Thursday

Today has been great, considering the weather stinks and we are stuck inside yet again (will it ever be nice again???)

The kids ate great today! Lilly likes eating her pizza like a big girl check out her picture. She is however currently freaking out because her piece of cheese broke into two and she wants me to put it together.

Um so yet again Kobe amazes me. Starting yesterday he is on a mission to get his giraffes off his bouncy seat. I'm not kidding when I say he sat staring at those things for over an hour last night until he passed out. Today same thing. He hasn't fussed even once (weird for a 9 week old) He sits in his bouncer staring at the giraffes trying to figure out how to grab them then after an hour or so passes out. I feel bad letting him sit but he's so good and I can finally have some time with the big kids.

We colored huge magical horses today. We also had rainbow crayons to use. I had Tristan and Landon practice cutting with scissors and cutting yarn for the horses hair. Tristan wasn't happy though when I wouldn't let him do the glue himself (it was broke and I didn't want a spill). Funny thing was it was all about horses on Elmo's world today.

Then we went downstairs and played up a storm. The boys played basketball, and lilly read books and played with play food. Kobe hung out in his seat in the pack n play and every now and then lilly and landon would go over and talk to him.

Tristan and Landon also played cars for over an hour very well. They lined them up and were taking turns roll playing very cute!

It's a good day (well other than the fact I'm a bit bummed out about my kitty, that and the fact now both boys are carrying around pictures of Max (or Mac as Landon calls him)

The kids have played well. My two boys were a bit crazy but now that Landon is in bed it's calm again. The kids came home with tons of papers. You got 5 envelopes today!!! woohoo

I told Shelli about your collection and she said she wants to see your letter and might do it for Brandon's class. They got 2 field trip forms, an April newsletter and info about their easter party. Is it ok if we skip Wiggly Wed next week??? I only have Jocelyn that day, so I know Bryce and her will play well in the afternoon. With soccer and swimming and t-ball I just think Bryce is going to be exhausted. I think that's the only one in April due to vacation so we can start back in May.

Everyone ate well and now the big kids are having fun making a mess AKA: moon dough! Oh and Yorkshire Terrier was a hit! J called it a Chihuahua before getting out of the car but I told Mrs. Knisely what it was :-)

tuesday

I have waved the white flag and surrendered to potty training (at least for now!) can you say too much with a newborn and babysitting! Sorry hubs but after 2 accidents and Landon holding his butt and screaming while he ran around naked I gave up. I'm getting a little worried now because he still hasn't gone #2 and I think I've made him so worked up that now he's stopped up! No more for now, I'll try again in a few more weeks. It will be so much easier when I don't have Bryce to run to and from preschool in the summer.

Ok the morning went well (except for attempting to potty train Landon) Tristan and Lilly were in great moods, they ate well and played great! We colored, listened to music, sang songs (Lilly had me doing a medley of her favorite songs) of course all morning when I was chasing Landon to try to poop or pee on the potty she would say, "I poop, I pee" I felt bad not letting her try but I was already exhausted from watching l like a hawk and then nursing Kobe. I had big plans to do crafts but no such luck. Hopefully Thursday will go better now that diapers are back in style!

All are down for naps (Tristan is reading books downstairs). I'm off to gather Max's belongings "sniff, sniff" this is going to be sooooooooo hard! Ughhhhh my stomach hurts just thinking about it.

Today has been exhausting, only because I've chosen today to A. potty train Landon and B. find my kitty a new home!!!

The kids have been playing very nicely today. We were a minute late for school because I was feeding Kobe, had Landon on the potty and of course then I left the snack behind and had to turn around. Mrs. Knisely was so nice though and actually there were a bunch of other kids late too. I warned Mrs. K about the stomach bug (she seems as terrified of it as me!) so I'm hoping they clean that room very well this week! She had no idea that kiddos had it.

Landon is wearing big boy pants today! He actually went on the potty for the first time. We shall see if this lasts (or should I say if I last!) I'm exhausted from running to and from the potty all morning.

