke about things, because while going through it, I really don't know how I don't lose my mind. I literally use this as a tool to get mentally creative instead of putting my children up for adoption. I'm hoping that when I publish my blog ( which my friends told me I should do by year, so I can't wait until the end of this year to turn it into a book! ) I'll laugh about the craziness.

Let's begin the journey of my weekend.

Friday; Kyla packed her bags to move to meme & papa's house. She did not want to come home. I carried her around the block while she was screaming and kicking to stay at meme's house. Let me see if I can paint an accurate picture via typing how dramatic my 4 yr old daughter is:

Kyla: " I don't like my house, I only like Meme's house "

Robert: "Why Kyla, what don't you like about it? "
Kyla: " The hallway is too long and I don't have a cupboard I can reach to get my own cups."

Robert: " Ok, just stay up in the front of the house, you have everything you need up here and we'll give you a drawer for your cups. There are you happy now?"
Kyla: "No! I like the playroom though too."
Me: "Fine, we'll put your bed down there, but you can't leave that room then. "
Kyla: " THIS HOUSE IS SO BORING. WHY DO I HAVE TO BE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY?"

( Capital letters for drama and extreme crying / sobbing at his point. Her eyes are practically swollen shut )

"I ONLY LIKE MEME'S HOUSE. I'M LEAVING. "

Me: "You don't like your bed, and your clothes, and your toys, and your playset outside."
Kyla: "Nope, all I need is my letter stuff in a purse, my Minnie Mouse costume, and my tea set. Meme has everything else."

Me: " What about me and dad and Kade and Jack?"
Kyla: " You guys can come over anytime you want. I JUST WANT TO STAY THERE EVERY DAY!"

Me: "Ok, Im done, get in your room. "
I wont even get into the disciplining part of this whole process..... it wasn't only interesting / cute - it was very defiant too. This is a small portion of what continued through the entire weekend.

This is the point that she was good for 2 days:



There was just SOOOOOOOOO much screaming, crying, and dramatic behavior this weekend. All 3 of them just couldn't seem to find a happy spot. SO much screaming and hitting, and arguing with each other. Nothing was making them happy, so I was thrilled to get out for a few hours and go to Kelly's 31st birthday gathering at Glory Days Saturday night! Robert took the kid with my parents to TJ's house for dinner. My kids are always better at "Uncle's House" They love Uncle's house and playing with Aiden. Kyla was going through Gavin withdrawls too! (o: Revisit the above Kyla conversation to know how my Saturday night went when it was time to go to bed. FUN FUN FUN.

Sunday the freaking Cowboys lost - maybe we'll win next week because Johnson will be the QB since Romo broke his pinky. HMMMMM - WONDER IF IT WAS DURING ALL OF THOSE SACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway.............

My parents and TJ, Serina, Aiden & Gavin came over for dinner - I didn't nap Kyla and Kade because I like to put them down early Sunday nights so I can watch Desperate Housewives in peace. No naps = really bad moods. Aiden makes everything better, so they weren't too bad once everyone got there, but Kade sure had his moments:




The pictures below dipict the 15 minutes of calm: ( I over-exhaggerate, but only slightly )

While they were doing that, I was doing this:

So....... this is how we felt this weekend. I had to remind him that we don't actually have bad kids perse, but that we had a weekend full of a 2 yr old, a 3 yr old and a 4 yr old in REALLY REALLY bad moods all at the same time. ( FOR 48 HRS )



I took these pictures to remind me that I love him instead of hating him for getting me pregnant 3 times.

Leave me some love to make me feel better........... I seriously think I've gone a bit crazy this weekend, I should have checked myself into a hospital.

AMBER IS PREGNANT!

I've been waiting and waiting for her to get the word out to everyone she needed to tell..... well she officially has, so I can officially blog about it now!

My wonderful friend Amber ( you know the adorable one in the yellow dress from a few posts back ) is about 14 weeks pregnant! She has such a wonderful pregnancy glow and she's hoping to find out the sex in just 11 short days!! They can do it earlier and earlier I swear. It's crazy that the baby can be SO small and they can already tell. Amber's cute little tummy looks like she ate a little too much right now ( LOL!! ) so I can't wait for her to have a big baby bump!

She has a head strong 11 yr old and an 8 yr old free-spirit so she will be having baby #3! Her oldest 2 are girls, so we are secretly hoping for a boy.... ( shhhhh) (o;

Now we are waiting for Becky to get pregnant in January and another round of babies can get started!!

Congratulations Amber and Jim and Madelyn and Morgan!!! We love you and can't wait to meet the newest addition!

P.S. I remember my caption from a few posts back about our pictures from Amber's party said something about Amber and I being drunk.... well turns out she was drinking soda water - she had us convinced it was Vodka Tonic and I kept saying: " you sure are refilling fast" jokingly.... now we know why!!! HAHAHAHA