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.

Joy Ride

Adam has discovered the joy of shopping in the car.  I rarely take Hunter to the store with me anymore, so we've been using the regular carts.  When we walked up to get a cart and Hunter saw the car, he immediately chose the blue one. 

I was holding Adam and trying to wipe it off with disinfecting wipes and Adam couldn't wiggle away from me fast enough.  He was so excited!

The boys rode well together for the first part of our trip.  I appreciated how nice they were being to each other.  When Jacob & Hunter are smashed in there together, fighting always ensues.  I've basically refused to take Jacob to the grocery store with me at all anymore because of this.  After a while though, Adam began to get territorial and started hitting Hunter.  Poor Hunter is always being picked on!  He eventually got out of the car since he was tired of Adam hitting him.  I'm not sure what to do with Adam's bullying.  He's too young to reason with or even punish effectively. 

I feel sorry for Hunter who gets beat on by him daily.