The kids had fun at school. I have jocelyn's papers paperclipped and there is 1 envelope. Bryce and her are playing now, they just finished cup cake decorating! YUM is all I can say!

Oh and I don't think I'll be making zumba tonight! I think I found a new owner for one of my cats (3 is just too many for us with all these kiddos running around) she's coming over to meet him at 5:30. I might still be able to make it though, we'll see.

Friday

Great day! Jocelyn ate most of her breakfast and lunch. The kids played very well this morning before school. School went good but they didn't talk much about it.

Jocelyn is very excited about her party :-) She is currently running around in a tank, capris and no socks... meanwhile I'm freezing my behind off! haha

Landon is sleeping and the big kids are playing very well. They played choo choos for quite a while and are now upstairs with me asking for a snack, so off I go!

Thursday

Breakfast: whole grain poptart, grapes, milk

Lunch: pb and marsh on wheat, grapes/pineapple, yogurt, juice

Tristan ate really well, Lilly ate well for breakfast but ummmmm not so much for lunch here's what went down:

All were eating lunch, Lilly was demanding cheese again so I took her mommy's advice and refused to give in. Well she ate her yogurt and then began to protest. I firmly told her she needed to eat her sandwich and fruit. Kobe got hungry and I had to feed him in the playroom with the boys (she was out in the kitchen in the highchair), it got very quiet and when I was done feeding Kobe I looked over and Lilly was out cold (sleeping) of course she tour her sandwich apart and when I lifted her head her hair was covered in pb and marshmallow!!! I had to bathe the girl, there was no other choice. She enjoyed the bath but Landon being Landon was a handful and I had to lock him in his room. So I had him acting like a wild animal during the ordeal. Lilly then went to bed.

Landon slept in until 9:45 (I kept Bryce home today, he has a nasty cough but in reality it was more so because Landon was up all night and needed to sleep) Kobe slept in until 9:30. Tristan and Bryce played very well this morning. I think they missed one another over these past months of Bryce being in school. This summer is going to be fun outside playing and getting dirty. We got out Easter decorations and eggs today. Sorry if Tristan is super excited about Easter, Bryce got him revved up! They were hunting eggs all morning, coloring easter pictures, and we read the Easter story a few times too. We listened to music and danced. I wanted to take a pic of Lilly with our bunny ears on but my battery died :-(

Lilly had a good morning too. Counting down the minutes until the boys go to sleep!

tuesday

Ok this was a pretty crazy morning! Holly and Addison left first thing this morning then I discovered that my camera wasn't working because it had rice stuck inside (that was interesting to fix) then I let Landon sleep in until it was time to take Bryce to school because he was partying in his room until late last night. Well now I know why, when I got him up I discovered the monster child hid a blue marker in his room and went to town. All over himself and everything else! His hands and face were totally blue (still is even after scrubbing) and his sheets/books/toys everything blue! So I took my smurf to take Bryce to school and then spent a good hour when we got back with Lilly and Kobe upstairs with me while we cleaned up and plopped Tristan and Landon in the play room for a movie (chicken little) All is good now and surprisingly it all came out but I'm pooped from that escapade!

The rest of the morning, Lilly and Landon colored colored and colored. Tristan played and we read books. The weather isn't looking too good for this week so I don't think we'll be playing outside (boo).

Everyone ate well for both meals, poptarts and banana for breakfast, lunch was pb and j, cheese cubes, grapes, juice and fruit snacks for treat. Lilly did very well today just a bit of a runny nose. She drank all her juice and most of her milk today. At first all she wanted to eat was cheese but after a while she finally ate her grapes and sandwhich.

Tristan has done very well on the potty today too.

I told the boys they could play downstairs for a bit after lunch but it didn't last long, my two were slamming doors and acting crazy so off to nap for everyone by 12:30

Oh and I found a super cute outfit for your therapist that I bought for Kobe (9 month jean shorts with a super cute polo from children's place)

Talked to Shana and she said she's having "signs"