Today at the pool I helped a crying little girl in the bathroom. Our aquatic center has family bathrooms/changing areas. There was a young girl shorter than Dallas crying in the first bathroom with the door wide open. No one was near her, even the pool maintenance person walked by and didn't help. It seemed like she was trying to take off her suit bottoms, which she managed, but she was much to short to get on the seat. She was trying to crawl up there but, they were handicap height. I decided to lift her up there, and then corralled my kids into the next stall to help them. The next thing I hear is 5-10 flushes in a row and then more crying. We finished up, pass by this young girl. She was still sitting on the potty, flushing it. I asked her where her mommy was, she said at home. I helped her off the toliet, she was still crying. She asked me to help her with her bottoms. It is hard to get wet suits on and off. I asked her who she came to the pool with, she said Sarah. I then told her that she needs to get Sarah the next time when she goes to the bathroom. I am still trying to help her with her suit, the door was open, and I was trying to keep my three corralled as they were my priority. Low and behold, "Sarah" turns up behind me. She was kind of glaring at me, and told the girl not to worry about the suit that they were going home. Why don't people watch their kids? Who lets a 2 or 3 yr old go to the bathroom by themself. It is crazy!!!!
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Donut Donut, our Saturday morning tradition
Father's Day gift, an ad for a 64 Chevelle from Life Magazine
Emily at music camp night concert with a balloon fishing pole
goggles
ready to swim (although these cheapies don't keep out the water!)
Robert and Mark visited Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace building. Rob had been there before, but Mark hadn't "I'm Debt FREEEEEEEEE!"
Mark getting a ride on the autocross at Chevellabration
They also stopped by Cooter's. We stopped here on the way home from FL last year, but Mark had not been.
Rob also did a ton more stops along the way on his visit to Nashville. I am glad we decided to not make it a family trip, he was hustling around and took meetings with a ton of people. It also turned out that the Country Music Awards were the same week, so hotel rooms were hard and $$ to come by. I know Rob had a great time with Mark.
We are happy to have him home this week, since the Good Guys car show is in Des Moines this weekend, it will still be work, but we can easily tag along.
I have been paying the kids a little cash to get some projects done around the house. Emily earned a dollar today by cleaning up her art desk in the basement. Dallas earned a quarter for emptying the dishwasher. I have a couple other things for them to do too! Normally I wouldn't pay for the dishwasher, but since Dallas doesn't care about money, he just leaves the quarter on the floor and I recoup it when I clean up!
Noelle is asking for most things and using sentences
After barging in on Robert in the bathroom. "Daddy you going poop?" (as an aside, he wasn't, she calls all bathroom duties "poop", and a cautionary warning our doors don't always stay latched)
"No, I won't do it", after asking her not to press the remote.
She will chime in and say "not me" after the other two say it, such a copy cat.
"do you want it, Noelle want it!"
"mama, want some water...please" (with hand sign)
She is very much a screamer and seems to have that third child attitude when she wants to be noticed and get her point across. I am sure we let her get away with a little too much!
After barging in on Robert in the bathroom. "Daddy you going poop?" (as an aside, he wasn't, she calls all bathroom duties "poop", and a cautionary warning our doors don't always stay latched)
"No, I won't do it", after asking her not to press the remote.
She will chime in and say "not me" after the other two say it, such a copy cat.
"do you want it, Noelle want it!"
"mama, want some water...please" (with hand sign)
She is very much a screamer and seems to have that third child attitude when she wants to be noticed and get her point across. I am sure we let her get away with a little too much!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
I do not get paid enough to clean up all of these bodily fluids! Someone help me teach Dallas how to pee in the toliet while sitting and pooping! Rob is always gone at all the right times for this demonstration, and I think it catches Dallas by surprise.
I did learn to get the pee out from under the toliet base from the internet. Sprinkle baking soda around the base of the toliet, top with white vinegar and let it fizzle and do its thing, then wipe up. Works pretty well.
