Monday

It's been a hard day for all of us so far. It started with me waking up 20 minutes late. Hunter came running in to tell me it was past 7. I flew out of bed and ran to get Jacob up. Apparently he had already been up for about a half hour thanks to his alarm clock. Unfortunately he had done nothing to get ready for school. I found him hanging out in his room still in his pajamas. I quickly helped him get dressed and upstairs to eat breakfast. We rushed out the door about 10 minutes later and surprisingly made it to school on time. (The crossing guard informed me there are only 9 days of school left. Hooray!) When I got home Adam was on a mess rampage. Within an hour, I cleaned up a bag of candy he spilled all over the floor, the slobber that dribbled out of his mouth while eating said candy, cereal & milk that spilled out of his bowl when he reached up and tipped it while it was on the counter, some dry cereal he spilled when he knocked the box over and some peanut butter on the counter that he got into sometime after I made Jacob's lunch. That was my morning in a nutshell. After things calmed down, I made some cookies. Hunter went to grab one straight out of the oven. I intercepted and warned him they were hot so don't touch. 2 minutes later he was screaming. I didn't realize a separate warning for the hot pan was required. He had some nice blisters as a result. I gave him an ice pack for his sore fingers. Later he came into the kitchen with a disgusted look on his face. He handed me the ice pack and mumbled something about it tasting yucky. Apparently he was trying to cool off his teeth for some reason and bit a hole in the ice pack. This is not the first time he has done this. I assumed that my almost 5 year old knew better by now. He ended up crying himself to sleep on the couch The rest of the day was calm until Jacob yelled from downstairs after taking his shower that water was coming out of the cupboards. The sub pump was overflowing. We had trouble with it a few weeks ago and it was acting up again. Trevor got it taken care of pretty easily, but we were all glad to see this crappy day end. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow!

Happy Mother's Day!

You never really understand all that your own mother has done for you until you become one yourself. It is HARD work! I still can't believe my mom did this 13 times or that Trevor's mom did it 6 times when we are struggling to make it to the #4 mark. I am so grateful for all our mothers have done and continue to do for us. We are so blessed to have wonderful examples of what being a mother means. Happy Mother's Day to our beloved mothers and to all the other mothers out there!

Gross

I'm not sure why Adam was prompted to stick his pretzel sticks in between his toes before eating them but it was all I could do to just turn away and let him. We were driving to Pinetop and let's just say the car is not Adam's favorite place..ever. Even on short 5 minute trips he gets upset. I have resorted to let him have his binky, which is usually strictly reserved for bedtime, in hope of preserving the peace. It barely helps. He screamed at least every minute for the first 2 hours. Then we had the brilliant idea to turn off Jacob & Hunter's movie off and let Adam have a turn with his Baby Einstein dvd. He only screamed about every 5 minutes afterward. I told him he must really not want a younger sibling. He screamed at me in reply. Heaven help us and our sore ears.

Newest Hell's Angel?

Adam LOVES the new motorcycle we just got for the kids. Every time he sees it he says 'gah gah' (which is his word for lots of things). He screams if there is anyone else riding it. We are still trying to teach him how to take turns. I think we should be nervous.

Here is an example of what could possibly go wrong when you leave your toddler unattended for 2 minutes while taking what you thought was a speedy shower.  

Good thing I still have my old unfashionable pair of glasses. 

Thanks Adam!

Awkward

Jacob asked me the dreaded question tonight..

"How did Adam come out of your belly?" 

"What do you think?" I asked him.

Here are his ideas:

"Did he just spray out of your belly?"

"Did he come out of your mouth?"

"Did the doctor cut him out of your belly?"

Oh boy.

After I explained the "G" rated version, he gave an embarrassed giggle while covering his mouth. 

"Any other questions?"  I asked him.

"No."

The End. 

(Hopefully, but doubtful)

Lost Tooth Mystery

Jacob lost his top front tooth on Sunday morning before church as he was brushing his teeth.  It has been dangling for a few days now.  We knew it was coming out soon.  When we were loading into the car to go to church, Jacob ran back to his room for "something."  When he got into the car, I asked, "You didn't bring your tooth to church, did you?"  He assured me he did not.  Flash to 3rd hour of church.  I ran into the Primary President in the hall and she informed me that Jacob lost his tooth in Primary but it was OK because they found it.  She told me he didn't believe it was really his tooth cause it looked different.  Well, how many other kids' teeth are found on the Primary room floor?  I was pretty sure they had the right tooth.  She told me it looked like it had gotten stepped on or something.  Interesting.  After church, I confronted Jacob.  He insisted he didn't know it was in his bag.  He had put it there, but forgot it was there, even when I asked him about it in the car before church.  His story was very fishy, but Jacob rarely lies and definitely doesn't continue lying for this long.  As we were driving home, I asked him to hand over his tooth.  He handed over the baggy with his "tooth" inside.  It was definitely NOT a tooth.  It looked more like a small piece of sliced almond.  We went back to church to look for it, but no luck.  The tooth is gone and I am not happy.  Luckily for Jacob, his teacher reassured him the Tooth Fairy would still come even if there was no tooth.