A Fat Lip

Well Trace got his first official fat lip... had a TON of black eyes between all the boys but nothing like this. We went to my husbands Nana's funeral on Saturday. I knew I would be watching the kids and not able to really participate as Kyle was saying a little something. So we took the kids and their cousin Lexi into the foyer. Of course... MUST play Tag while they were there... Trace tripped over NOTHING and landed face first... well really mouth first.

He tried to blame Jaxon, then Canaan but really I saw it... it was nothing.. Well the dam burst and blood poured fourth like water... He refused ice, so I had to sneak it on a wet cloth... and had to take him outside. I swear it wasn't going to stop... he is yelling at the top of his lungs.. "I WANT TO SHOW DADDY MY BLOOD". Great.. well that is when I heard Kyle sharing his memories of this amazing woman he called Nana. Got Trace a little quiet so we could hear daddy through the speaker.

I walked him into his daddy shortly after... Kyle looked slightly shocked at the amount of blood on Trace's shirt... the rest of the day went off without hitch or more blood but holy crazy! Nana would have loved it, boys will be boys! Let them be kids while they can... she loved having them over to her house, and loved letting them run wild while she watched and laughed at them. Nana was one of the most amazing women I have had the pleasure of knowing... she is sooo terribly missed.... Trace says he misses her jelly beans and licorice... and he even remembered the way to her house. "This is the way to Anna's house" He said as we drove up North Road the other day. We love you Nana!

A Drampa Story... (Grampa)

Well.. thought I would include a little story written by my dad. This all happened last night... and although he was alone out side with the kids most of the time, I did pop out a few times as did Uncle Dax, and Daddy...

"I must say that yesterday was again a miserable day for weather. It did stop raining in the afternoon so with all the company that Tara had invited I decided to use the real barbeque to do the flank steak. 
The kids insisted on staying on the deck with me while I worked on the BBQ with Jaxon clinging to me from the minute I came home. Once all three of them were on the deck and the BBQ was 1.0 million degrees they all ran around and had a great time, just me and the kids. I put the grill cleaner on the BBQ hoping to melt off the grease that was imbedded in the scraper. I thought it was all metal. Apparently not, so it caught on fire and I had to walk around with the kids running around trying to put it out using the glass encasement for the outdoor light as a water bucket. At the same time the bag of charcoal that was under the BBQ also caught fire. It was a great time and the house is still standing."


My dad finished off the night with a perfectly grilled flank steak and we all sat down to a yummy dinner! Jaxon did not let my Dad out of his site the entire evening... It is pretty precious to see! 

Vampire??

Well yesterday was an umm interesting day to say the least. It started well with my run in the morning.. followed by the boys sleeping past 6am which is always nice. I had a lot to do... the neighbor girls came over before school and although I forgot they were coming it was a big help. They distracted the boys while I made 2 dozen Enchiladas for my dad's birthday.

Once that was done I packed them off to school and packed my kids in the car with the promise of a smoooothie. Oh ya! Distraction in the car is sometimes key when you have errands to finish. Off to Booster Juice we went got one big smooth and put it in three separate Booster juice mini cups. Awesome..straws in the car.. great. After making kids promise to keep straws in cups off we went. I was to pick up some stuff from consignment and drop off some of my stuff for her to sell. Boys did sooo well with cups, or so I thought. Canaan who now sits in the back of the van seemed to be doing something to the side of his cup.. no idea. We get to our destination, they all yell ALL DONE MOMMY.. I therefore take empty cups before I run my stuff into the house. I then run back to car and we head home. Mission accomplished! I was so terribly proud of my boys. Very limited smoothie on their clothes and all seemed well. Or so I thought...

Get to the house and throw cups away.. pick up Canaan's cup and it proceeds to dump the remaining bit ALL over me... I look and there is a thumb sized hole in the side of the cup.. turns out when smoothy gets stuck in straw... must bite hole in side of cup and SUCK OUT the remains of the smoothie through the side of the cup... hence Vampire... guess that is what I get for reading the Twilight Series while pregnant with them...

Rest of the day was also crazy... locked myself in my room for a self proclaimed TIME OUT.. then loaded kids into car once again for a trip to Abbotsford to hang with The Oma and some cousins and celebrate my Daddy's birthday!

POOOOOP.... literally.

Well, had my first poop incident yesterday. Was getting ready to have some people over in the evening. While the twins napped I prepped all the snacks. I had finally sat down after a full morning of work and go figure. Twins wake up. They had maybe been asleep for just over an hour. NOT long enough in my books. So I went in changed diapers and put them back to bed.. totally ignored them while I watch a bit of American Idol. I needed just a moment to myself.

Well show over and I go into their room... and it STINKS... like really stinks. And they are NO where to be seen. I can hear them though, they are hiding in their closet. Before I open the closet I look around to make sure all is ok. All bedding is pulled off the bed, Thomas tracks all over the floor, dirty laundry tipped over. Yup looks normal... then I look again. What is that??? Is it.. no it can't be... why would it be.. but yup those are brown foot prints ALL over the floor... then I look again. Yup BIG lump of poop on the floor ... smashed into the carpet.. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

At that point I wanted to tuck tail and run. Not deal with it.. pretend it didn't happen. But of course.. there are no other adults here so I am by process of elimination the one who gets to clean it up. ARGHHHH! So I go and get the stain remover (Natures Miracle in pet stores is AMAZING), I grab and old toothbrush, lots of towels and to work I go. I will NOT go into details about clean up. But it is done.. and I hope to never have to do it again...

Have I learned my lesson, yes I believe I have. DO NOT ignore your children in their room no matter how much you need just a moment to yourself...

No More High Chairs.... sigh.

Well, that's it. Twins now prefer to sit in regular seats... it is the end of an ear. They have been in booster seats with Trays for the last year as I was done with big bulky high chairs. But they REFUSE to sit in them now. Well lets be honest, they refuse to sit in anything. As I was leaving the house last night to go to a Tupperware party I could hear Kyle yelling "JAXON sit in your seat RIGHT NOW" At least I am not the only one frustrated with it. But HOW does one get a stubborn 2 year to sit still in a seat... let alone 2 stubborn 2 year olds?

Gone are the days of family dinner, now it is hurry one of us needs to eat quick so we can chase the twins around and make them sit down. Now instead of one sticky chair from their hands all over it while they are eating we will have 8 sticky chairs... as they like to try every one out.. sometimes all in one meal.

Gone are the days of keeping them in their seats until we are done, they just excuse themselves... I remember when Trace started this (at 19 months so a lot earlier) and man I was very free spirited... aw just let him go. He will come back and eat when he is hungry... I just can't do that times 2... I dread every meal. I dread summer when my neighbors will really hear me yell...