He also peed our of his diaper in onto my sheets this morning. This is probably the 5th occcurince in 2 weeks. It is always my sheets, so much more work to wash the king size sheets and I only have one mattress protector in K size, so it all gets washed right away. It might finally be time to move him out of size 4 diapers. He has been wearing size 4 for almost three years. He only needs something for overnite and it is kind of nice that Noelle and Dallas can share a box.
Dallas has ended up in our room around 2:00 am lately. He crashes on the floor bed we make for him. Around 5:00 am when I leave to work out, he climbs into bed with Robert, has some juice water (this is probably why he pees by 7:30 am his diaper can't hold anymore). I am home by 6:00 am, I kick Rob out of bed to go workout and I slide in beside Dallas. It seems counterproductive to go back to sleep at what could be such a fruitful time of day for me. I should be doing bible time or getting other stuff done. but We have figured out that if I climb back to bed, Dallas will go back to sleep, which keeps him from being a loud boy at 5:00 and the 6:00 am, which keeps Emily and Noelle sleeping. So we all go back to sleep until 7:30 or later even, Em walked down the stairs at 8:30 this morning (we were out late playing with friends last night).
...so pee and sleep in one nice, neat post
I did learn to get the pee out from under the toliet base from the internet. Sprinkle baking soda around the base of the toliet, top with white vinegar and let it fizzle and do its thing, then wipe up. Works pretty well.
He also peed our of his diaper in onto my sheets this morning. This is probably the 5th occcurince in 2 weeks. It is always my sheets, so much more work to wash the king size sheets and I only have one mattress protector in K size, so it all gets washed right away. It might finally be time to move him out of size 4 diapers. He has been wearing size 4 for almost three years. He only needs something for overnite and it is kind of nice that Noelle and Dallas can share a box.
Dallas has ended up in our room around 2:00 am lately. He crashes on the floor bed we make for him. Around 5:00 am when I leave to work out, he climbs into bed with Robert, has some juice water (this is probably why he pees by 7:30 am his diaper can't hold anymore). I am home by 6:00 am, I kick Rob out of bed to go workout and I slide in beside Dallas. It seems counterproductive to go back to sleep at what could be such a fruitful time of day for me. I should be doing bible time or getting other stuff done. but We have figured out that if I climb back to bed, Dallas will go back to sleep, which keeps him from being a loud boy at 5:00 and the 6:00 am, which keeps Emily and Noelle sleeping. So we all go back to sleep until 7:30 or later even, Em walked down the stairs at 8:30 this morning (we were out late playing with friends last night).
...so pee and sleep in one nice, neat post
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Notebooks
Emily loves notebooks. She likes little ones, big ones, she makes several a week by stapling folded pages together. I found this post very timely, as Emily was just asking for a new notebook, she said her others had different purposes. We had everything at the house, so I made one in 10 minutes. Only wish our laser printer would stop smuding some pages, but perhaps that is too much to ask of an 18 year old printer!
http://www.danamadeit.com/2012/06/tutorial-summer-stories-sewn-journals.html
http://www.danamadeit.com/2012/06/tutorial-summer-stories-sewn-journals.html
Saturday, June 2, 2012
May piano recital
Receiving her award for excellent practice
Grandpa Dallas came to watch
Performing her first piece
Performing her duet with Mrs. Sibbel
Emily did quite well. She lost her place towards the end during her first piece. Mrs. Sibbel came to help her, and it didn't quite help. Then after a moment she picked up where she left off and finished with such poise and grace. It didn't seem to phase her much. She then continued the next piece with Mrs. Sibbel. I was so nervous for her. It is getting harder and harder to be a parent in situations like this, I wanted to rescue her so badly. I was selfishly thinking of myself at the same time I was worrying for her, thinking of what others would think that I didn't prepare her well enough. The funny part was she has never had problems with this part of the piece, ever! Such a fluke. And Mrs. Sibbel said in the pre-program pep talk she was a little worried since everyone rehearsed so well.
the Gardens
We have spent a lot of time at the gardens this Spring. It is so nice to have a pass so we can go whenever and for short visits.
Legos are spotlighted this year, it makes it sooo interested to the kids.
Mosaic made from Legos
Using the map to find the next lego statue
I encouraged this photo a little
One our their favorite things to do at Reimen Gardens, jump on the tiles they each ring a bell. They all jump up and down and it sounds so pretty!
Come see us and we'll take you to the garden, maybe a butterfly will land on you
random
Dallas calls a belt a "seat belt", he had one once, he used it so much it broke. Robert comes home many nights from work removes his belt and chucks it up the stairs, I think in an effort to get comfortable. Dallas always asks about his seat belt.
Emily is really into reading chapter books and telling her friends about it. One thing that is harder about some chapter books that we haven't practiced is hyphenated words. A level 1 or 2 easy reader is very conscious about spacing and allows the entire word to remain on the same line. We haven't practiced reading a word when it is separated with a dash.
Fancy Nancy released it's first chapter book.
Noelle talks all the time, with passion. She will come up and tell you something so important, she talks with her hands and her eyebrows.
This was the last Saturday Rob will be home for the next month and half. It's Muscle Car season.
He will probably need to go to LA in the fall, it might need to be a family trip (Cheryl and Jim?)
The rain was so nice the last couple of days, but I could use the temps to be in the 70's again.
We have gone to the Aquatic Center once, we need to go 12 more times this summer so the family pass will be a deal.
Emily is going to go to a music day camp offered by a church this summer.
Dallas wants to drive his race car all day long, and be a Duke boy when he grows up.
Today we went geocaching. It was so fun. Dallas and Emily really get into finding the "treasure". We have yet to find one with a treasure that you can take if you leave one for the next, we just get the ones you sign.
The wall behind the table, specifically behind the highchair and where one kiddo sits is getting gross. I scrubbed it today. We have had a kid or two sitting up against that wall for 5 years.
Emily is really into reading chapter books and telling her friends about it. One thing that is harder about some chapter books that we haven't practiced is hyphenated words. A level 1 or 2 easy reader is very conscious about spacing and allows the entire word to remain on the same line. We haven't practiced reading a word when it is separated with a dash.
Fancy Nancy released it's first chapter book.
Noelle talks all the time, with passion. She will come up and tell you something so important, she talks with her hands and her eyebrows.
This was the last Saturday Rob will be home for the next month and half. It's Muscle Car season.
He will probably need to go to LA in the fall, it might need to be a family trip (Cheryl and Jim?)
The rain was so nice the last couple of days, but I could use the temps to be in the 70's again.
We have gone to the Aquatic Center once, we need to go 12 more times this summer so the family pass will be a deal.
Emily is going to go to a music day camp offered by a church this summer.
Dallas wants to drive his race car all day long, and be a Duke boy when he grows up.
Today we went geocaching. It was so fun. Dallas and Emily really get into finding the "treasure". We have yet to find one with a treasure that you can take if you leave one for the next, we just get the ones you sign.
The wall behind the table, specifically behind the highchair and where one kiddo sits is getting gross. I scrubbed it today. We have had a kid or two sitting up against that wall for 5 years.
Friday, June 1, 2012
11 years
Zombie Burger (the latest Des Moines foodie craze), al Fresco
Post Anniversary Run
18 holes of mini-putt
My little sister gave me the best anniversary gift ever by staying with the kids for 35 hours while we escaped. We saw two movies, MIB III is excelent, and the Avengers which was also good. We played mini putt at the most grown up course I have even seen, no windmills or clowns. We dined outside for every meal but breakfast (we couldn't find an outside spot for that). We shopped and window shopped and held hands. It was a fantasticly refreshing time.
Memorial Day
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